GOP Senator Rants About Trans Staffers in Biden WH to Deflect from NBC's Kristen Welker Pressing Him on Trump Cabinet

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Nov 17th, 2024, 11:30 am


Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) ranted about trans staffers in the Biden White House when asked about President-Elect Donald Trump’s more controversial cabinet picks. Mullin appeared on Sunday’s Meet The Press with Kristen Welker, where she asked about the controversies swirling around former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Pete Hegseth, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Mullin, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, began by defending Hegseth, Trump’s choice to head the Defense Department, calling him a “good pick.” “As of right now, I start with yes,” Mullin said of his plans to vote for Hegseth. “Can I be moved off of that? I’m sure. Everybody starts at some point…but I start at a yes and it’s going to take some movement for me to move off of that.”

Mullin then applauded RFK Jr’s efforts to “take a hard look at…vaccines.” “I actually find the guy extremely intelligent when it comes to this stuff,” Mullin said — before changing the subject by mocking two transgender persons who worked in the Biden administration:

I do got a question for you: The Democrats are spending so much time talking about the scrutiny of President Trump’s picks and yet, we didn’t spend — did we spend this amount of time scrutinizing Biden’s pick? I mean, we can talk about Rachel [Levine], the assistant secretary of HHS. I think that’s a pretty controversial pick from whatever pronoun he or she decides to use.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/gop-senator-goes-on-anti-trans-rant-to-deflect-from-nbcs-kristen-welker-pressing-him-on-trump-cabinet/

[surfered]

1. I don't believe Rachel Levine was accused of sex trafficking

[Walleye]

4. I like her, she's very competent, and she did a great job for Pennsylvania during the pandemic

These people are just assholes, hurting peoples feelings, just for the fun of it

[HighFired49]

6. Are you referring to Mulli?

He is a Senator, since 2022. He won Imhoffe's seat when he retired.

[markodochartaigh]

9. Did he

get the snowball too?

/s

[Galraedia]

3. Rachel Levine has a Bachelor of Science from Harvard and a Medical Degree from Tulane University

RFK Jr had a worm devour his brain. Which do you think is more qualified?

[BOSSHOG]

7. Apparently she was scrutinized

[littlemissmartypants]

5. When you're weak and stupid and triggered...

All you have left is to be a bully.

[Deuxcents]

8. Qualified vs unqualified skills don't matter in this discussion. Only trans vs straight people is his point.

[Karasu]

10. "Did we spend this amount of time scrutinizing Biden's pick?" They sure do love to deflect.

Same old GOP bullshit. This isn't about Biden, nor should it be.

He's trying to normalize this insanity as if any previous president has nominated people so brazenly destructive and unqualified, and of course, he shifts the topic to an unrelated subject (trans people) that Republicans love to dogpile on.

These people are so transparent and amoral. It's fucking pathetic.