GOPer: It’s A ‘Twisted World’ When Transgender Is In, But Trans Fat Is Out

UNITED STATES - JULY 15: Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., participates in a discussion with reporters in Rayburn, titled "Conversations with Conservatives," at which he and others fielded questions on illegal immigrants a... UNITED STATES - JULY 15: Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., participates in a discussion with reporters in Rayburn, titled "Conversations with Conservatives," at which he and others fielded questions on illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border and other issues, July 15, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) on Tuesday tweeted that it was a “twisted world” when “transgender and transracial are ‘in’” and “trans fats are out!”

Huelskamp’s tweet is below:

Huelskamp’s tweet came after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that it would require food companies to eliminate the use of artificial trans fats.

His tweet also referenced former Olympian and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, who came out publicly on the June cover of Vanity Fair as a transgender woman, and Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) who last week was accused by her parents of pretending to be black but really being white.

h/t The Hill

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  1. Avatar for korvu korvu says:

    Coming from Kansas, Thune knows what it is like to live in a twisted world.

  2. Sure, it’s truly twisted to ban something that sickens and/or kills thousands of Americans every year, but accepting folks whose existence may merely make some people uncomfortable is truly offensive.

  3. “Transracial” isn’t in…Transfats destroy your health…and not being allowed to transition kills Trans People.

    But then again, this idiot wants everyone as miserable as he is because deep down inside he knows that his God isn’t real and his life is just about bullying and destroying other people’s lives.

  4. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Transfat---------another voter suppression method cooked up by the GOTP.

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