Ted Cruz is forced to ask Democrat same basic question five times — but she refuses to answer: 'It's a yes-no question'



Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) exposed the dishonesty of gender ideology on Wednesday by asking Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson one simple question.

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the civil rights of "LGBTQ+ Americans," former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines explained in unequivocal terms the competitive advantage that biological men have over biological women in sports like swimming.

Gaines explained:

Going through puberty causes irreversible advantage that no matter the training, no matter the diet, that no matter any alterable change you can make will overcome that male advantage. Especially in sports like swimming, where lung capacity matters so much, even something as silly as throat size. Men have, on average, a 40% larger throat, which sounds like it's nothing, but when you're gasping for air, that 40% larger throat makes a huge difference in athletic success, not to mention height.

Cruz then turned to Robinson and asked, "Do you agree with Ms. Gaines that there is a difference between women and men?"

"If the question is about trans women —" Robinson began, before Cruz interjected.

"I'm just asking: Is there a difference between women and men?" he repeated.

But instead of answering the question, Robinson invoked NCAA rules, apparently to defend the time when trans swimmer Lia Thomas was given a trophy over Gaines when they tied in a competition.

"OK, I'm gonna try again," a frustrated Cruz responded. "Do you believe there is a difference between women and men? It's a yes-no question. Do you believe there's a difference?"

"Well, I think that we're talking about this case with the NCAA —" Robinson began.

"No, I’m asking a question: Do you believe there's a difference between women and men?" Cruz asked again. "Most people could answer this very simply. I'm curious if you are willing to do so."

Robinson claimed she was "absolutely" interested in answering the question, but she wanted to add "context to this conversation that we're having."

"Is that a yes? I'm trying to get a yes or no. I'm not trying to get a speech," Cruz fired back. "Is there a difference between women and men?"

Robinson responded by acknowledging that "definitions for biological sex" exist, but immediately tried to differentiate sex from gender. She never answered Cruz's question.

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House Democrat claims the words 'pedophile' and 'groomer' discriminate against LGBT 'sexual orientation'



Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) complained on Wednesday that terms like "pedophile" and "groomer" are rooted in bigotry that discriminates against LGBT "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."

The shocking comments came during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing that featured testimony from survivors of last month's mass attack at Club Q, an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs.

Porter denounced using "groomer" and "pedophile" pejoratively because, she claimed, the words foment hate and dehumanize LGBT-identifying persons.

"This allegation of ‘groomer’ and ‘pedophile' it is alleging that a person is criminal somehow and engaged in criminal acts merely because of their gender identity, their sexual orientation, their gender identity," she said.

\u201cRep. Katie Porter (D-CA) says that the terms "groomer and pedophile allege that a person is criminal somehow merely because of their sexual orientation and gender identity" and laments that Twitter allowed groomer "to reach 72 million users."\u201d
— Greg Price (@Greg Price) 1671042003

Porter's eyebrow-raising remarks were made in response to Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson, who condemned Twitter and other social media platforms for not aggressively removing alleged hate speech like the words "groomer" and "pedophile."

"It's about holding users accountable to those guidelines and acknowledging that when we use phrases and words like 'groomer' and 'pedophile' to describe people — individuals in our communities that are mothers, fathers, that are teachers, doctors — it is dangerous," Robinson claimed.

"It's got one purpose: to dehumanize us and to make us feel like we're not a part of this American society," Robinson continued. "It has real-life consequences."

What is their gripe?

Using the word "groomer" is a problem, Porter contended, because "the 'groomer' narrative is an age-old lie" that "positions LGBTQ+ people as a threat to kids."

"What is does is deny them access to public spaces, it stokes fear, and it can even stoke violence," Porter claimed.

That explanation, however, does not explain how the semantic import of either word stokes hatred or fear like they claim.

In this context, a "groomer" is someone who builds a relationship with children to later exploit them, often sexually, while a "pedophile" is someone who is sexually attracted to children. Sexualizing children is morally reprehensible, and sexually abusing children is, of course, illegal.

The term "groomer," though, now often describes people who want to impress upon young children an ultra-progressive ideology of sex and gender, even if their parents disagree.

Porter did not provide any evidence of violence incited by the usage of "groomer" or "pedophile."

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