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DONKEY: Rep. Keith Self Misgenders Lawmaker & Adjourns Hearing After Being Called Out · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: And so we are in a state of emergency. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: White supremacist violence is always have been the number one
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  Speaker 1: threat to our society.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm also very proud that my wife is white.
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  Speaker 1: The practice club bitches.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, Lenny, please tell me why was I your.
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  Speaker 1: Donkey of the day. Well, donkey today for Wednesday, March
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  Speaker 1: twelfth goes to the Representative Keith Self of Texas. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I am fully aware that I am not mature enough
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  Speaker 1: to have certain conversations because my default setting is laughter. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I am a very unseerious person because we live in
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  Speaker 1: the United States of anxiety, and I've been dealing with
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  Speaker 1: anxiety and panic attacks my whole life. And if it's
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  Speaker 1: one thing therapy has taught me, it's we must always
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  Speaker 1: find joy. And I find joy in jokes. Okay. In
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  Speaker 1: this situation with Representative Keith's Self gave me great joy.
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  Speaker 1: I laughed a lot because Keith Self decided to abruptly
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  Speaker 1: adjourn a congressional hearing on Tuesday after being challenged for
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  Speaker 1: referring to Representative Sarah McBride of Delaware as a man. Now,
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  Speaker 1: maybe you don't know, don't show, or don't give a
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  Speaker 1: damn that Sarah McBride is the first openly transgender lawmaker
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  Speaker 1: in Congress. Okay, that is a fact. In the Europe
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  Speaker 1: Subcommittee of the House of Foreign Affairs Panel, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: I have no idea what that is, but it sounds fancy.
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  Speaker 1: That panel was in the middle of a hearing on
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  Speaker 1: arms control in US assistance to Europe when his chairman,
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  Speaker 1: Representative Keith South of Texas, introduced his colleague by calling
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  Speaker 1: Sarah McBride, mister, let's go to six ABC news for
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  Speaker 1: the report.
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  Speaker 2: Police professional hearing came to an abrupt end yesterday after
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  Speaker 2: a Republican colleague and misgender newly elected Delaware Representative Sarah
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  Speaker 2: McBride and I recognized the representative from Delaware.
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  Speaker 3: Mister McBride, thank you, madam, chair ranking.
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  Speaker 2: As you just heard Texas Republican Keith South, the chairman
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  Speaker 2: of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, address McBride as mister
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  Speaker 2: McBride hit back by responding, thank you, madam.
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  Speaker 1: Chair.
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  Speaker 2: McBride made history last year by becoming the first openly
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  Speaker 2: transgender person elected to Congress. After the exchange, Massachusetts Representative
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  Speaker 2: William Keating defended his Democratic colleague.
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  Speaker 3: Mister chairman, you are out of the order. Mister chairman,
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  Speaker 3: have you no decency? I mean, I come to know
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  Speaker 3: you a little bit, but this is not decent. We
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  Speaker 3: will continue this. You will not continue it with me
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  Speaker 3: unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way.
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  Speaker 2: South End immediately adjourned the meeting. McBride says she was
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  Speaker 2: disappointed and was prepared to move forward with questions for
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  Speaker 2: the subcommittee.
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  Speaker 1: Now that the record show, I believe Representative William Keating
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  Speaker 1: of Massachusetts is trying to be funny. Okay, he wanted
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  Speaker 1: Keith self to repeat himself for the same reason I
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  Speaker 1: wanted Keith self to say it again for my own
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  Speaker 1: personal enjoyment. And you heard Keith's self. He doubled down
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  Speaker 1: and can we hear it again one more time? Right?
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  Speaker 1: I only hear it in full.
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  Speaker 3: I'm here in full now it's the representative from Delaware,
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  Speaker 3: mister McBride, Thank you, Madam, chair Ranking Member Keating also
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  Speaker 3: wonderful Stewart.
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  Speaker 1: Chairman.
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  Speaker 3: Could you repeat your introduction please? Yes, we have set
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  Speaker 3: the standard on the floor of the House, and I'm
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  Speaker 3: simply what is that standard?
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  Speaker 1: Mister chairman?
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  Speaker 3: Would you repeat what you just said? You introduced a
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  Speaker 3: duly elected representative from the United States of America. Please,
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  Speaker 3: I will the representative from Delaware, mister McBride, Mister chairman,
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  Speaker 3: you are out of order. Mister chairman, have you no decency?
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  Speaker 3: I mean I have come to know you a little bit,
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  Speaker 3: but this is not decent.
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  Speaker 2: We will continue this.
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  Speaker 3: You will not continue it with me unless you introduce
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  Speaker 3: a duly elected representative the right way.
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  Speaker 1: I have to play white Devil's advocate here because I
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  Speaker 1: understand where missus self is coming from, because I too
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  Speaker 1: have been wondering what to do in this situation. Because
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  Speaker 1: that's Keith self explained on social media and I'm quoting
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  Speaker 1: him here. It is the policy of the United States
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  Speaker 1: to recognize two sexes, male and female. Why because one
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  Speaker 1: of President Trump's early moves of his second term was
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  Speaker 1: to sign an executive order that the federal government would
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  Speaker 1: only recognize two sexists and they were not changeable. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: an executive order was signed. It's right there in black
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  Speaker 1: and white. I don't know what to do in this situation.
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  Speaker 1: It's all so confusing. So William Keating, you getting frustrated
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  Speaker 1: with mister self when all he's doing is what your
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  Speaker 1: boss told him to do. Did a memo go out
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  Speaker 1: telling members of Congress what to do in this situation
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  Speaker 1: after Trump signed that executive order? Of course it didn't.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm not really upset at Keith self for doing
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  Speaker 1: what the President told him to do. What I am
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  Speaker 1: upset about, and the reason I'm giving Keith self donkey
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  Speaker 1: today is because he adjourned the session. See, these petty
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  Speaker 1: culture wars are hurting democracy. You heard me say earlier
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  Speaker 1: that they were in the middle of a hearing on
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  Speaker 1: arms control in US assistance to Europe. I kind of
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  Speaker 1: know what that is. I believe I know what that means.
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  Speaker 1: But I know one thing for sure. That panel is
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  Speaker 1: more important than whether or not Sarah McBride is referred
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  Speaker 1: to as mister or missed. And you know who knows
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  Speaker 1: that better than anyone, Sarah McBride. See on other occasions,
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  Speaker 1: Republicans presiding over the floor and in hearings, have you
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  Speaker 1: either tried to stay away from the issue by referring
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  Speaker 1: to Sarah as the member from Delaware, even though the
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  Speaker 1: custom is to refer to lawmakers as gentlemen or gentlewomen.
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  Speaker 1: I actually like them just referring to her as the
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  Speaker 1: member from Delaware, even though I don't know if Sarah
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  Speaker 1: has had their members surgically removed, but Sarah rarely discusses
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  Speaker 1: or calls attention to her identity. Okay, this is how
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  Speaker 1: she conducted herself on her campaign and in her first
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  Speaker 1: month of Congress. She prefers to talk about economic issues.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what I want all you elected officials to do.
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  Speaker 1: Focus on the actual issues that impact our world. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Keith self, there's no reason to adjourn a meeting because
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  Speaker 1: you was challenged on calling Sarah him when William Keating
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  Speaker 1: says you out of order, say well, hey, the President
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  Speaker 1: signs an executive order and that's what I'm following. But
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  Speaker 1: to take your ball and run home because your ego
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  Speaker 1: got bruised. Come on, man, grow up. You a member
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  Speaker 1: of Congress. We got bigger issues to deal with. You
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  Speaker 1: can't just take your balls and go home, and neither
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  Speaker 1: can Sarah McBride. Ironically, ironically, she's the only person in
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  Speaker 1: this situation with balls. So you're right, Keith, but you're
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  Speaker 1: also wrong. Please give Representative Keith South the biggest he hull.
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  Speaker 1: It's just bigger issues to deal with. Guys and girls
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  Speaker 1: and girl guys. It's crazy well, thank you for the
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  Speaker 1: biggest issues to deal with.
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