Michael Knowles speaks at CPAC March 4. (Screen capture via Twitter)
The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor saw the annual gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference known as CPAC wrapping up March 4 with twice-impeached former President Donald Trump as its closing speaker.
Trump, who overwhelmingly won CPAC’s conference straw poll for presidential contenders, garnering 62% support from attendees compared to 20% for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis an undeclared potential candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, and who is considered Trump’s biggest threat in a primary, took aim at America’s transgender community in his speech.
Trump defended his administration’s ban on trans enlistment in the U.S. Armed Services.
“We banned transgender insanity from our military,” he said, among other policies that President Joe Biden revoked upon taking office.
“We will keep men out of women’s sports,” Trump said. “How ridiculous. That will take place on day one.”
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) made similar comments during his remarks March 2. Democrats, Scott said, have sought to “allow public schools to ignore parents and talk to very young children about sexuality.”
The senator also claimed the U.S. military has been made to care more about “pronouns” than intimidating our enemies.
Trump was among numerous CPAC speakers taking aim at the culture war over LGBTQ equality and rights, specifically trans rights.
“The problem with transgenderism is not that it’s inappropriate for children under the age of nine. The problem with transgenderism is that it isn’t true. If it is false, then for the good of society … transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.” Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire said.
Knowles’ assertion was echoed by his fellow Daily Wire host Matt Walsh who tweeted: “He is of course completely right about this. Trangenderism as a concept and an ideology is false, poisonous, and destructive to both the individual and society. It needs to be destroyed entirely. The fight to save children from this lunacy is but one phase in the overall war.”
He is of course completely right about this. Trangenderism as a concept and an ideology is false, poisonous, and destructive to both the individual and society. It needs to be destroyed entirely. The fight to save children from this lunacy is but one phase in the overall war. https://t.co/vn2YpIjiLW
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 5, 2023
As outrage built online after Knowles’ assertion, Walsh on Sunday tweeted: “Trans activists have worked for years to fundamentally restructure human society to affirm their deluded self-perceptions. They have censored, silenced, indoctrinated and manipulated. They have harmed children. Now the pushback is finally here in and they cry victim.”
Trans activists have worked for years to fundamentally restructure human society to affirm their deluded self-perceptions. They have censored, silenced, indoctrinated, and manipulated. They have harmed children. Now the pushback is finally here in and they cry victim.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 5, 2023
Walsh also asserted on Twitter: “Of course all of the hysterical idiots calling this language ‘genocidal’ would certainly not be saying that if he has called for the eradication of capitalism or conservatism or some other -ism they don’t like. In that case they’d easily recognize that working to defeat an ideology is not the same as eradicating individuals. This is a distinction any intelligent person can understand. Gender ideology (i.e. transgenderism) is just that: An ideology. And that is what we are fighting.”
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