Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens to beat up Sarah McBride on day before Trans Day of Remembrance
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/marjorie-taylor-greene-threatens-to-beat-up-sarah-mcbride-on-day-before-trans-day-of-remembrance/
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RedWeasel@lemmy.world · 114 pts · 1y
Women are always jealous of prettier women.
digredior@lemmynsfw.com · 19 pts · 1y
This statement is true indeed.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 10 pts · 1y
I don’t want to upvote nor downvote; one of the few times I wish we had reactions here. 😆
ryper@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 1y
That makes no sense. Isn't the reason for keeping trans women out of the ladies room supposed to be that they are men and pose a threat to "real" women? If MTG thinks she can take a trans woman in a fight that kind of goes against her case...
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 1y
Bold of you to assume a fascist is capable of having internally consistent beliefs.
pinkyprincessfiona@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Bold of you to assume MTG is a woman… she looks like a man cosplaying as a woman….
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y
You know who the toughest woman in Congress is? Senator Duckworth. While she was medevaced out of the crash site where she lost both of her legs, she grabbed a rifle and fired on the enemy. Total badass.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y
God damn. "I'm not done yet, bank over there."
fluxion@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Meanwhile the knew SecDef thinks women can't handle combat
Aviandelight@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
That woman is my hero.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 1y
Good thing MTG doesn’t have to worry about this. She’s never actually in the House doing her job. She can continue to shit in podcast studio bathrooms like normal.
ATDA@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y
I wouldn't condone violence, but I'll payperview to see McBride shut her the fuck up in a ring.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
something something trans athletes?
/s
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 1y
i'd line up too. Can't wait until vomit Greene finds out the hard way that trans women often retain a lot of the muscle tone they gain from growing up with testosterone
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Nah, after 2 years hrt the physical differences are miniscule.
Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Even if you trained relentlessly to preserve your original tone - lean muscle mass, fat distribution, bone density and skin thickness are all tied to your sex hormones and your cells are constantly being replaced. The oldest a muscle cell (exempting heart cells) gets is like 15 years with the average being more like 10. The good senator has been on HRT for over a decade. There's not any even negligible physiological advantage of experienced testosterone puberty left.
Like anything trained skill and age is more important a factor. Unless either is a trained martial artist the advantage most at play would be that McBride is like 20 years younger. Greene does however give the impression like she has punched out a few people over low cost electronics at Black Friday events so I dunno.
Gunna say it's a close toss up.
surfrock66@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
This is a threat without any risk to MTG. If she does it and beats McBride up, she'll be a hero to her base and will get pardoned if she catches a charge. If she does it and McBride fights back, her narrative will become "violent trans people" and "a man dressing as a woman beat up a congressperson." Saying things like this are 100% wins to the psychopath party and their base, and I'm ashamed to share this country with them.
frezik@midwest.social · 23 pts · 1y
"I'm not a snowflake, you're the snowflake"
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1y
I don’t see how this ends well for MTG unless it’s ignored?
MTG wins: she’s just assaulted another politician who happens to be a woman.
McBride wins: MTG is humiliated and while complaining that “she’s really a man” — that will only resonate with people who already agree with MTG. Possibly the goal is to get McBride charged with assault?
dirthawker0@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Spot on. There's no winning for McBride here; if she does kick MTG's ass, then that's all the more reason for Republicans to go after "men" in women's sports.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · 2 pts · 1y
The winning move is ignoring her.