Some of New York’s most prominent Republicans scoffed and scoffed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s proposal to eliminate gender language from official House rules.
“Instead of reviving the economy, restoring our constitutional freedoms and delivering results to the American people, President Pelosi chose her debut legislation – which would ban words like mother, sister and daughter,” Rep. Elise Stefanik told the Post. “Obviously it is caused by the historic number of Republican women elected to Congress who will fire Nancy Pelosi once and for all in 2022.”
Staten Island elected congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis also expressed her words for the new rules.
“There are millions of Americans suffering, our economy is suffering, vaccine delivery is lagging and Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are concerned about this absurdity,” she said. “Here is a gender-neutral word to describe this legislation: ridiculous.”
The proposed changes to the House of Representatives’ rules would “honor all gender identities”, eliminating specific terms like mother and father, son and daughter and aunt and uncle.
Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “father”, “son”, “brother” and “parent’s brother” would be allowed in the text of the House Rules.
Outrage even reached the important second round of the Georgia Senate, where Republicans Kelly Loeffer warned it was reason enough to vote for her.
“The priorities of the extreme left, folks. If you still want to be called a father, daughter, mother or son, vote for me and @Perduesenate on Tuesday ”, she tweeted on Saturday, adding:“ Sincerely, a proud daughter ”.
Meanwhile, the top Democrats in Congress have taken credit for the new regulations.
“I am proud to start the 117th Congress outlining these historic changes to the rules,” Rep. Jim McGovern said in a tweet.
Pelosi praised the new rules, calling them “the most inclusive in history”.
However, Pelosi and McGovern continue to use gender terms to describe themselves on their respective Twitter pages on Saturday.
The new rules are due to be voted on when the house meets again on Sunday.
The rules also received a big boost from Queens / Bronx Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who said she was “Grateful for the leadership of @RepMcGovern” during the process.
A Capitol Hill source told The Post that the idea of excluding gender from the new rules package probably originated at the Chamber’s Diversity and Inclusion Office. The same rules also enshrined the post as a new permanent addition to the Capitol.
The agency was created by Democrats in one of their first acts at the beginning of the previous Congress.
“This office is in charge of presenting to Congress a diversity plan to direct and guide House by employing offices to recruit, hire, train, develop, advance, promote and retain a diverse workforce,” says its official on the page.