Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles tackled one of the latest head-scratchers in American politics: Democrat Sarah McBride, formerly Tim McBride, recently became the first trans-identifying person elected to Congress after winning Delaware’s at-large district by nearly 16 points. The story here isn’t just McBride’s election; it’s the brewing dilemma that Republicans in the House face. Knowles didn’t hold back, throwing down the gauntlet, asking whether Republicans will “stand firm against this dangerous ideology” or “call the man ‘Sarah’ and invite him into the women’s bathroom.”
1/ A bombshell story few are talking about: Joe Biden, his family, and the state of Delaware have brought us Tim “Sarah” McBride, the first trans-identifying man elected to Congress. pic.twitter.com/UdhKYCKSQp
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 14, 2024
Let’s be real, McBride’s political rise is straight out of the Democrat playbook—rebrand, then get a spotlight in every activist role possible. Knowles pointed out that after “declaring himself ‘Sarah,’” this once-obscure staffer for Beau Biden suddenly had doors flying open for him. “He was appointed to major activist roles and even given a platform to address federal departments like the DOJ and HUD,” Knowles noted. Let’s face it: in today’s Democrat circles, an identity change is the ticket to political fast-tracking.
This win, unsurprisingly, has the liberal establishment celebrating McBride as a trailblazer while ignoring the fact that he’s pushing extreme gender policies. As a state senator, McBride championed boys competing in girls’ sports and supported life-altering surgeries for children—all in the name of “progress.” It’s almost as if biology no longer matters to Democrats, who would rather applaud this victory than face the reality of what it means for women’s spaces and sports.
Knowles took his stance even further, urging the GOP to hold the line on this ideology as McBride gets set to walk the halls of Congress. “This guy, presumably, is going to want to use the women’s bathroom,” he said, underscoring the absurdity of it all. “Are Republicans going to defend their female members and say, ‘Hey Buster, you can pretend to be a woman, but you’re not using the women’s bathroom’? Or will they just look the other way?” Knowles points out that bending on this issue is a slippery slope into endorsing all of trans ideology, a stance that contradicts basic biological truth.
10/ While Tim appears to make an effort to present a more palatable version of transgender ideology by dressing up like a young Hillary Clinton, off hours he has palled around with the more typically extreme and lascivious exemplars of transgenderism. pic.twitter.com/jsofNPqeCs
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 14, 2024
Women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines joined the conversation, pointing out the absurdity of gender-blind logic in sports, saying, “This logic suggests able-bodied people should compete with disabled people. And 18-year-olds should compete with 12-year-olds.” Gaines sees the underlying threat to women’s sports if these gender-blind policies go unchecked.
Here’s the thing: this isn’t just a one-off victory for McBride—it’s an agenda to normalize radical ideologies by placing them in positions of power. The GOP has a choice. Either they protect women’s spaces, sports, and biological reality, or they allow the progressive Left to dictate these changes. And as Knowles said, if they cave on this, it’s more than just one bathroom; it’s the entire ideological framework. The voters have spoken, electing a Republican majority, and they expect leadership to stand up for the values they voted for. With Trump set to usher in a new administration, it’s time to get serious about rooting out these ideological experiments in places where common sense should reign.
