Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears said that she treats others with “respect and dignity” after Democratic state Sen. Danica Roem stormed out of the Senate chamber on Monday.
Roem, a biological male who identifies as a woman, left the chamber after asking Sears how many votes would be needed to pass a bill, during which Sears referred to Roem as “sir.” Following Roem’s departure, the legislature went into recess twice before resuming.
“I am not here to upset anyone, I am here to do the job that the people of Virginia have called me to do, and that is to treat everyone with respect and dignity,” Sears said. “I myself have at times not been afforded that same respect and dignity. But in this body, as long as I am president of the Senate, and by the grace of God, I will be treated with respect and dignity, and I will treat everyone else with respect and dignity.”
Sears’s remarks received praise from multiple users on social media, including women’s sports activist and OutKick host Riley Gaines, who joked about living in a time when “it is deemed ‘abhorrent’ to call a man sir.”
“To honor black history month, Virginia’s first black female Lt. Governor gets attacked by unhinged liberals for calling a spade a spade. You don’t matter to the Democrat Party unless you walk, think, & talk like them. To Virginia’s history maker @winsomesears, we honor you!”
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Roem became Virginia’s first transgender state senator in November. Previously, Roem was elected to Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2017, becoming the first transgender person in the United States elected to a state legislature.
The Washington Examiner has contacted both Sears and Roem’s offices for comment.
