CNN’s Paul Begala slammed Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley as “despicable”Sunday “beating up on trans kids”By following a “transphobic”Line of questioning during Senate hearings
In a Heated exchange between Hawley and law professor Khiara Bridges during a Tuesday hearing in Washington, Bridges called Hawley’s line of questioning “transphobic.” At one point Hawley suggested that abortion was not really a women’s issue – which Begala seized upon.
“Under Josh Hawley, Missouri is fourth in gun deaths, 40th in life expectancy,”Begala. “It has above the national average of child poverty, below the national average of median income. He’s doing a terrible job on crime, health care, jobs for his state. And so he wants to beat up on trans kids, the most vulnerable people in our society? It’s despicable.”
During the hearing, which met to examine the impact of Roe v. Wade’s reversal by the Supreme Court, Hawley asked Bridges, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, why she used the phrase “people with a capacity for pregnancy” when discussing abortion access, and if it referred to women.
Bridges explained that not all cisgender woman are capable to have a baby. Hawley countered by stating that trans people are capable of having a baby. “So this isn’t really a women’s rights issue?” In response, Bridges noted that Hawley’s line of questioning was “transphobic.”
In regard to the exchange, CNN’s David Urban defend Hawley’s question on Sunday’s “State of the Union,”Say it “Republican voters are going to agree with Josh Hawley asking the question he asked the professor,”Bridges was noted and praised. “aggressive” in her response.
Begala clapped back on Urban’s defense of Hawley and pointed out the Missouri senator’s failures, including his poor performance in “crime, health care [and] jobs,”He also noted that his decision to “beat up on trans kids”This was “despicable.”
“He needs to do his doggone job and bring jobs and health care to his state, instead of beating up on some California law professor,” Begala concluded.
