{"id":2100300,"date":"2023-11-15T20:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T01:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-vote-against-mtgs-attempt-to-castrate-rachel-levines-salary\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T20:58:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T01:58:13","slug":"gop-reps-vote-against-mtgs-attempt-to-castrate-rachel-levines-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-vote-against-mtgs-attempt-to-castrate-rachel-levines-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Reps Vote Against MTG&#8217;s Attempt to &#8216;Castrate&#8217; Rachel Levine&#8217;s Salary"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fgop-reps-vote-against-mtgs-attempt-to-castrate-rachel-levines-salary%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=2100300&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>GOP Reps Vote \u2063Against MTG&#8217;s Attempt to &#8216;Castrate&#8217; Rachel Levine&#8217;s Salary<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s controversial effort to slash the\u200d salary of Assistant Health Secretary\u2063 Rachel Levine to $1 was\u200b rejected by the\u2063 House on\u2062 Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Republican had\u2064 proposed the cut\u200d as an\u2062 amendment to a budget \u2062bill, using \u200dstrong language to criticize Levine, \u2064an openly transgender\u200c bureaucrat. Despite support from 170 Republicans, the \u2063amendment failed to pass due\u2064 to opposition from 46 \u2062GOP members and 208\u2063 Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The House rejected\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG?\">@RepMTG<\/a> Amd\u2019t #103 by a vote of 170-254-1 present. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51N5dusQHb\">https:\/\/t.co\/51N5dusQHb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bHouse Press Gallery (@HouseDailyPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseDailyPress\/status\/1724828156509479097?\">November\u200d 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The full list of votes is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2023664?Page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website of the House clerk<\/a>, which provides a searchable database \u200dand an alphabetical list of the \u200dvotes.<\/p>\n<p>Greene justified her amendment by invoking the Holman rule, which allows for the reduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-mccarthys-house-can-actually-get-done-before-2024\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What McCarthy\u2019s House Can Actually Get Done Before 2024\">federal employees&#8217; salaries<\/a>.\u200d She accused Levine of supporting &#8220;castrating&#8221; children with gender \u2064dysphoria and referred to him \u200bas a &#8220;diversity hire.&#8221; Greene argued that reducing Levine&#8217;s salary was a necessary step\u2062 to protect children from what she called &#8220;sexual groomers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House condemned Greene&#8217;s actions, calling them hateful and dangerous. They expressed support for Levine \u200dand emphasized their\u200c commitment \u2062to fighting against hate and intolerance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently there are some Republicans who think Dick Levine, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-vote-against-mtgs-attempt-to-castrate-rachel-levines-salary\/\" title=\"GOP Reps Vote Against MTG's Attempt to 'Castrate' Rachel Levine's Salary\">mentally ill\u2063 man pretending<\/a> to be a woman, deserves \u200dto keep his job \u2064as Assistant HHS Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t want to \u200dfire him even though he supports the genital mutilation of children, mandating a\u2063 COVID vaccine for\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1724832157934186502?\">November \u206315, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> after her amendment \u2064failed, Greene made controversial remarks about\u200d Levine, referring to him as a mentally ill person pretending to\u200c be a \u200cwoman. She accused him of supporting the genital mutilation of children \u2062and criticized his role in mandating COVID vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The House Clerk&#8217;s website \u200dalso noted\u2063 that Greene&#8217;s proposal to reduce\u2062 the salary of Education Secretary\u200c Miguel Cardona was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note\u200c from \u2063Our Deputy Managing \u200cEditor:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What if you woke up one morning and half of the people you count on had just vanished overnight?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That happened \u2063to me \u2063recently. I got up,\u2064 came to work here at The Western \u200bJournal, and when I\u2064 got to my office, literally half of our readers had vanished. They were just gone. We had been nuked by Facebook, and it had happened almost \u2062instantly.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it \u2064was even worse. Facebook hit us at the same time\u200c 90 \u200dpercent of advertisers\u2064 had essentially boycotted us.\u200c &#8220;Brutal&#8221; is a word I\u2019ve used a lot lately.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fight for the truth is\u2063 brutal. The fight for America\u2019s soul is brutal. What the government is doing to Jan. 6 detainees is\u2064 brutal. \u200cWhat surgeons are doing to confused\u200b children is brutal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>It\u2019s a fight we must win. But \u2063we can\u2019t win without you.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">membership to The Western Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will go much farther than you \u2063think. It costs less than\u200b a cup\u2062 of Starbucks coffee, and for that small price you get access to \u2063ALL of our content <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  news, commentary, and premium articles\u2063 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  you\u2019ll experience a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-a-dent-liability-fears-are-driving-providers-to-drop-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-even-where-its-legal\/\" title=\"Liability fears force providers to abandon 'Gender-Affirming Care' for kids, despite legality.\">radically reduced number<\/a> of \u200dads, and \u2062most\u2062 importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight against leftism.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Can I\u200c count on you to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>join today<\/b><\/a><b>?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  We need your help. Benjamin \u2063Franklin summed up \u200dthe situation\u200b we&#8217;re\u2063 all facing when he said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or, \u200dmost assuredly, we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We plan to hang in and fight. Please help us. Please <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">become a member today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh\u2064 Manning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-reps-vote-mtgs-attempt-castrate-rachel-levines-salary\/\">GOP Reps Vote Against MTG&#8217;s Attempt to &#8216;Castrate&#8217; Rachel Levine&#8217;s Salary<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What reasoning \u200cdid Rep. \u2064Marjorie Taylor Greene give for proposing the salary cut for\u200b Rachel Levine?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  _campaign=article&#038;utm_medium=contentpitch&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>subscription to The Western Journal<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will help ensure \u200dthat we can \u200dcontinue to bring you the truth you need to know.\u2064 Our dedicated team of journalists relies \u200bon the support of our\u2063 readers to uncover the stories that matter most.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>GOP Reps\u2062 Vote \u2063Against \u200bMTG&#8217;s Attempt \u200bto &#8216;Castrate&#8217;\u2064 Rachel Levine&#8217;s Salary<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, House Republicans \u200bvoted against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s attempt to slash the salary of Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine to $1. Greene had proposed the cut as\u200c an amendment to a budget bill, specifically targeting Levine, an\u2063 openly transgender bureaucrat. Despite garnering \u2063support from 170 Republicans, Greene&#8217;s amendment did not pass due to\u2063 opposition \u200dfrom 46 GOP \u200cmembers and 208 Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of \u200dvotes is\u2064 available on the website of the House Clerk, providing a searchable database and\u200c an alphabetical list of the votes cast.\u2063 Greene justified her amendment\u2062 by invoking the Holman rule, which allows for the reduction of federal employees&#8217; salaries. She accused Levine \u200dof supporting &#8220;castrating&#8221; children \u2064with gender dysphoria and\u2063 referred to him as a \u2064&#8221;diversity hire.&#8221; Greene argued that \u2062reducing Levine&#8217;s salary was \u200ca necessary step to\u2062 protect children from what she called &#8220;sexual groomers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House\u200b condemned Greene&#8217;s actions, describing them as hateful and\u2062 dangerous. They expressed their support for Levine and emphasized their commitment\u200b to fighting \u2062against hate and \u200cintolerance.<\/p>\n<p>In a post\u200c on social\u200d media following the failure of her amendment, Greene made controversial remarks about\u2064 Levine, referring to him as a\u200b mentally ill person pretending to be a woman. \u200bShe accused \u200bhim \u2062of supporting the genital mutilation of children and criticized his role in mandating COVID vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The House Clerk&#8217;s\u200c website also noted that\u2064 Greene&#8217;s proposal\u200c to reduce the salary of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<h3>A Note\u200c from \u2063Our Deputy Managing \u200cEditor:<\/h3>\n<p>What if you woke\u2063 up one morning and half of the people you count on had just \u2062vanished overnight?<\/p>\n<p>That happened \u2064\u2063to \u2063me \u2063recently. I \u200dgot\u2063 up,\u2064 came to work \u200bhere \u2064at The \u2062Western \u200bJournal, and when I\u2064 got to my office, literally half of \u2062our readers had vanished. They were just gone. We had \u200dbeen nuked by Facebook, and \u2063it had happened almost \u2062instantly.<\/p>\n<p>But it \u2064was even\u200d worse. Facebook hit us at the same time\u200c 90 \u200dpercent of advertisers\u2064 had essentially boycotted us.\u200c &#8220;Brutal&#8221; is \u200ba\u2063 word I\u2019ve used a lot \u200blately.<\/p>\n<p>The fight for\u2064 the truth\u2064 is\u2063 brutal. The fight for America\u2019s soul \u2062is brutal. What the government is doing to Jan. 6 detainees is\u2064 \u200bbrutal.\u200c \u200cWhat surgeons are doing \u200dto confused\u200b children is brutal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a\u2062 fight we must win. But \u2063we can\u2019t\u200d win without \u200cyou.<\/p>\n<p>A subscription to The Western Journal\u2062 will help\u2062 ensure\u2064 that we can \u200dcontinue to bring you the truth you \u2064need to\u200d know. Our dedicated\u2062 team of journalists\u2062 relies on the support of our readers to uncover the stories that matter most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s attempt to reduce Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine&#8217;s salary to $1 was unsuccessful. Greene, a Georgia Republican, aimed to diminish the pay of Levine, an openly transgender bureaucrat who transitioned from being a man to a woman. 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