GA Republican's weeklong anti-trans obsession with Sarah McBride plays out...

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Georgia Republican's weeklong anti-trans obsession with Sarah McBride plays out on the House floor and online

advocate.com/politics/andrew-clyde-sarah-mcbride-obsession

Christopher Wiggins (16 Jan 2026)

The U.S. House floor is often at its most solemn when lawmakers pause partisan conflict to recognize service, community, and loss. On Tuesday morning, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware took to the floor to honor women whose lives reflected leadership, resilience, and public good. Instead, the moment opened with a misgendering slight.

As McBride was recognized during the House's morning hour, the presiding officer, Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Georgia serving briefly as speaker pro tempore, introduced her using a masculine honorific, calling her "the gentleman from Delaware." McBride, a transgender woman and the first out transgender member of Congress, did not respond and proceeded with her prepared remarks.

Over the next several minutes, she delivered three speeches that focused squarely on the women she came to honor, not the insult that preceded them.

She yielded the floor without interruption. The presiding officer did not correct the language used to introduce her, and no objection was raised during the session.

"I didn't hear the comment, and I don't know who Rep. Clyde is," McBride told The Advocate through a spokesperson on Friday. "As always, I am grateful to serve and remain focused on lowering costs for my constituents."

"The People's House recognizes basic biology," Clyde wrote on X, formerly Twitter, along with a clip of his disrespectful introduction.

On Thursday, Clyde escalated the episode beyond the House floor. In a post on X, he shared a screenshot of the congressional record from McBride's remarks, in which she is correctly identified as "Ms. McBride of Delaware." In the post, Clyde used McBride's deadname, placed "Sarah" in quotation marks, asserted that she is "a man," and claimed the House Clerk should alter the congressional record to reflect what he described as a "biological fact."

[Lori Dee ✅]

Clyde ... asserted that she is "a man," and claimed the House Clerk should alter the congressional record to reflect what he described as a "biological fact."

A) How would she know if McBride is a "man" and what is a biological fact?
B) Why is she so concerned with McBride's genitals?
C) GOP = Genital Obsessed Party

Sarah McBride demonstrates class and professionalism. She has said many times that she was not sent to Washington because she is transgender. She is there to represent her constituents. Bravo, Sarah! Bravo.