Congresswoman Puts Anti-Trans Activist on the Spot: ‘Do You Really Believe That Garbage?’
"Every single hearing that I am in...witnesses find a way to bring in trans children into whatever conversation we’re trying to have," Rep. Becca Balint said.
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During what sounded like it could have been an extremely dry hearing on corporate governance strategy on Tuesday, Vermont Rep. Becca Balint (D), the state’s first-ever openly gay representative, excoriated a former Trump administration official who was trying to make the hearing about Republicans’ favorite scapegoat cause du jour: gender affirming healthcare for trans kids.
The House Oversight Committee was holding a hearing on the effects of environmental, social and governance (ESG), a corporate strategy intended to lessen the negative effects of business. But of course, conservative activists want to make it part of the culture war, which is exactly what Mandy Gunasekara, director of the Independent Women’s Forum’s Center on Energy and Conservation, testified to at the hearing, submitting a statement that said, “ESG is a tool to advance the Left’s broader cultural agenda” like “efforts to promote ‘gender transitions’ for children.” Remember, this is a corporate strategy we are talking about.
By the time Balint was called on for questioning, she’d had it.
“One of the things that you said in [the information] you provided is that the dangers of ESG include promoting gender transitions in children,” she said. “And I want to know, do you really believe that garbage?”