Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for saying a woman wasn’t a mother because she is a stepmother.
On Wednesday, Greene made the comment to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic meeting. Weingarten has stepchildren, and Greene insisted she was not a mother. Frost gave a rebuttal on the House floor Friday. He said he is a “proud adoptee” of “two loving parents.”
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“Yet, I heard in this chamber a few days ago that someone’s saying my parents aren’t real parents. Let me be clear — I am their child. They are my parents,” Frost said. “And for bigoted, closed-minded reasons, certain folks have decided that people who adopt their children are lesser than.”
This week during a hearing, a member belittled a witness, suggesting she wasn’t a mother because she is a stepmom.
As an adoptee, I know families can take many forms, and I won’t allow anyone here to disrespect my parents or yours. pic.twitter.com/8V6cZjrh7e
— Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@RepMaxwellFrost) April 28, 2023
“F*** you and your bigoted questions,” Frost tweeted at Greene on Wednesday. He included the clip in which Greene said to Weingarten, “The problem is people like you need to admit that you’re just a political activist, not a teacher, not a mother, and not a medical doctor.”
During the Wednesday meeting, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) opposed Greene’s comments. He called them “unacceptable” and assured Weingarten she is a mother and “a great parent.” Yet, as Frost pointed out Friday, no members within the Republican Party have likewise publicly condemned Greene’s comment.
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“I hope, I hope that they don’t also agree with [Greene’s comments],” Frost said. “Because I won’t allow anyone in this chamber to disrespect my family or yours.”
Five million Americans are adopted, according to the U.S. Adoption Network.
