Daily Wire host Michael Knowles discussed the election victory of Democrat Sarah, formerly Tim, McBride on Thursday after McBride became the first trans-identifying politician elected to Congress.
McBride, a man who identifies as a woman, won the race for Delaware’s at-large district by nearly 16 points over Republican John Whalen. Knowles wrote in a thread on X that McBride’s election presents some pivotal questions for House Republicans.
“McBride is now a congressman. Will Republicans stand firm against this dangerous ideology? Or will they call the man ‘Sarah’ and invite him into the women’s bathroom?” he asked.
1/ A bombshell story few are talking about: Joe Biden, his family, and the state of Delaware have brought us Tim “Sarah” McBride, the first trans-identifying man elected to Congress. pic.twitter.com/UdhKYCKSQp
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 14, 2024
The congressman-elect was elected to the Delaware state Senate in 2020 and previously worked as a campaign staffer during the late Beau Biden’s 2010 re-election race for Delaware Attorney General. During his time as a state senator, McBride has pushed for allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports and for allowing children to undergo life-altering gender surgeries.
3/ McBride even wants boys to be able to compete against girls in sports. When a lawmaker brought up the unfairness faced by @Riley_Gaines_ against Will “Lia” Thomas, Tim evaded the obvious injustice by complaining that the Republican didn’t respect Thomas’s preferred pronouns. pic.twitter.com/bosMpXLuFa
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 14, 2024
Knowles argued in an X thread that McBride received a career boost after identifying as transgender.
“After declaring himself ‘Sarah,’ this otherwise unremarkable former staffer for Beau Biden was appointed to major activist roles and given a platform to address the US Department of the Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and more,” Knowles wrote.
“Tim was backed by then-Vice President Joe Biden along with Hillary Clinton and the entire Democrat Party establishment, becoming the ‘first trans person’ to speak at the Democrat National Convention,” he added.
Knowles also highlighted McBride’s relationship with “the more typically extreme and lascivious exemplars of transgenderism,” such as Jacob Tobia, a trans-identifying LGBTQ activist.
10/ While Tim appears to make an effort to present a more palatable version of transgender ideology by dressing up like a young Hillary Clinton, off hours he has palled around with the more typically extreme and lascivious exemplars of transgenderism. pic.twitter.com/jsofNPqeCs
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 14, 2024
Now that McBride is set to be sworn in as a member of Congress in January, Knowles is urging Republicans to take a stand for biological reality.
“This guy, presumably, is going to want to use the women’s bathroom. The Republicans control Congress. Are they going to permit this?” Knowles asked on his show on Thursday.
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“So for the GOP leadership, are they going to hold the line on this ideology? Are they going to defend their female members? Are they going to say, ‘Hey Buster, you can pretend to be a woman, I guess, there’s not much we can do about it, but we ain’t gonna let you use the women’s bathroom’? Or are they going to go squishy and say, “Oh this is going to be a big headache. We don’t want to make a big deal of this. Fine, we’ll just look the other way when you use the women’s bathroom’?” he asked. “If they do that, they are implicitly accepting all of trans ideology.”
Women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines responded to Knowles’ thread, writing, “What a WILD & flawed deduction from a sitting member of congress (sic). Since we don’t restrict girls from playing sports based on their height, we also shouldn’t prevent men from competing with women. This logic suggests able-bodied people should compete with disabled people. And 18 yr olds should compete with 12 yr olds.”
