"I left for the Twilight Zone a year ago.
It's far more normal that what you foolish frogs in boiling water
put up with"
Posted on 03/24/2021 4:34:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 48 Wednesday to confirm Pennsylvania Health Secretary Richard “Rachel” Levine, a man “identifying” as a woman, to be assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Biden administration.
Every Democrat voted in favor of Levine, joined by liberal, pro-abortion Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
Conservative critics have argued that, as a so-called “trans woman” who endorses and promotes the notion that individuals can change their “gender identity” at will, Levine lacks the medical credibility and objectivity to be entrusted with hot-button transgender issues. He has been a longtime, outspoken proponent of “gender affirmation” and “sex reassignment” treatment for minors. In a 2017 lecture, he endorsed puberty-blockers to gender-confused children throughout puberty, followed by “sex change” surgery at 18. While transgender surgery “usually” is performed only on adults, Levine said “there are exceptions.”
Last month, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed Levine for his refusal “to say, absolutely, minors shouldn't be making decisions to amputate their breasts or to amputate their genitalia.”
“Many will no doubt characterize the Senate’s confirmation of Rachel Levine today as an historic occasion. And they aren’t necessarily wrong,” commented Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project. “For perhaps the first time ever, the position of Assistant Secretary for Health will be filled by someone who has openly and vocally advocated for allowing children to undergo sex change procedures. This is indeed an unprecedented moment.”
“But while President Biden and Democrats may have fooled voters last fall into believing such an extreme position wasn’t a part of their agenda, they will not be able to do so next time around,” continued Schilling. “Every Democrat in the Senate is now on record as supporting childhood sex changes, and they will have to answer for it to their voters. Make no mistake: this overreach by left-wing Democrats will have political consequences in 2022 and beyond.”
Apart from Levine’s personal gender confusion, critics note that Levine ran Pennsylvania’s draconian COVID-19 response, pushing nursing homes to readmit Wuhan coronavirus patients and ordering two-year-olds to wear masks in public. His nursing home stance was particularly controversial in light of the revelation that he moved his 95-year-old mother out of a nursing home at the same time. He claimed it was done at his mother’s request, but critics say it showed that Levine knew the risks of his policy guidance.
“In Pennsylvania, the pandemic struck seniors in nursing homes disproportionately hard compared to other states. This was due in part to poor decisions and oversight by Dr. Levine and the Wolf administration,” Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said Wednesday, announcing his opposition to Levine’s confirmation. “Moreover, the commonwealth’s extended economic lockdown that Dr. Levine advocated for was excessive, arbitrary in nature, and has led to a slower recovery.”
Nevertheless, Levine is perfectly in line with the values and positions of the Biden administration. Among President Joe Biden’s first actions upon taking office was signing an executive order declaring a policy to “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation, and to fully enforce Title VII and other laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation,” citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s claim in Bostock that federal law’s prohibition on discrimination “because of … sex” extends to “discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.”
“Both those women need to go”
All three of them need to go...🙄
RE: Both those women need to go.
I’m afraid in the case of Susan Collins, you’ll have to wait another 6 years. She just got elected last November :(
There is literally no downside to primarying Mur-cow-ski.
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That’s a man, baby!
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Well, they certainly didn’t confirm Rachael on job performance. Have you seen the record in PA?
Well, you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk, Rachel, Rachel. You never stopped hoping; now you’re in a Pinsk, Rachel, Rachel. When the naysayers ‘nay’ you picked up your pace. You said nothing’s going to stop me so get out of my face. I’m having adventures all over the place, Rachel, Rachel!
“He is as mentally ill”
Bat**** crazy and dangerously incompetent?
Reason #532 why leaving the Republican Party was the right choice!
Yep another 6 years of both her and Graham BECAUSE as usual R’s voted lesser of two evils when in reality they are ONE PARTY unless we decide that we are sick enough of these FAKE R’s to let the stinking Dem have the seat for ONE TERM then vote the DEM out we will continue to have a WEAK, FECKLESS, USELESS, BACKSTABBING, GOP!!!!
"I left for the Twilight Zone a year ago.
It's far more normal that what you foolish frogs in boiling water
put up with"
The inmates are indeed running the asylum now. This nation, if it continues down this path, will deserve the coming judgment, and the libs/Rats/socialists/marxists will have no one to blame but themselves.
Do we root for it’s failure or is that wishing ill on the country?
By the appearance of one’s life cycle, it appears that, mercifully, the problem won’t be around much longer.
RE: Reason #532 why leaving the Republican Party was the right choice!
C’mon, it’s only these 2 RINOs, what about the other 48 who voted no? (OK, you can kick out Mitt Romney if you wish, but that’s still 47 ).
America going off the rails fast. But, increasing moral decay is just fulfillment of Bible prophesy. So, it is what it is.
stripes.com ^ | January 19, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
“Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic — no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability — and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond," Biden said in a statement.
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Maybe it's just me, but I think it looks better with a mask on.
Not good, better!
Alaska is full of leftwing liberaltarians. They went full bore on pot early on, they’ll go for men as women as well.
It’s all hype for those not paying attention. Unfortunately that equates to too many stimulus check anticipators.
TICK TOCK . . . TICK TOCK . . .
That is the clock for God’s judgment on America. It is coming, people. If you don’t know the Lord Jesus as your personal Saviour - you need to acknowledge NOT that he died for your sins, was buried and rose again to seal the agreement between Him and His Father.
The simplest thing you can ever do in this life is to acknowledge this truth and just like that, you will have eternal life which no man (including yourself) can ever sever.
TICK TOCK . . . TICK TOCK!
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