Some of New York’s most prominent female Republicans deride and deride speaker Nancy Pelosi’s proposal to cut gender-related language from official house rules.
“Rather than revitalizing the economy, restoring our constitutional freedoms and achieving results for the American people, Speaker Pelosi has chosen her debut legislation – which would ban words like mother, sister and daughter,” said representative of the United States. Elise Stefanik stands at The Post. “She is clearly triggered by the historic number of GOP women elected to Congress who will fire Nancy Pelosi once and for all in 2022.”
Elected Staten Island congressman Nicole Malliotakis also had words for the new rules.
“There are millions of Americans who are suffering, our economy is hurting, vaccine distribution is lagging behind, and Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats are concerned about this nonsense,” she said. “Here’s a gender-neutral word to describe this legislation: ridiculous.”
Proposed changes to House Rules would “respect all gender identities” by removing specific terms such as mother and father, son and daughter and aunt and uncle.
Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “parent”, “child”, “sibling” and “sibling of the parents” would be allowed in the text of the house rules.
Outrage even made its way to the all-important outflow from the Georgia Senate, where Republican Kelly Loeffer warned it was reason enough to vote for her.
“The priorities of the far left, all of them. If you still want to be able to call yourself a father, daughter, mother or son, vote for me and @Perduesenate on Tuesday, “she tweeted Saturday, adding,” Sincerely, a proud daughter. “
Meanwhile, top Dems in Congress got credit for the new regulations.
“I am proud to begin the 117th Congress drafting these historic rule changes,” Rep. Jim McGovern said in a tweet.
Pelosi praised the new rules, calling them “the most inclusive in history.”
However, both Pelosi and McGovern continue to use gendered terms to describe themselves on their respective Twitter pages Saturday.
The new rules are expected to be voted on when the house meets again on Sunday.
The rules also got a big boost from progressive Queens / Bronx Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, die said she was “Grateful for @ RepMcGovern’s leadership” during the process.
A Capitol Hill insider told The Post that the idea of removing gender from the new set of rules likely came from the House’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The same rules also established the office as a permanent new addition to the Capitol.
The bureau was founded by Democrats in one of their first acts at the beginning of the previous Congress.
“This office is tasked with submitting a diversity plan to Congress to lead and guide House in recruiting, hiring, training, developing, advancing, promoting and retaining a diverse workforce,” the official page reads.