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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child
(CNN)Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing sharp criticism after she posted an anti-transgender sign outside of her office, directly across the hall from another lawmaker who has a transgender child.
The antagonizing move by Greene comes as the House is expected to pass the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination against LGTBQ Americans, later Thursday, after the Georgia Republican's attempt to block the act failed on Wednesday. It also follows a string of incendiary statements and actions by the freshman Georgia congresswoman, who was removed from her committee assignments earlier this month after violent past comments were unearthed.
Illinois Rep. Marie Newman, whose daughter is transgender, posted a video on Twitter of her hanging the pink and blue transgender pride flag outside her office Wednesday afternoon, captioning that Greene tried to block the act "because she believes prohibiting discrimination against trans Americans is 'disgusting, immoral, and evil,'" adding, "thought we'd put up our Transgender flag so she can look at it every time she opens her door" with winking and transgender flag emojis.
That evening, Greene retweeted Newman's post and added a video of her hanging a sign that reads "There are TWO genders: MALE & FEMALE ...Trust The Science!"
"Our neighbor, @RepMarieNewman, wants to pass the so-called 'Equality' Act to destroy women's rights and religious freedoms. Thought we'd put up ours so she can look at it every time she opens her door," Greene captioned the tweet with winking and American flag emojis
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-transgender-sign/index.html
Did anyone else see this?
So, with Democratic majorities and Joe in office, this is tolerated now?
WTAF???
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Marjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child (Original Post)
orangecrush
Feb 2021
OP
If (someone) were to not tolerate this, what would that look like exactly?
Hugh_Lebowski
Feb 2021
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Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)1. That's just mean. Mean for the sake of being mean, not to advance a position.
But what do we expect?
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)2. I know her kind
All too well.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)3. If (someone) were to not tolerate this, what would that look like exactly?
The article says she's coming under sharp criticism ... what ramifications beyond that were you thinking of?
I can tell ya, she is DEFINITELY not invited to dinner at my place. But she was disinvited WAY before this particular stunt.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)4. Not to worry
The FBI will be having a nice chat with her soon.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)5. That is great news!
I'm sure she's guilty of all manner of law-breaking, but any idea 'what for'?
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)7. She was up to her eye shadow in the 1-6-21 insurrection
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)6. Those walls outside those offices seem really clean and uncluttered.
Somehow I get the idea there may be house rules about plastering signs on the walls. I could be wrong.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)8. I wish we could clean those offices of all republican vermin.
Withywindle
(9,988 posts)9. And what "science" would this be, exactly?
Funny how "trust the science" is the slogan for a simplistic and ignorant concept of gender that never advanced beyond elementary school health class
But when it comes to COVID and climate change, then don't trust the science. Oh, and Jewish Space Lasers are totally real.