As Twitchy reported earlier, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made even more liberal heads explode by signing a proclamation declaring Emma Weyant the best women’s swimmer in the NCAA 500-yard freestyle, a race that was awarded to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. That’s made the news, and it presents quite a conundrum for headline writers. As Christina Pushaw notes, the Orlando Sentinel had to put “female” in quotation marks when describing Weyant, who is a female.
Gov. Ron DeSantis waded further into gender politics today, issuing a proclamation that said a swimmer from Sarasota is the nation’s best “female” in the 500-meter freestyle after she finished 2nd to a transgender athlete at the NCAA championship. https://t.co/pVSAUVn92a pic.twitter.com/c9zNgaaWtU
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) March 22, 2022
Uh, why is 'female' in quotes here? Emma is female; it is an undisputed fact. Florida media is truly going off the deep end this week. pic.twitter.com/Pd8GpSXIDH
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 22, 2022
I'd put the "competition" in quotes before "female".
— Mike Rathbone (@MikeRathbone86) March 22, 2022
Good point.
It’s not hard to see why Democrats can’t win statewide elections in Florida.
— Squirrel! (@Team_Squirrel) March 22, 2022
An actual female is questionable and a pretend female is legit. It's an upside down world
— David Biddle (@davidebiddle) March 22, 2022
Because they are unable to accurately define female
— Karin (@PugLuVR06) March 22, 2022
Bc they can’t define “female” or else their worldview collapses 😃
— Andrew Washburn (@shreddxchedd) March 22, 2022
Ironic, isn't it?
The real woman gets female in quotes, but the other thing is unequivocally female.
Big yikes.
— Scottie Binyons (@B82Scottie) March 22, 2022
So we’re supposed to refer to trans women as “women,” but to biological women as “cisgender women” to differentiate.
Stop being sexist, @OrlandoSentinel.
— Julian (@JPpoliticsFL) March 22, 2022
Mind games. It’s ALL mind games.
— Robbelah (@MissRobin61) March 22, 2022
Moderates be like pic.twitter.com/nEoGhLpWso
— Caroline Melear (@CarolineMelear) March 22, 2022
It's like these people never owned a pet.
— InTheRightColumn (@TheRightColumn) March 22, 2022
They consider us fake females because we were not born with a penis.
— LibertyJ (@LibertyJen) March 22, 2022
The media sucks
— Dskj (@Don83231101) March 22, 2022
The fact that the word "trans" need to be used to describe a "woman" is evidence they aren't the same. Emma is a woman
— Ronaldo Reagano (@ReaganoRonaldo) March 22, 2022
All the leftist propaganda media shills are long gone off the deep end. Today just happens to be "trans" week.
— Danilo F. Pacheco 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 (@DaniloF06848421) March 22, 2022
It would be considered hate speech if you referred to Lia Thomas as “female.”
Related:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issues proclamation naming Emma Weyant as the best women’s swimmer in the 500-yard freestyle https://t.co/oxyTXARFiJ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 22, 2022
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