{"id":2636148,"date":"2026-07-27T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmedia-meltdown-over-trumps-dylan-mulvaney-joke-proves-they-know-trans-ideology-is-a-lie\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:47:35","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmedia-meltdown-over-trumps-dylan-mulvaney-joke-proves-they-know-trans-ideology-is-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmedia-meltdown-over-trumps-dylan-mulvaney-joke-proves-they-know-trans-ideology-is-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Melt Down Over Trump&#8217;s Dylan Mulvaney Joke"},"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\">16<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmedia-meltdown-over-trumps-dylan-mulvaney-joke-proves-they-know-trans-ideology-is-a-lie%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=2636148&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--><p>The article discusses a recent incident during the white House Correspondents\u2019 dinner where former President Donald Trump made a joke comparing CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins\u2019 appearance to Dylan mulvaney, a transgender individual known for viral posts related to gender impersonation. The joke highlighted the controversy surrounding the promotion of trans identities by corporate media. <\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remark exposed perceived hypocrisy in media coverage: outlets that demand acceptance of trans identities now react as if the comparison is an insult and a personal attack. Critics argue that this reaction reveals the media\u2019s true stance-that they secretly recognize the inconsistency in their ideological positions. The article points out that left-wing outlets have previously labeled anyone questioning trans ideology as transphobic, suggesting their outrage over Trump\u2019s joke is inconsistent.<\/p>\n<p>the piece concludes that the media\u2019s strong reaction is more about defending their narrative than genuine offense, illustrating that they may not believe the propaganda they promote publicly. 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Mulvaney\u2019s viral Bud Light posts three years ago set off a firestorm that resulted in a boycott of Bud Light and crushed the company\u2019s sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But his joke inadvertently proved that the corporate media knows the entire trans ideology is one big farce. <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2346753740\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn\u2019t her on the Bud Light can; it was Dylan Mulvaney,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/kaitlan-collins-claps-back-hard-223951198.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKu9wVYtNTs0eR2DfNiPb3h-EmABB6r8lbjWEYj3pQNkkCh03e-G2b5y1KiNDH1sc5yi1vOM_4PmutsQku5ddRCI7x0mOB2o9w6Ge2ehlCkQWWJJcAh0UpaJXydWdBH1fiJ4cvzALi-h7S6sEIaceIl7zU4sK3cJD8FLjcYTXOgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins later posted a series of photos on Instagram, including one of a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt that read, \u201cNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corporate media also appeared to have taken offense to the joke, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/dylan-mulvaney-donald-trump-kaitlan-collins-whcd-speech-1235598970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dylan-mulvaney-shows-love-for-cnn-s-kaitlan-collins-after-trump-attack-12027121?taid=6a6669271e90770001b0c151&#038;utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&#038;utm_content=new&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People Magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-ai-image-kaitlan-collins-dylan-mulvaney-b3021788.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Independent<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/dylan-mulvaney-fires-back-at-trumps-kaitlan-collins-diss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Daily Beast<\/a> framing Trump\u2019s remarks about Collins as an \u201cattack\u201d and listing the Mulvaney comparison as one of the supposed attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Daily Beast accused Trump of comparing Collins to Mulvaney \u201cin what appeared to be a transphobic gibe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/politics\/national\/trump-kaitlan-collins-dylan-mulvaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advocate<\/a> said, \u201cTrump weaponized trans actress Dylan Mulvaney\u2019s image to attack Kaitlan Collins\u201d and asserted that Trump \u201ctried to demean the CNN journalist by comparing her to Mulvaney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2026\/07\/dylan-mulvaney-blasts-maga-over-trumps-kaitlan-collins-insult-i-am-burned-into-their-retinas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AL.com<\/a> said Trump\u2019s joke was an \u201cinsult\u201d to Collins and his doubling down on the joke the next day amounted to \u201cmock[ing]\u201d Collins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as The Federalist\u2019s Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MZHemingway\/status\/2081737880230048194?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said on X<\/a>, it\u2019s unclear \u201cwhy left-wing media are upset at [the] comparison of Kaitl[a]n Collins to Dylan Mulvaney. If, as they have always asserted, Dylan Mulvaney isn\u2019t just a woman (\u2018trans women are women\u2019) but a spokesmodel, where *EXACTLY* is the insult from their perspective?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, as Hemingway <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MZHemingway\/status\/2081738363653001252?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subsequently pointed<\/a> out, it <em>is<\/em> an insult \u201cif you recognize that men can\u2019t be women, but left-wing media daily spread propaganda and lies of \u2018transwomen are women.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So where\u2019s the insult?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it turns out, the insult was aimed at the public. For years left-wing corporate media have demanded Americans go along with the nonsensical position that men can simply become women by saying so. Anyone who pointed out this insane position was branded a bigot or transphobe. Yet the moment Trump compared Collins, a woman, to Mulvaney, a mentally ill man who pretends to be a woman, those same outlets immediately saw the comparison as an insult. Calling it an \u201cattack,\u201d a \u201cgibe,\u201d and an attempt to \u201cdemean\u201d Collins is to tacitly acknowledge the very distinction they demanded everyone else deny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even more so, these same outlets have previously attacked anyone who made that distinction openly. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/arts-entertainment\/jk-rowling-podcast-transphobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advocate<\/a> accused J.K. Rowling of having \u201cmisgendered trans women\u201d when she liked a tweet calling them \u201cmen in dresses.\u201d The Daily Beast<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/what-makes-a-real-woman-welcome-to-the-new-liberal-transphobia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> accused<\/a> feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of \u201ctransphobia\u201d because she \u201cdoesn\u2019t believe trans women are women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By their own standard, their coverage of Trump\u2019s joke was \u201ctransphobic.\u201d If Mulvaney is every much a woman as Collins, comparing the two would not be inherently demeaning or an \u201cattack.\u201d The comparison only works as an attack or insult if everyone agrees that Collins is a woman and Mulvaney is a man and that comparing a woman\u2019s appearance to a man\u2019s is offensive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If for nothing else, the meltdown proves what we\u2019ve known all along: The corporate left-wing press doesn\u2019t believe the garbage they spew either.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. 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