There are idiots in the world, but then, there are people like Chuck Basye lawmaker of Missouri who sent the most rude response to a teacher who sent a nice letter expressing her concern about transgender students. Ironically, Bayse also has a gay brother who was afraid to come out to him.
You can disagree with people, but when you're an elected official it's your job to care about what your constituents think and consider everyone in your district. Further, in his letter response to this teacher, he tossed in the ""Brandon" (FU) insult to President Biden. Chuck Basye should be removed. That is absolutely abhorrent behavior. Here's the story from the Kansas City Star news and a short video of a Missouri Gay lawmaker questioning Bayse about his "Anti-Transgender Bill."
(Image: Facebook/Chuck Basye Missouri State Representative)
Missouri lawmaker writes back to retired teacher: ‘I don’t care about your feelings’
The Kansas City Star Editorial Board Mon, April 25, 2022, 5:36 PM
On April 14, retired Missouri teacher Nedra Jeffress, of Independence, wrote a letter to state Rep. Chuck Basye, the Rocheport Republican who is pushing hardest to ban transgender girls from school sports.
“I’m wondering if there is data supporting the need for bills regulating this in Missouri or if this (is) a solution in search of a problem,” Jeffress wrote. “As an educator who has worked at the middle school and high school level in Missouri, I know how hard it is for transgender students to be accepted by peers, parents, churches and some teachers. If they are able to participate on an athletic team, they may find acceptance important to their well-being. I hope you would sponsor bills that support positive mental health for each citizen of the state of Missouri instead of proposing bills that attack a population already at risk. Thank you for your time,” she said in closing.
The next morning, she received this far less respectful reply: “Nedra, Do your own research. I don’t care about your feelings nor do I care about your resume. “Bottom line, my intent is to keep women’s/girl’s sports for the female gender. “If a person was born with a penis, that individual doesn’t belong in sports designed solely for females.
“Now go ahead and have your meltdown and/or temper tantrum. Remember, Let’s Go Brandon!!”
Was this a parody, or a prank? Even with vitriol in politics and in everyday life increasingly not just tolerated but rewarded, would any elected official answer so rudely?
We emailed Basye, asking if he had really responded this way to a constituent, and if so, why.
He wrote right back to say that he had written the message, only taking issue with our characterization of Jeffress as a constituent: “This individual is not a constituent according to our management database. The statement speaks for itself.”
Whether she lives and votes in his district isn’t the point, of course, and that she can’t vote either for or against him doesn’t make his incivility any more acceptable.
Jeffress, who taught in Independence for 29 years, and now works part-time as a middle school graduation coach, said she’d waited a full week before sending us what he’d written to her, because she did not want to contribute to our current divisions.
But after thinking about it, she decided that she did want to “stand up” by making his comments public, because “that’s what’s wrong with politics, the personal attacks.”
She has written to other officials with whom she disagreed, she said, including Sen. Roy Blunt and then-Gov. Eric Greitens, “but this is the only time I’ve ever received a response like this.”
In the race to lower the bar on what passes for defensible behavior, yesterday’s lapses are today’s fundraising opportunities. But Basye is still wrong, and he still owes Jeffress an apology.
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Watch this 2 MIN VIDEO: #Missouri State (gay) Rep. Mackey addresses Rep. Basye about an anti-trans bill: “I was afraid of people like you growing up … Gentlemen, I’m not afraid of you anymore because you’re going to lose. You may win this today, but you’re going to lose.” LINK: https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc/video/7086608390864080174
***********************************@msnbc #Missouri ♬ original sound - MSNBC
OTHER STATES WHO NOW HAVE TRANS SPORTS BANS: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia have all implemented bans against transgender athletes. Source: People.com: https://people.com/politics/viral-video-between-missouri-lgbtq-lawmaker-and-colleague-proposing-transgender-restriction/
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