Rand Paul Confronts Biden's Transgender Health Nominee About "Genital Mutilation"

[TheTexan]

If that thing was a right winger or appointed by Trump (or someone not part of the Cathedral), the MSM would be having a field day plastering the repeated non-answer in our faces.
But, alas...

She's such a brave woman.

 

[Working Poor]

....AAAnnnnd here's how the press (courtesy of Drudge) is reporting this:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vgv7/a-gop-senator-just-compared-trans-health-care-to-genital-mutilation



These people have no limitations to their insanity.

I can't stand it.

 

[Sammy]

Rand Paul I'm proud of you

 

[jmdrake]

[MENTION=3169]Anti Federalist[/MENTION], this is how you push back. Rand is the boss. Rand Paul 2024. Everyone else is a waste of time.

 

[Anti Federalist]

[MENTION=3169]Anti Federalist[/MENTION], this is how you push back. Rand is the boss. Rand Paul 2024. Everyone else is a waste of time.

Yup, he did a great job here...I was hoping somebody would post it.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I can't stand it.

I wouldn't waste a drop of ball sweat worrying about what the Marxist media organs say about something like this.

We all know what they are and what they are going to say, regardless of facts.

They are to be mocked and ignored.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

The Absurd Criticism of Rand Paul’s Rachel Levine Questioning

Contrary to what progressive pundits insist, the real story of interest here is not Levine’s transgender status, but rather the fact that Levine refused to answer a crucial and highly topical question related to child welfare.

Here’s the real story. What Senator Paul asked and what Levine refused to answer was this: “Do you believe that minors are capable of making such a life-changing decision as changing one’s sex?” And this, “Do you support the government’s intervening to override the parent’s consent to give a child puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and/or amputation surgery of breasts and genitalia?”

As Senator Paul referenced, these are the very same questions that appeared before the High Court in England and Wales last year. In his questioning of Levine, Senator Paul cited the plaintiff in that case, Keira Bell:

I would hope that you would have compassion for Keira Bell, who’s a 23-year-old girl who was confused with her identity. At 14, she read on the internet about something about transsexuals and she thought, “Well, maybe that’s what I am.” She ended up getting these puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, she had her breasts amputated.

But here’s what ultimately she says now, and this is a very insightful decision from someone who made a mistake, but was led to believe this was a good thing by the medical community.

“I made a brash decision as a teenager, as a lot of teenagers do, trying to find confidence and happiness, except now the rest of my life will be negatively affected,” she said, adding that the medicalized gender transitioning was a very temporary superficial fix for a very complex identity issue.

Having reviewed the evidence from all sides, the judges in Bell’s case concluded that it was “highly unlikely that a child aged 13 or under would be competent to give consent to the administration of puberty blockers,” adding that it was also “doubtful that a child aged 14 or 15 could understand and weigh the long-term risks and consequences of the administration of puberty blockers.”

Accordingly, the court ordered a National Health Service moratorium on the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for gender-dysphoric young people.

Got that New York Times, et al.? The Keira Bell decision happened in Enlightened, secular Britain — and at the behest of impartial and liberal-minded judges. Unfortunately, in the absence of a similar judicial intervention — or indeed of a centralized health-care system — the situation in the United States is far more out of control.
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More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-paul-s-rachel-levine-questioning/ar-BB1e3aqb

 

[NaturalMystic]

The Absurd Criticism of Rand Paul’s Rachel Levine Questioning

Exactly! Rand is a master of the media cycle. I hope they run this into the weekend with him. Any sane minded person on any side of the aisle would agree. He simply asked if a minor is capable of such a decision and if the government has the right to override the parents authority. If they can override the parents they can override your own.

 

[Occam's Banana]

At 2:04 "The specific question was about minors. Let's be a little more specific since you evaded the question."

WOW! And yes. Rand is 100% right on this. And it's not just about "against the parents consent." What happens when you have one parent that consents, or worse is PUSHING the child to do this, and another who objects?

Rand Paul 2024!

This is what happens:

[TX-Trans Child Case] She used to lock James in his room and tell him monsters only eat boys
Dad In Custody Battle With Ex-Wife Who Says 6-Year-Old Is A Transgender Girl: I Have To Watch The 'Sexual Abuse' Of My Son Every Day
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-his-room-and-tell-him-monsters-only-eat-boys

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I watched too much of this, and still didn't see any questions about Levine sending COVID patients to nursing homes. Anyone want to watch the second half?

What I did see was disgusting. Nothing but virtue signaling and ass-kissing (except for Rand) from Senators, and the most generic, bullshit, “thank you, I would love to work with you” responses from the nominee.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?50914...n-general-assistant-health-secretary-nominees

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

Exactly! Rand is a master of the media cycle. I hope they run this into the weekend with him. Any sane minded person on any side of the aisle would agree. He simply asked if a minor is capable of such a decision and if the government has the right to override the parents authority. If they can override the parents they can override your own.

Does any person have the authority to subject minors to gender change? What about all those parents that were really wishing for a girl?

 

[Okie RP fan]

She's such a brave woman.

Yes, something like that.

 

[Working Poor]

I think changing a child's gender is part of the new Equality act.

 

[jmdrake]

The Absurd Criticism of Rand Paul’s Rachel Levine Questioning

Good find!

 

[jmdrake]

For a minute, I thought Rand was talking about circumcision. But that’s a different subject.

LOL. It sure sounded like it. Boss move on Rand's part. Many feminists have been speaking out against female genital mutilation for years.

Since this nominee will have control over policy, these were appropriate questions.

Absolutely! And not because she is transgender but because of positions she's taken on this issue. There is no "nuance" at issue here. Either kids should be able to make that decision without their parents consent or they shouldn't.

Did anyone confront this nominee over sending COVID patients to nursing homes?

I don't know. But Senator Susan Collins questioned her about discrepancies in the reporting of PA nursing home deaths. That's the issue that has Andrew Cuomo in hot water.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/cor...a-joe-biden-senate-confirmation-20210225.html