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Right-Wingers Freak Out Over Elizabeth Warren's Pronouns
They're accusing her of pandering and worse by making the inclusive gesture of listing her preferred pronouns.
July 19 2019 1:05 PM EST
July 19 2019 2:32 PM EST
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Elizabeth Warren has listed her preferred pronouns in her Twitter profile, and some right-wingers are freaking out.
Twitter observers first noticed Friday morning that Warren had added "She/hers" to the profile on her presidential campaign page. The profile lists several other facts about the Massachusetts Democrat, including that she's a U.S. senator, founder of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and a wife, mother, and grandmother.
Fellow Democratic presidential hopefuls Julian Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and a cabinet official in President Obama's administration, and Bill de Blasio, the current mayor of New York City, have also listed pronouns in their Twitter accounts, but it's Warren's action that's really raised the hackles of conservatives.
Ryan Fournier, a Republican consultant and head of Students for Trump, led the charge against her.
Commenters on Fournier's tweet piled on, with some making remarks about Warren's onetime claim of Native American identity (a DNA test has revealed she has only a small percentage of Native American ancestry, and she has apologized for having referred to herself as Native American).
\u201c@RyanAFournier Surprised it doesn't read Chief/Elder.\u201d— Turkalicious\ud83e\uddd0Zero Sophistication (@Turkalicious\ud83e\uddd0Zero Sophistication) 1563552378
\u201c@RyanAFournier She forgot to put her Native American heritage!!\u201d— Anna Banana \ud83c\udf4c (@Anna Banana \ud83c\udf4c) 1563550417
\u201c@RyanAFournier HAHA! \n\n*waiting for the other bandwagon Democrats to jump on board so they can remain seen as \u2018the MOST progressive\u2019*\u201d— Defeat Joe Biden (@Defeat Joe Biden) 1563551511
But others, including transgender activist Ashlee Marie Preston, pointed out that pronouns do matter, and they praised Warren for recognizing this. And they got in some digs about Fournier's sensitivity about the matter.
\u201cSo now the GOP is freaking out because Elizabeth Warren updated her bio to include \u201cShe/Hers.\u201d But what they don\u2019t know is that we stan a president who\u2019s not out here assuming people\u2019s pronouns!\ud83e\udd42 #LGBTQ\u201d— Ashlee Marie Preston (@Ashlee Marie Preston) 1563559120
\u201cConservatives are now getting triggered by Elizabeth Warren using a few characters in her Twitter bio to show solidarity, respect and understanding for the trans community as it faces an epidemic of violence. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u201d— Adam Best (@Adam Best) 1563556099
\u201c@RyanAFournier And your point is...? I have my pronouns on my CV and on my work e-mail signature. This is nothing new. Does all of this upset you?\u201d— Dr. M.\ud83c\udf3b (@Dr. M.\ud83c\udf3b) 1563563872
\u201c@RyanAFournier Why are you such a snowflake that pronouns offend you?\u201d— Bill from Ohio (@Bill from Ohio) 1563556942
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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.