Trans Lawmaker Sarah McBride Drops Brutal Trump Assessment After GOP Rep's Misgendering

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Feb 9, 2025, 07:08 AM EST


Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first openly trans person elected to Congress, let her brutal criticism of President Donald Trump’s administration do the talking on Thursday after Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) misgendered her on the House floor. Miller, a Trump ally who has backed anti-trans policies including the president’s wave of executive orders, presided over the House where she referred to the freshman lawmaker as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”

Instead of immediately replying to the swipe ahead of what marked her first-ever speech on the House floor, McBride went after the president instead. “Thank you, Madam Speaker. When I was elected, I promised to work with anyone who would help Delaware and Delawareans and to stand up to anyone who seeks to harm my state,” said McBride, who became the center of Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) anti-trans crusade late last year.

She added, “Instead of seeking common ground, the Trump administration from day one has waged an unrelenting attack on working people in Delaware and across the country, seeking to freeze funding for first responders, domestic violence shelters, schools and health care facilities that my constituents rely on.”

McBride went on to note that doctors, nurses, students and military families in Delaware were “terrified” by Trump’s funding freeze. She noted that federal funds from her state were appropriated by Congress and signed into law only for the Trump administration to threaten to “illegally freeze funding” and “gut the federal workforce tasked with helping my neighbors,” all with the goal of “chaos.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-lawmaker-sarah-mcbride-mary-miller-misgendering_n_67a84515e4b03ba5c011cd3f

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[Whyisthisstillclose]

1. Sarah McBride is giving a masterclass in courage

and calm under pressure. She is a truly eloquent and tough fighter.

[riversedge]

2. McBride hits of the heart of Trump-Musk-GOPs actions-- all with the goal of "chaos."--to line their pockets

needs to be added--and repeated and repeated..........

[johnnyfins]

3. I think Rep McBride should be able to

Refer to the Illinois rep as "Representative Dirty Rotten Coward Whore, MaryMiller. On the other hand, she could just refer to Nancy Mace as "Irrelevant, Inconsequential Asshole"

[Butterflylady]

4. Who was it when she said madam chair?

Was it Mary Miller?

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. We need to keep pointing out what happened next.

The next person who spoke, once their time was up, yielded the floor by saying to Rep. Miller, "Thank you, Mr. Speaker!"

[mountain grammy]

6. She is amazing

My son and family live in Delaware. They love her.

[angrychair]

7. That is horrible

Miller should be sanctioned by the House for violation of the rules of decorum.
While the House and Senate has always been contentious, it has at least held to some standards of decorum on the House or Senate floor while in session. If not it is a short walk to complete chaos and a broken government.
Miller's misgendering of Rep. McBride is a gross violation of that decorum and she should face the admonishments of her peers for doing so and remind others that you will treat others with respect while on the House floor.

[JoseBalow]

8. "Drops," as in "Delivers." Not "Drops," as in "Gives up."

Headline is ambiguous, it's not a mix tape.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. It's "Millennial speak" and non-Millennials are supposed to "get it"

Slang changes.

[JoseBalow]

10. Ya, I had to read on to clarify that she was not capitulating to intimidation

My first thought was, "why is she dropping that?"

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Whenever I have been forced to use a LBN headline that has the word "Drop" in it

I get the same reaction!

Have to say it's just like them saying "Beyonce just 'dropped' (released) a new single"... etc.

It can be jarring to say the least (but then I have something like 14 nieces and nephews who are Millennials, with the others GenZs and even a youngin' Gen Alpha).

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Unnecessarily confusing usage adds nothing. There is a simple rule to avoid using "drop" in a misleading way.

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Drop with a direct object means the object referred is being dropped/disposed of/discarded/discontinued -- one kind of metaphorical usage.

"Drop" in the sense of "This just dropped into my in-basket" should not have a direct object; the subject itself is the thing undergoing (again, metaphorical) dropping. Apparently, Hollywood "insider"-speak is responsible for the emergence of this usage recently.

The headline confuses this simple distinction by using "drop" with a direct object, but as a different metaphor -- as if her opinion were a heavy object/bomb -- internally consistent, but confusing, and the headline author should know better. I assume editors at HuffPost are to blame.

"Drops" here suggests a certain degree of damaging forcefulness, but the lede would have been clearer using "gives" instead of "dropped". Less dramatic, but clearer.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Anyone attempting to justify ditching the latest slang or modern reinterpretation of a word

is doomed to be considered an obsolete fuddy duddy and nominee for the "Okay Boomer" award (and I am a tail-end Boomer).

[IcyPeas]

13. Elon has a trans daughter... but I guess he's okay with his administrations hate.

What a dirtbag.