Rep. McBride hasn't been getting credit for this subtle shade she's been throwing back when she is recognized this way, and this isn't the first time there's been a more senior Democrat objecting on her behalf (the loudest so far, certainly)
Rep. McBride is in the position of playing respectability
Rep. McBride is in the position of playing respectability
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Keith Edwards
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and letting old white guys have the parliamentary fight
/modeling the behavior that cis people ought say something when a trans person is attacked in this way/
while Rep. McBride focuses on policy
there are not a small number of House Dems (almost a hundred) who have spoken out for the rights of trans youth & understand she needs chaff
make a basic show of dignity and then focus on policy while surrogates do the work of saying "hey, that's bigoted" so trans people can talk things other than trans stuff