Oh No! It's One Of... THEM!

Republicans in Congress are in a kerfuffle of a tizzy of a snit that one of THEM walks among them.

You know, THEM! 

Uh, giant mutant spiders?!?! 

No,  THEM!!!

Donald Trump warned us about THEM! 

You send your cute little boy to school in the morning.

"Good-bye, son. Have a good day!" 

Then they come back home that afternoon as a girl!

You know....

THEM!

Donald Trump ("All hail and glory to the Great Leader!") tried to warn us and now we have one in Congress! 

One... what?

You know, one of ... THEM!!

Well, I agree, having a giant mutant spider in Congress would be a problem. 

Well, I want to hear from the giant mutant spider myself.

Well, I am not an expert on biology but I'm pretty sure that is NOT a giant mutant spider.

I do declare that is Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat who will be the first transgender member of Congress.  

She seems like a perfectly calm and reasonable person to me and...

Wait! Calm?

AND reasonable?!?

Holy fuck! 

No wonder Republicans are scared of her! 

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution to prohibit House members and staffers from using single-sex bathrooms other than those corresponding to their “biological sex,” which the rule does not define.

Mace said she's "not going to let any man tell her who is or is not allowed in a women's restroom". 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she would “fight” any trans woman who tried to use the women’s restroom near the House floor, adding “I shouldn’t have to, but, you know, it’s pretty aggressive for biological men to be invading our spaces for women.”

What did Speaker of the House Mike Johnson have to say?

“We welcome all new members with open arms who are duly elected representatives of the people. I believe it’s a command that we treat all persons with dignity and respect.  The chamber will accommodate the needs of every single person.” 

Well, that's nice. Vague but nice.  A little ducking and weaving to avoid dealing with this mess but I get it.

Then Mike Johnson called a press conference to make sure we understand what side he is on.

“I want to make a statement and be very clear. I was asked a question and I rejected the premise because the answer is so obvious. For anybody who doesn’t know my well-established record on this issue let me be unequivocally clear: A man is a man and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman.”

Then he repeated the bullshit he said earlier about dignity blah blah blah.  But he made his position very clear.

He was against.... THEM! 

No, not giant mutant spiders. 

Republicans are high on anti-trans sentiment after Donald Trump's campaign spent millions on TV ads accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of being for “they/them.”

I know it played well in North Carolina.

Personal statement: if you have a child who is transgender and you still voted for Donald Trump, I have a little question for you.

Lean in closer. 

Closer.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!"  

By the way, what exactly is the bathroom situation on Capitol Hill?  

• There isn’t one big bathroom that all 435 House members have to share.
• Each lawmaker has a toilet in their own personal office in the buildings that surround the Capitol. 
• There are also the usual gender-segregated bathrooms in hallways throughout the Capitol complex, including ones by the House floor that members sometimes step out during votes to use. (Marjorie Taylor Greene slips in the ladies' room to light up a cigarette and gossip about boys. "I'm so glad that grody Matt Gaetz dropped out! He was so gross!")  

So the Republicans in Congress have made bullying their newest member a priority because she dares to be one of...

...you know...

THEM!

Side note: In case you didn't get the joke,Them! is a 1954 black-and-white science fiction film about giant mutant spiders. I wrote about it here.