{"id":1957486,"date":"2023-06-26T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-democrat-announces-bid-to-become-first-transgender-member-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:21:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:21:30","slug":"prominent-democrat-announces-bid-to-become-first-transgender-member-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-democrat-announces-bid-to-become-first-transgender-member-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Dem announces bid to be first transgender Congress member."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprominent-democrat-announces-bid-to-become-first-transgender-member-of-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Historic Bid for Congress: Sarah McBride, a Transgender Candidate<\/h2>\n<p>A state senator from Delaware with ties to the Biden family is running for the state\u2019s soon-to-be-vacant U.S. House seat.<\/p>\n<p>A win next year would make Sarah McBride \u2014 a man who claims to be a woman \u2014 the first transgender member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/revealed-congress-didnt-get-truth-bidens-energy-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McBride has represented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-quietly-makes-mysterious-financial-move-delaware-amid-hunters-legal-troubles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delaware\u2019s<\/a> 1st District in the state Senate since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Sarah_McBride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won<\/a> with almost three-quarters of the vote in November 2020 and ran unopposed for a full six-year term in November.<\/p>\n<p>For 2024, McBride has announced he will run for the state\u2019s lone House seat, which is currently held by Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m excited to share that I\u2019m running for Congress!<\/p>\n<p>In Delaware, we\u2019ve proven that small states can do BIG things. It\u2019s time to do it again. <\/p>\n<p>Become a founding donor \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dnj3FKQG4l\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dnj3FKQG4l<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UD1DkxBaNy\">pic.twitter.com\/UD1DkxBaNy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahEMcBride\/status\/1673301518420783107?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nBlunt Rochester will abandon the at-large seat and seek the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Tom Carper, who is retiring.<\/p>\n<p>McBride told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/06\/26\/sarah-mcbride-delaware-senator-2024-elections-us-house\/70349505007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wilmington News Journal<\/a> that the federal government must be more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-diversity-executive-exits-post-back-back-box-office-flops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diverse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that diversity in government is necessary for us to not just ensure we have a healthy democracy but also to truly deliver for people,\u201d the state legislator said.<\/p>\n<p>McBride also claimed his candidacy is not about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-releases-pro-transgender-propaganda-piece-rachel-levine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am certainly cognizant of the uniqueness of my candidacy, of the uniqueness that my voice would bring to the halls of Congress,\u201d he said. \u201cBut ultimately, I\u2019m not running to be a trans member of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running to be Delaware\u2019s member of Congress who\u2019s focused on making progress on all of the issues that matter to Delawareans of every background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Tim McBride declared he was now Sarah McBride in 2011, he was praised by then-Delaware Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-biden-tries-play-beau-biden-card-trump-counters-takedown-hunter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beau Biden<\/a>, the oldest son of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/13\/12\/20\/one_womans_life_after_coming_out_as_transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAMU-FM<\/a> in Washington, McBride had worked on Beau Biden\u2019s 2006 and 2010 campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported he called McBride and said, \u201cSarah, I just wanted you to know, I\u2019m so proud of you. I love you, and you\u2019re still a part of the Biden family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McBride was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/06\/10\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-first-lady-jill-biden-at-pride-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whistleblower-drops-bombshell-fbi-knew-hunter-bidens-laptop-real-deal-months-made-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> in remarks two weeks ago at the White House during its \u201cpride\u201d celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud that back home in Delaware the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ann-coulter-2023s-first-list-of-openly-gay-transgender-non-white-accomplishments\/\" title=\"Ann Coulter: 2023\u2019s First List of Openly Gay Transgender Non-white Accomplishments!\">transgender state legislator<\/a> in American history, Sarah McBride,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/06\/10\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-first-lady-jill-biden-at-pride-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> June 10.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-clinton-lawyer-comes-short-of-admitting-fbi-raid-is-part-of-effort-to-bar-trump-from-running-for-re-election\/\" title=\"Ex-Clinton Lawyer Comes Short of Admitting FBI Raid Is Part of Effort to Bar Trump From Running for Re-Election\">seeking public office<\/a>, McBride worked as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/about\/staff\/sarah-mcbride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press secretary<\/a> for the far-left Human Rights Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign has made headlines in recent months as it is the group behind the so-called Corporate Equality Index, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-democrat-announces-bid-to-become-first-transgender-member-of-congress\/\" title=\"Prominent Dem announces bid to be first transgender Congress member.\">issues companies scores<\/a> from 0-100 based on their focus on LGBT issues.<\/p>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch InBev held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anheuser-busch-held-top-score-industry-ranking-now-delisted-stripped-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfect score<\/a> of 100 with the George Soros-funded group before Bud Light\u2019s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney sparked a nationwide boycott in April, and the company made both sides unhappy with its response.<\/p>\n<p>McBride was also given a job as an intern at the White House in 2015 during former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-makes-secret-power-move-biden-continues-flounder-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama\u2019s<\/a> second term.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prominent-democrat-announces-bid-become-first-transgender-member-congress\/\">Prominent Democrat Announces Bid to Become First Transgender Member of Congress<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delaware state senator, connected to the Biden family, is vying for the upcoming vacant U.S. House seat. If successful, Sarah McBride, a transgender individual, would become the first transgender member of Congress. McBride has served in the state Senate, representing Delaware&#8217;s 1st District, since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1957487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}