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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwitter flags Ken Paxton tweet about Rachel Levine being a USA Today Woman of the Year Read more at
Ken Paxton is a homophobe and an asshole
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Twitter has decided it would be in the publics best interest to keep a tweet from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on its website after he called U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine a man.
Levine, who was named one of USA Todays Women of the Year, is transgender and a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
USA Todays list also includes Olympic athlete Simone Biles and Dallas-born former Microsoft computer scientist Melinda French Gates. S
Twitter has decided it would be in the publics best interest to keep a tweet from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on its website after he called U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine a man. Levine, who was named one of USA Todays Women of the Year, is transgender and a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. USA Todays list also includes Olympic athlete Simone Biles and Dallas-born former Microsoft computer scientist Melinda French Gates. TOP VIDEOS
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article259520499.html#storylink=cpy
Levine, who was named one of USA Todays Women of the Year, is transgender and a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
USA Todays list also includes Olympic athlete Simone Biles and Dallas-born former Microsoft computer scientist Melinda French Gates. S
Twitter has decided it would be in the publics best interest to keep a tweet from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on its website after he called U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine a man. Levine, who was named one of USA Todays Women of the Year, is transgender and a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. USA Todays list also includes Olympic athlete Simone Biles and Dallas-born former Microsoft computer scientist Melinda French Gates. TOP VIDEOS
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article259520499.html#storylink=cpy
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Twitter flags Ken Paxton tweet about Rachel Levine being a USA Today Woman of the Year Read more at (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2022
OP
being transphobic is deplorable however my biggest question regarding Paxton is
prodigitalson
Mar 2022
#4
Texas Attorney General Attacks Nation's Highest-Ranking Openly Transgender Official
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2022
#11
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,489 posts)1. For this thread
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,058 posts)2. Babylon Bee got banned for Levine tweet as well nt
Celerity
(43,485 posts)3. they are not banned as of now
Blue_Adept
(6,400 posts)7. Banned from updating, not banned from Twitter
Once they delete the offending tweet, they can tweet again. They claim they won't be deleting it. So they're effectively banned.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)4. being transphobic is deplorable however my biggest question regarding Paxton is
how is this felon still walking the streets as free man?
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)5. Let's see..
He's white, rich and in a position of power.
If he were the opposite of those 3 things, he'd be rotting in prison.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)9. I think you are on to something...nt
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,489 posts)6. From the Hoarse Whisperer
Oneironaut
(5,522 posts)8. They call everyone "triggered," but, they melt down at the dumbest shit.
- Republicans
Mad_Machine76
(24,436 posts)10. Yep!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,489 posts)11. Texas Attorney General Attacks Nation's Highest-Ranking Openly Transgender Official
Paxton is an asshole
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, waist-deep in ethical controversies, tweeted out his transphobia on Thursday morning by intentionally misgendering the nations highest-ranking openly transgender official.
USA Today had named Dr. Rachel Levine one of its Women of the Year on Sunday for her role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Levine, nominated by President Joe Biden, serves as assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services and leads a group of 6,000 uniformed public health officers. The trained pediatrician was sworn in as a four-star admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in October, becoming just the sixth person to receive the honor in the corps history.
Levine is also the first female and openly transgender four-star admiral a milestone celebrated by civil rights groups, LGBTQ activists and USA Today.
I think you have to be true to yourself and I think that you have to be who you are, Levine told the outlet. You have tremendous worth just for who you are, no matter who you love, no matter who you are, no matter what your gender identity, sexual orientation or anything else, and to be, be true to that. And then everything else will follow.
USA Today had named Dr. Rachel Levine one of its Women of the Year on Sunday for her role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Levine, nominated by President Joe Biden, serves as assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services and leads a group of 6,000 uniformed public health officers. The trained pediatrician was sworn in as a four-star admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in October, becoming just the sixth person to receive the honor in the corps history.
Levine is also the first female and openly transgender four-star admiral a milestone celebrated by civil rights groups, LGBTQ activists and USA Today.
I think you have to be true to yourself and I think that you have to be who you are, Levine told the outlet. You have tremendous worth just for who you are, no matter who you love, no matter who you are, no matter what your gender identity, sexual orientation or anything else, and to be, be true to that. And then everything else will follow.