The following video has a little bit of everything. A congressional hearing debating transgender issues. A Democrat congresswoman descending into a foot-stomping tantrum. Verbal sparring with someone intellectually out of her league. And then an epic walk-off, mic dropping response to end it all.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, took umbrage with testimony from a witness on civil rights and the transgender issue. The witness, Gail Heriot, pointed out that simply saying you identify as something doesn’t make it true. A little thing called reality gets in the way.
Heriot stated that “We are teaching kids a terrible lesson. ‘I believe that I am a Russian princess.’ That doesn’t make me a Russian princess, even if my friends and acquaintances are willing to indulge my fantasy.”
Lofgren read Heriot’s statement out loud, then made a fairly measured counterpoint in saying some people don’t understand what transgender kids go through.
She finishes, “That’s all I’m going to say on that” and immediately went into a total meltdown!
Via The Blaze:
Lofgren called the witnesses testimony “rather offensive” and questioned the subject’s knowledge on the transgender issue,
When Heriot attempted to respond to Lofgren’s claims, the Democrat grew angry and began name-calling.
“I think you are a bigot, lady!” she said. “I think you are an ignorant bigot! I think you are an ignorant bigot and anti-gay—”
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was then forced t0 interrupt Lofgren for violating committee rules.
“You are out of order,” he said. “We don’t call names in this committee and you’ll not be recognized to do that.”
That ignorant bigot Lofgren was addressing, Heriot, happens to be a U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner and law professor at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Heriot finished the sparring by flashing a little bit of her wit in response to the congresswoman.
“Does that mean you think I am a Russian princess?” she asked.
Watch the entire exchange below …
Comment: who do you think won this exchange? Is it ignorant to say that people can’t simply pretend to be something different, or is it ignorant to actually pretend to be something different? Share your thoughts below.
