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GOP rivals pounce on Trump after ex-prez fumbles when asked if a man ‘can become a woman’ by Megyn Kelly
The New York Post ^ | 09/161/2023 | Mary Kay Linge

Posted on 09/16/2023 3:29:28 PM PDT by thegagline

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis and other conservative critics took aim at former president Donald Trump for hedging this week on the explosive issue of transgenderism — and refusing to give a clear answer on whether he believes it’s possible to change one’s sex .

Trump responded with a long-drawn-out “Ummm” and an uncomfortable laugh when host Megyn Kelly, in a Thursday interview on her “The Megyn Kelly Show” on Sirius XM, asked: “Can a man become a woman?”

“In my opinion,” he finally said, shaking his head slightly, “you have a man, you have a woman.”

“I, I, I think part of it is birth,” he continued.

“Can the man give birth? No.”

But he seemed to leave the door open on that criterion.

“They’ll come up with some answer to that also someday,” Trump went on.

“I heard just the other day they have a way that now the man can give birth. No, I would say I’ll continue my stance on that.”

His feeble answer drew derision from conservatives.

“Don’t tell me a man can become a woman because it’s not true,” DeSantis said Friday in a speech to the Concerned Women for America in Washington, DC.

“Don’t tell me a man can get pregnant because it’s not true.”

“There is value in standing up for what is true,” the Florida governor said in comments that did not call out Trump by name.

“And what woke agenda is, is it represents a war on the truth itself.”

Longtime Trump antagonist Erick Erickson joined in.

“When a former president cannot and does not immediately say ‘no’ when asked if a man can become a woman, he does not need to be president again,” the right-wing commentator posted on X, formerly Twitter. ***

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chromosomes; man; megynkelly; trumpinterview; woke; woman
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Can a man become a woman?
Answer:No! Next question…

Too many words, too much equivocation.

1 posted on 09/16/2023 3:29:28 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

I defy the other candidates to do better.

I guarantee even Mike Pence won’t say no.


2 posted on 09/16/2023 3:32:58 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: thegagline

A dude can apparently if they pay enough, get a uterus implanted into them..read about that a week ago, disgusting but apparently its true


3 posted on 09/16/2023 3:34:02 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: thegagline

Trump being attacked for being on the right side of the issue is about a flailing campaign desperate to find a toe hold against him. Yawn.


4 posted on 09/16/2023 3:34:34 PM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: thegagline

Murdoch Moloch speaks.


5 posted on 09/16/2023 3:35:57 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: thegagline

A bunch of idiots yapping at a great man.


6 posted on 09/16/2023 3:36:02 PM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: thegagline; All

He was pretty definitive actually. The difference is he doesn’t have canned answers. They still don’t understand his appeal. I felt the two best moments were at the end when she asked him about why he didn’t just live his life and go about his business and he answers with what they are doing to the country. Even better, however, was how he talked about Melania. It wouldn’t hurt him at all if he was able to do that to “the view” audience. He has an amazing level of respect and admiration for her. It’s not faked.


7 posted on 09/16/2023 3:37:52 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

But it still won’t make him a woman.


8 posted on 09/16/2023 3:40:13 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

But it’s still a dude.


9 posted on 09/16/2023 3:42:40 PM PDT by Aria
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To: skr

Exactly right. Every cell in his body has DNA that is male.


10 posted on 09/16/2023 3:44:28 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: thegagline

Trump banned trans in military.

But the hyenas want virtue signaling, not reality so they ask meaningless questions.

It’s like is green blue in the summer spring?


11 posted on 09/16/2023 3:45:29 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

A person can have all kinds of surgeries and hormones to help them appear as the opposite sex but NOBODY can change their DNA and that is how their sex is determined. Females have XX and males XY chromosomes. Nothing they do to themselves can/will change that basic fact.


12 posted on 09/16/2023 3:46:42 PM PDT by boatbums (When you dwell in the shelter of the Most High, you will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. )
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To: newzjunkey

I second that yawn. This is all they can attack Trump for? Cue the laugh track.


13 posted on 09/16/2023 3:47:32 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: thegagline

Trump didn’t stumble. He answered more precisely and rambled on more than needed.

However I have zero doubt Trump knows the difference between a man and a woman.


14 posted on 09/16/2023 3:49:00 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: newzjunkey

If he only thinks that birth is only part of being male or female, he’s not on the right side of the issue.


15 posted on 09/16/2023 3:50:42 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: thegagline

“What is a woman?” would have been the correct answer.


16 posted on 09/16/2023 3:54:13 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: thegagline

Trump is going to fail on cultural questions, he’s not a social conservative. I’m surprised here that he wasn’t prepared with a better answer.


17 posted on 09/16/2023 3:55:12 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected. No Baggage, No Drama.)
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To: skr

If he thinks birth is only part... (too many onlies, aargh)


18 posted on 09/16/2023 3:55:53 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: thegagline

Well I’m no billionaire from New York or a septugenarian with a social media addiction or anything but, here is how the answer would go if I was asked.

Brasky, can a man become a woman?

Me-No. Are you stupid or something?

Simple. Factual and concise.

I guess Big 45 doesn’t want to piss off his buddy, Caitlin Jenner.
You know a man.


19 posted on 09/16/2023 3:57:28 PM PDT by Brasky (You miss every shot you never take.)
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To: Brasky

Bingo, you win the prize, it’s about Jenner. Also Grennell has Trump twisted up on LGBTQ.


20 posted on 09/16/2023 4:07:36 PM PDT by teevolt
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