Representative Sarah McBride
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It was a Lindy West who wrote about her body and her weight a lot, and she would get trolled, and then she wrote about how much that trolling hurt her, and the troll reached out and apologized.
It was a Lindy West who wrote about her body and her weight a lot, and she would get trolled, and then she wrote about how much that trolling hurt her, and the troll reached out and apologized.
No biggie. I was just doing my thing. And he acknowledged that he was struggling with his own weight.
No biggie. I was just doing my thing. And he acknowledged that he was struggling with his own weight.
No biggie. I was just doing my thing. And he acknowledged that he was struggling with his own weight.
You know, there's the old cliche that, like, the biggest closet cases are the biggest bullies. And in some cases, that's true. But it underestimates a larger, more universal truth, which is that everyone has an insecurity. And the thing about LGBTQ people is that if we are out...
You know, there's the old cliche that, like, the biggest closet cases are the biggest bullies. And in some cases, that's true. But it underestimates a larger, more universal truth, which is that everyone has an insecurity. And the thing about LGBTQ people is that if we are out...
You know, there's the old cliche that, like, the biggest closet cases are the biggest bullies. And in some cases, that's true. But it underestimates a larger, more universal truth, which is that everyone has an insecurity. And the thing about LGBTQ people is that if we are out...
We have taken that insecurity, that fear, that thing that society has told us we should be ashamed of, and we have not only accepted it, but in many cases, walked forward from a place of pride in it, and the bullies see that power, they see that individual agency in conquering our own fear, and they're jealous of it. And so when I see the things that people say about me writ large,
We have taken that insecurity, that fear, that thing that society has told us we should be ashamed of, and we have not only accepted it, but in many cases, walked forward from a place of pride in it, and the bullies see that power, they see that individual agency in conquering our own fear, and they're jealous of it. And so when I see the things that people say about me writ large,
We have taken that insecurity, that fear, that thing that society has told us we should be ashamed of, and we have not only accepted it, but in many cases, walked forward from a place of pride in it, and the bullies see that power, they see that individual agency in conquering our own fear, and they're jealous of it. And so when I see the things that people say about me writ large,
the MAGA movement writ large, to me, I just think, I hope they find healing. And truthfully, it's one of the reasons why I do this work is because I think in this country, we so desperately need politicians who recognize that they don't have to believe that people are right for what people are facing to be wrong. And we don't have to believe that people are right for us to try to right that wrong.
the MAGA movement writ large, to me, I just think, I hope they find healing. And truthfully, it's one of the reasons why I do this work is because I think in this country, we so desperately need politicians who recognize that they don't have to believe that people are right for what people are facing to be wrong. And we don't have to believe that people are right for us to try to right that wrong.
the MAGA movement writ large, to me, I just think, I hope they find healing. And truthfully, it's one of the reasons why I do this work is because I think in this country, we so desperately need politicians who recognize that they don't have to believe that people are right for what people are facing to be wrong. And we don't have to believe that people are right for us to try to right that wrong.
And I wanna fight for people who look like me and think like me and people who don't look like me and don't think like me and might even be saying really, really, really hurtful things about me. Because we will all be better off if all of us heal a little bit.
And I wanna fight for people who look like me and think like me and people who don't look like me and don't think like me and might even be saying really, really, really hurtful things about me. Because we will all be better off if all of us heal a little bit.
And I wanna fight for people who look like me and think like me and people who don't look like me and don't think like me and might even be saying really, really, really hurtful things about me. Because we will all be better off if all of us heal a little bit.