Another day, another vapid remark from podcaster Meghan McCain.
Yesterday, John McCain’s daughter retweeted a post by Kamala Harris that said, “Trust women. Trust them to make decisions about their own body, health care, and future.”
Since Roe v Wade was overturned by the conservative Supreme Court in 2022, the majority of Americans now say abortion should be legal, according to Pew Research. And the idea that women–like all people–should have agency over their own lives and futures is also not terribly revolutionary. Most would agree that freedom is a positive thing.
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But for whatever reason, McCain found Harris’ tweet so egregious that she felt the need to fire off a transphobic retort that said: “You and your party have to define what a woman is first.”
Girl, please.
It’s unclear who McCain, an anti-Trump Republican, was trying to appeal to with the tweet, but as many pointed out in the comments, parroting extreme far-right transphobic attack lines doesn’t really appeal to anyone. Other than extreme far-right transphobes, that is… which, evidently, is who she has become since quitting The View and launching her podcast.
This plays well to the far right but not to moderates like me. I’m not interested in going back to the attacks on transgender people.
— GirlwithaGun (@HaleyGirlWaGun) August 13, 2024
Everyone trying to force people to acknowledge biology to prove a point because they have a problem with how someone else identifies or lives is…
Remember when you were anti-hate? Your parents must be so ashamed of how far you’ve fallen. pic.twitter.com/DXWtiUXeNf
— Abel (Tío Sam) Delgado🇺🇸🪷💛🐝🇺🇸 (@abelsdelgado305) August 14, 2024
this is actually really disappointing coming from you Meghan.
— Skyler Elmore (@sky18bhs) August 13, 2024
What happened to your position on transgender people ? pic.twitter.com/YXhoqFBmrv
— Zongo the Zischer (@ZZischer) August 13, 2024
It’s an unfortunate albeit not terribly shocking turn made by a mean and humorless 39-year-old woman who once served on the GLAAD National Board of Directors, used to call herself an LGBTQ+ ally, and claims to love RuPaul’s Drag Race.
McCain’s transphobic tweet comes off the heels of another idiotic thing she said last week, when she tried to shade the Harris/Walz campaign for its now-viral $40 camouflage hat that sold out in 30 minutes, bringing $1 million into the campaign in under an hour, and is now on backorder until the end of September.
“Putting someone in a camo hat doesn’t make them a moderate or appealing to red state people. No one is that dumb,” she tweeted, only to be reminded of that time her father did the exact same thing in 2008 when he was running for president alongside Sarah Palin.
No one is that dumb, indeed!
Well, except maybe one person.
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Meghan McCain’s hot take on Kamala’s sold-out camo hats proves she knows nothing about fashion (or gays)
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1finn
Oh, honey, just stay home with your horrible husband, you are no longer relevant, if you ever were.
Woody
During her confirmation process, liberal Ketanji Brown Jackson, could not even say what a woman was. After all, she said she wasn’t a “biologist.”
You can’t make this up, what the Democratic party has devolved to.
abfab
Ummm, just say no.
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Mr. Stadnick
Why give this vapid nobody press?
Pistolo
She won a Harvey Milk award (what rubbish) and used the opportunity to platform a gay Republican on her instagram. Her husband’s site the Federalist has been sooooo anti-LGBTQ for a long time. These corporate pickme types who actually have her serve on boards and invite her to parties need to seriously just ghost her ass forever. She is no ally. She just wants stylists and sycophants to fawn over her by being performative. No thanks, the real ones know what’s up.
marshal phillips
She’s no longer a friend of gays, etc. Just another Vance Mini-Me.
abfab
I miss the hair. It always seemed very cirqu du soliel.
She’ll always be a right wing mess (oh how redundant!)
Kangol2
Hey, did you all know, her late father was…military vet & US Senator John McCain?
That’s all she’s got. Truthfully.