Overview
- Rep. Keith Self, chairing a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, referred to Rep. Sarah McBride as 'Mr. McBride,' prompting her response of 'Thank you, Madam Chair.'
- Rep. Bill Keating, the subcommittee's ranking Democrat, demanded Self address McBride correctly, calling Self's actions 'not decent.'
- Self adjourned the hearing after Keating refused to proceed without McBride being addressed by her preferred pronouns.
- This incident follows a series of misgendering incidents targeting McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, from Republican colleagues.
- Self defended his actions by citing a Trump-era executive order recognizing only two sexes, male and female, while McBride emphasized her focus on policy issues over personal disputes.