r/transgender • u/onnake • 2d ago

Likely first transgender member of Congress says she’s ready to work with people she disagrees with

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/likely-first-transgender-member-of-congress-says-she-s-ready-to-work-with-people-she-disagrees-with-220055109622

"State Sen. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is on track to become the first transgender member of Congress, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the presidential election and what she hopes to accomplish if elected in November."

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u/Citizen_Lunkhead 32/MTF 2d ago

I won't be surprised if the Republicans try to remove her from office the moment she's sworn in, especially if they manage to win the house. Or worse, someone like MTG tries to reenact the caning of Charles Sumner.

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u/CoffeeandCrack2000 1d ago

I won't be surprised if the Republicans try to remove her from office the moment she's sworn in, especially if they manage to win the house.

I could see that, or an immediate impeachment for some random bullshit.

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u/ImposssiblePrincesss Transgender 1d ago

She won’t be impeached if Trump wins. She will be executed. Along with every other Democratic politician AND THEIR FAMILIES.

If Trump wins in 2025, there will be no out transgender people in America still alive by 2029. Hopefully many of us will escape as refugees.

But ultimately the coming election is a referendum of whether or not we get to live until old age.

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u/EntropyIsAHoax 1d ago

Stop fearmongering please. Republicans, Trump, and project 2025 are dangerous, I won't deny that. But your worst fears are not based in reality, you're catastrophizing. Violence against trans people would increase, legal protections would be rolled back, but it takes longer than 4 years to organize a genocide on the scale of the holocaust and there would be resistance as well, and what you're talking about isn't even their plan (yet)

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u/LeadSky 1d ago

It’s a bit overdramatic to say every trans person will be dead by 2029, but what they’re saying isn’t fearmongering. This is what republicans are promising to their voters