Oh how exciting, another first.
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the state’s only House seat Tuesday, NBC News projects, making her the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.
But so very much not the first man elected to Congress.
There are a lot of available firsts in this kind of thing. The first person from an obscure small town in Iowa; the first person who failed algebra in 9th grade; the first person who has a cat named Ronald Krump – one could go on in this vein forever.
Meanwhile, McBride is a guy elected to Congress and women continue to be both ignored and mocked.… Read the rest