0:00
/
0:00
Transcript

Rep. Keith Self Misgenders Rep. Sarah McBride on Purpose. Chaos Breaks Out.

McBride served it right back though.

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing ended abruptly Tuesday after Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) referred to Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first transgender person elected to Congress, as “mister.”

Self, who chairs the subcommittee on Europe, introduced McBride as “the congressman from Delaware” during a hearing on arms control and U.S. assistance to Europe. McBride responded by calling Self “Madam Chair.”

As McBride delivered her remarks, ranking member Bill Keating (D-Mass.) interjected, asking Self to repeat his introduction.

“Mr. Chairman, you are out of order,” Keating said. “Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I’ve come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent.”

“We will continue this hearing,” Self responded.

“You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way,” Keating said.

Self then adjourned the hearing.

Discussion about this video