The whirlwind of the debate on Thursday night between Donald Trump and an upright husk resembling Joe Biden sucked up a lot of oxygen for a couple of days. We've covered that pretty extensively here at Twitchy (and we're not done yet), but with all of the tweets and stories coming out of that event, we want to make sure other events didn't fall through the cracks.
In case you missed it, on Thursday afternoon, there was a House of Representatives hearing with the typically cumbersome Congressional name of 'Standing up for the Rule of Law: Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices.' (Sheesh, whoever names House hearings, please, hire an editor.)
Despite the name though, this was an important hearing called by House Oversight Committee chairman James Comey. The topic was how DEI hiring practices violate EEOC regulations (just ask Mark Cuban) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. One of the witnesses was civil rights activist Maya Wiley, who (of course) submitted a statement and testified about how wonderful DEI programs are and not discriminatory at ALL.
The only problem with Wiley's testimony was -- like certain SCOTUS justices we could name -- she had a lot of difficulty defining the word 'woman' when questioned by South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace. Watch:
REP. NANCY MACE: “Can you define what a woman is?”
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 27, 2024
PROFESSOR MAYA WILEY: “A woman is a person who says she is.” pic.twitter.com/3RHkTmz6nE
LOL. 'A woman is a person who says she is.'
Pure delusion.
As you can see, Mace did not let Wiley bloviate about her anti-science, anti-biology view, but proceeded to RIP her to shreds. Mace mentioned her rape when she was 16 and called allowing men into women's bathrooms and locker rooms 'disgusting' and 'dangerous' (which it is).
As great as Mace's takedown was, believe it or not, it got even better. After the hearing concluded, Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett recorded a selfie video in the hallway that was just epic:
More lunacy from the left. pic.twitter.com/bzBTnMD8IE
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) June 27, 2024
Burchett's somewhat sketchy camera skills aside, this is the money quote:
'This is the most absurd, obscene stuff that's going on in this country ... it's just off the chart. Anyway, elections can't get here soon enough. Or that meteorite. One of the two.'
HA. We legitimately laughed out loud. Yes, if we, as a society, can't define a woman as an adult human female, bring on that Sweet Meteor O' Death. Because no civilization can survive that insanity.
@smod4real for the win! pic.twitter.com/76MGxLmM5N
— The Silent Majority (@SarCatStyX) June 27, 2024
My vote is for a huge #Meteorite https://t.co/AD6QJUgStt
— Barbara (@bat52301) June 27, 2024
agree with Tim...getting this crazy bunch out of government ....or the meteor both sound about same https://t.co/lvHZj5h9Nl
— 🇺🇸*•.¸♡ Ҝiм ♡¸.•*🇺🇸 (@Kim_4VOLS) June 27, 2024
This guy is great! 😂 https://t.co/3OYGarsWam
— SonOfaMitch2 (@Mitch2Ofa) June 27, 2024
It was a pretty funny take.
Meteor jokes aside though, Mace's comments to Wiley also got a lot of approval.
You can’t use the word to define the word. A professor should know that.
— Wade Miller (@WadeMiller_USMC) June 27, 2024
Wiley calls herself a professor, but she really isn't one. She founded the 'Digital Equity Laboratory' (Good Lord) at The New School, but most of her career has been defined by being an activist on TV and by a failed run for Mayor of New York City.
Ladies and gentlemen-
— Al (@AlBeachGuy) June 27, 2024
Former NYC mayoral candidate & Bill de Blasio lawyer! https://t.co/Hy8zB4oHly
She must be part of New York City's 'brand.'
New definition just dropped. Can someone pls put together a full dictionary for the rest of us?
— AG (@AGHamilton29) June 27, 2024
Woman- Someone who says they are a woman
Genocide- When you are losing a war you started
Closed border- When hundreds of thousands of people can cross the border at will each… https://t.co/wUu15MncLj pic.twitter.com/an0ezF6BIP
The left will ALWAYS seek to distort and mutilate language to their ends. It's one of their worst qualities, but they are committed to it.
"𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨,
— Gravis Mushnick (@GravisMushnick) June 27, 2024
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚,
𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙢"
-Descartes, if he were woke….. https://t.co/RBBcMUonm2
LOL. That was a good one.
What if I say I'm a fire truck? https://t.co/lKSJ3Jgy1x
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) June 27, 2024
By Wiley's definition, then you are one. Just buy some red clothes and run around shouting, 'Wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo.'
I identify as tax-exempt. https://t.co/GAHOYY9jT3
— ☘️𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕪 Ƒʉͫcͧкͭιͪηͣ 𝕄𝕔𝔾𝕖𝕖 (@LuckyMcGee) June 27, 2024
HAHAHAHA. Maybe we should start making these illogical definitions work FOR us.
https://t.co/1gAUmYYNca pic.twitter.com/mHmuVdF8gP
— Marianne von Lingenfels 📖 (@sms42_) June 27, 2024
Mace really did bury Wiley. It was a quality 'mic drop' moment.
Of course, Burchett was also correct. If sane people want to end this, we DO need to win elections. A lot of them. At every level of government.
If we can't do that, we might as well bring on the meteor.
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