Rep. Sarah McBride Is Done Letting the Misgendering Slide

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continues, this time at a committee hearing on March 11, when a Texas Republican referred to the congresswoman as “Mister” while introducing her to the panel before she even got a chance to speak.

But while McBride has previously chosen to ignore these insults, this time she decided to respond.Per the , after Representative Keith Self—chairman of the Europe Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs panel—pointedly introduced McBride as “Mr.

McBride” at the committee hearing, McBride responded drily, “Thank you, Madam Chair.”Then McBride’s Democratic colleague, Representative William Keating, refused to allow the hearing to continue until Self addressed McBride appropriately, which Self refused to do. “Mr.

Chairman, you are out of order,” Keating said. “Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I’ve come to know you a little bit.