A House subcommittee hearing went off the rails Tuesday when Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) misgendered Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, and abruptly adjourned the session after a colleague confronted him. - ThreadSky

washingtonpost.com • 8 hours ago

A House subcommittee hearing went off the rails Tuesday when Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) misgendered Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, and abruptly adjourned the session after a colleague confronted him.

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msneebo.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I think the Rep from Texas needs to be more worried about the measles outbreak in his state vs someone's pronouns, but that's just me.

I understand how hard the hate jingle keys are to look away from....even when your kids are dying from preventable illnesses.

second-serveace.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Did Jeff Bezos approve this publication??

carpet123.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Here's one he wouldn't approve of!
https://bsky.app/profile/darthputinkgb.bsky.social/post/3lk46nreo7c2v

iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•3 hours ago

jmjhypm.bsky.social•8 hours ago

What are the Republicans trying to accomplish with their divisive and hateful treatment of Sarah McBride? Everyone should be treated with dignity and respect especially from the party who claims we are all God's children and God doesn't make mistakes.

mikealee.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Any chance they get to bully marginalized Americans, they will take. Sadly, their constituents seem to love them for it.

culpeperdems.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Shoutout to @keating.house.gov for calling out the republicans on this unprofessional and unjustified petty cruelty.

tbh72.bsky.social•7 hours ago

#MadamChairmanSelf should sit in the corner and think about his hate and consider quitting his job

mmmccarthy.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Governing is hard. Grievance is much easier and it’s all they know.

laureneallen.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Absolutely disgusted with men in power who can’t mind their business

birdverted.bsky.social•8 hours ago

i’d be mad at the world too if i was bald.

podwaydave.bsky.social•7 hours ago

republican bullies

Fight back we are headed for civil war anyways

marvintheandriod.bsky.social•8 hours ago

kirkcolvin.bsky.social•8 hours ago

brewtowne.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Bravo Rep Keating! He will be re-elected.

This is the way forward.✌🏻

rthonpm.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Another piece of shit Texas Republican showing themselves as nothing but a petty bigot. I eagerly await the complete destruction of the Republican party and everything it stands for.

theeagles.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Republicans are playing a game bullying Sarah McBride! History will show how foolish their behavior was!

gsadler.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Keith Self, non player character following the Trump Musk script from the Armageddon game #GrandTheftUSA

grantuspeace.bsky.social•50 minutes ago

What's clear is Trump is not going to defend our constitution or our civil rights. In fact he is intentionally firing Civil Rights workers at the Department of Ed which investigates cases of discrimination specifically including cases Sexism, LGBT and Disability and religion.

leonjasper.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Witty reply by McBride with ‘thank you, Madam Chair.’ And attaboy to Rep. Keating for punching a bully in the teeth.

lilheb.bsky.social•8 hours ago

A party of trolls

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dreid63.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Thank you, @billkeating.bsky.social

mathewforesta.bsky.social•8 hours ago

When the right talks about "free speech," this is what they mean. They are fine arresting activists and alike. They want the "freedom" to perpetrate petty acts of cruel bigotry without social consequences.

silverbirds.bsky.social•8 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/keithedwards.bsky.social/post/3lk52xphlps2y

zoopaul.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It's incredible to me the drive that Republicans have to simply be dicks. It's like an obsession.

zoopaul.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Then again, it's a Republican Rep from Texas. One notch above dog-catcher.

gsulli6873.bsky.social•8 hours ago

You're not being fair to dog catchers.

susharma.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Dog catchers are good people and needed in areas where stray dogs are big menace - mostly in global south. Many treat dogs in humane ways after catching.

zoopaul.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Look, I'm just dropping a one-liner.

stay4thefun.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Bow Wow Wow

feverspell.bsky.social•8 hours ago

You mean one notch above dog. Actually, below dog. Dogs are good animals. Texas Republicans are just animals.

thirtyftsmurf.bsky.social•8 hours ago

“I just don’t want drag shows at schools” was just a dog whistle, apparently. Who knew?

brewtowne.bsky.social•8 hours ago

That was just them sending out test balloons as they transitioned from the abortion fight... it took a while for the message to gain a foothold is all.✌🏻

doublectech.bsky.social•3 hours ago

What drives these people to be such d**ks? I wish Jesus would come back to slap these people.

misgivings.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Further proving that cis white males are wet snowflakes and wouldn’t last an HOUR as a marginalised person.

abramolaw.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Good job giving this craven stunt the attention Self was seeking.

ouroburros.bsky.social•8 hours ago

They should address him as MS. Keith Self from here on out

nchounds.bsky.social•3 hours ago

She knew it would be difficult. I applaud her restrained response.

godlessatheist.bsky.social•7 hours ago

The solution to that is very easy. Just misgender the entire GOP. Do it constantly until they negotiate a ceasefire. It is gonna drive them way more insane (if that is even possible) than Sarah McBride being pronouned as she requests.

berekann.bsky.social•8 hours ago

That was an unnecessary stunt, and I’m glad he was called out for it by both Sarah McBride, and his colleagues on the dais. Of course, rather than call her by her true name, he closed the hearing.

dapacey.bsky.social•4 hours ago

WaPo is garbage, so even if I were interested in this article i won't give them clicks.

ryanmichael80.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Keith Self is a snowflake.

laura9113.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I’ll help you here WaPo, Keith Self PURPOSELY did it. Most likely on the direction of the Speaker of the House. Are you too afraid of your boss to do accurate reporting?

iwonder2.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I hope Keith Self gets kicked out..no votes for ignorant republican bastard

landonsmith00.bsky.social•8 hours ago

If I had to guess, I’d say Rep Self has been having thoughts about Rep McBride…..

hussecurion.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Just because Tim McBride pretends to be a woman named Sarah doesn't mean everyone has to participate in his delusions.

sugoinatech.bsky.social•5 hours ago

So why must we all deal with actually willful idiots and all around bigots such as MTG, LB, DJT… bless your heart for being part of the problem.

jajiswank.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Shame and share.

creggster.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Sick disgusting behavior. I admire how McBride handled this decrepit bully.

sugoinatech.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It is unfortunate that the other representative stepped in; McBride had it under control. Likewise. IMHO it is epic that there is now committee meeting notes forever documenting the GQP small minded bigotry. It will be interesting to see if they violate house rules by attempting to scrub the notes.

gohawkeyes92.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Truly! She has more class and self-control than anyone else in Congress.

norton2.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Hey , people have the right to live as they see fit but others have the right to not go along.
If religious blasphemy is ok gender blasphemy has to be OK as well. If not it all needs to stop.
Your country has been stolen and you’re concerned about words.

roryr6.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Confronted him? Sarah McBride is a women

hickmamapup.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Confronted Self, not McBride.

roryr6.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Thank you for clearing my misunderstanding

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