It seems that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) did not get the message of the 2020 election. Her party lost almost every heavily contested race in the last election and the Democrats now have only a razor-thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Instead of moving to the ideological middle to find common ground with Republicans, Pelosi and her leadership team are moving further to the ridiculously progressive left. For example, on Friday, Pelosi introduced new rules for the 117thsession of Congress. The package includes requirements that all gender-specific language be replaced by gender-neutral wording.
Thus, words such as “man, woman, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife” are banned and will be swapped by words such as “parent, child, sibling, spouse, etc.” Henceforth, there will be no more use of terms such as “aunt, uncle, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.” In the view of Pelosi and the Democrats, such terms are too offensive.
The proposed changes are extensive. The word “seaman” will be replaced by “seafarers.” The “Whistleblower Ombudsman” office will now be referred to as the office of “Whistleblower Ombuds.” A member will not submit “his or her resignation,” it will simply be a member “resigns.” The rules package was also introduced by U.S. Representative, not Congressman, James McGovern (D-MA) who is the Chair, not Chairman, of the Rules Committee.
Upon unveiling the proposals, McGovern crowed that it would make “this House of Representatives the most inclusive in history.” Sorry Representative McGovern, what this package truly shows is how completely out of touch the Democratic leadership has become with the needs of the American people.
It is incredible that this committee took the time and effort to include such craziness in the rules package. In a Covid-19 world of hysterical overreaction, rampant fear, business shutdowns, electoral challenges, rising crime, and foreign threats, it is insane that Pelosi and McGovern are focused on placating their far-left wing by eliminating gender-specific language.
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