Washington Democrat Compares Transgender Athlete Bans To Racial Segregation

Democrats are extremely, extremely committed to being on the 20 side of an 80/20 argument. 

As if there were any doubts, Washington Democratic state Representative Kristine Reeves ended them at the House Education Committee executive session on Thursday. Reeves spoke out in support of SB 5123, a bill that includes expanded protections for students, covering "gender expression" and "gender identity." 

And in doing so, she demonstrated a spectacular run of incompetence, ignorance, and willful disregard for reality.

"I recall a time in our country’s history not that long ago … where people like my grandfather were told that they could not participate in sporting activities because he was Black man," she said.

"I can recall a time in our country's history, Madam Chair, where people like my grandfather and my great-great grandfather were not allowed to participate in processes and places in our society because of the color of their skin because people for years – for generations – had told our society that Black people were less than human, that Black people were animals, that Black people did not have the brain capacity to compete with White Americans."

Except, of course, that's not remotely comparable to what allowing male transgender athletes to compete against women means. Every sane person can quite obviously understand the difference, which is why 80 percent of the country supports prohibiting males from competing against females.

ATLANTA - Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas on the pool deck at the NCAA Swimming &Diving Championships at Georgia Tech on March 19, 2022. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Incredibly, Reeves wasn't done there. 

She went on to claim, per Fox News, that scientific research