Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) addressed transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) "Mr. McBride" while speaking from the House floor Thursday, Fox News reported. McBride is the first openly transgender lawmaker to serve in Congress.
Miller made the subtle dig when she called on McBride for his first time addressing Congress publicly. "The chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride, for five minutes," Miller said.
To his credit, McBride didn't immediately make an issue out of it. "Thank you, Madam Speaker," is all McBride said back.
Congresswoman Mary Miller introduces Transgender House member Sarah McBride as 'the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.’pic.twitter.com/GrUmfOlQhF
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The incident went almost completely unacknowledged at the time, though McBride retaliated by calling Miller "Mr. Speaker" the next time he addressed her. However, Miller was proud of her decision and shared a video to X, formerly Twitter.
"Today on the House Floor, I refused to deny biological reality. President Trump restored biological truth in the Federal Government, and I refuse to perpetuate the lie that gender is open to our interpretation. It is not," Miller wrote.
Miller sits on the House Freedom Caucus and is just one of several outspoken lawmakers who have stood up for truth and logic. Just after McBride was elected, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution to keep men out of Capitol bathrooms, The Hill reported.
House Speaker Mike Johnson drafted a policy that gender-specific facilities to biological sex. "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson said on Nov. 20, which is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
"It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol," Johnson added. Congressional Equality Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) called the rule "a cruel and unnecessary rule that puts countless staff, interns, and visitors to the United States Capitol at risk," without explaining how.
President Donald Trump won in part due to his promise to protect women and roll back gender insanity. As NPR reported, Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that abolished "gender identity" from the language of the federal government.
It was just one of several promises kept. "I will take historic action to defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology and reaffirm that God created two genders, male and female," Trump pledged in October.
Trump has also attempted to eliminate gender-confused individuals from the military. He signed military executive orders to discharge service members who identify as transgender.
"A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member," a White House release about the executive order noted. The Defense Department spent $15 million on medical care for transgender individuals.
The tide is turning in America when it comes to the gender confusion issue. People are tired of the lies and coercion and are hoping for a return to sanity, and Miller did her part to do just that in Congress.
