'Is There A Difference Between Women And Men?': Ted Cruz Grills Human Rights Campaign President

At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned HRC President Kelley Robinson and Riley Gains about women's sports.
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[@AbrahamTario]

“Weird times when a man defends women's rights against a woman”

[@joemac9249]

This may sound weird but I am not a Republican and really this is not democracy at work. If something is wrong then it's not democracy. There is definitely to much advertising of this non binary, trans. Then the sport is the biggest joke. Just have a trans, Male and female to be fair.

[@reubenprasanth271]

Like he said he defends it for his daughters first.

[@joemac9249]

@@reubenprasanth271 Yes totally. All this talk in the media is confusing more kids.

[@Onslaught17]

@@reubenprasanth271His daughters are female. They will grow up to be women.

[@markeelaino9858]

Even Debating about this subject is totally insane.

[@pickafingname]

We see the feminist community rallying for trans women while biological women suffer. Mind blowing.

[@ARDG89]

cultural norms are spiralling at free fall speeds into a hell hole of lunacy and decay

[@mikaelwentworth]

And now they can sit back and watch the tyranny they created against women for tyrannical men disguised as women... Wait til it comes knocking at her door. She's a witch!

[@JescaML]

Feminist are at the abortion clinics fighting to abort or kill their babies

[@herrpez]

Turns out they weren't lying. They were fighting for men's causes too, all along!

[@erinfee3378]

Agreed 💯

[@johnphelan657]

This is literally insane. She refused to answer the question because she knows the answer destroys the ridiculousness of her agenda

[@torkanlehunt]

well if you know you are wrong better try to pander xD

[@user-pk8gv2bu5t]

True

[@mdaddy775]

The fact that Riley tied with Lia destroys her agenda... it shows that transwomen don't necessarily have an athletic advantage.

[@aaronthompson5844]

​@@mdaddy775😂😂 lol really cause he choose to tie y'all folks weird

[@Pidatha]

​@@mdaddy775 Yes 461st against men and tied 1st against women 🤡 No athletic advantage at all amirite

[@rogermoller7895]

That woman is a disgrace SHAME on her

[@LisztianGR]

Did you just assume her gender?

[@liltjay5497]

@@LisztianGR 😭😭

[@tanishamuntslag6369]

​@@LisztianGRshe said her pronouns are she her so yes

[@glasslabwaldo303]

The fact that he had to ask the SAME question 8 times and she couldn't answer it straight, says all that needed to be said. People are brainwashed and think this is completely okay. Downright disgusting.

[@user-id3ic3eo6q]

Thank you for your spot on comment!!

[@cumulonimbus_]

Agree completely. Her delusion is so sad.

[@angellaurio964]

He ask HIM" ...and HE couldnt answer .

[@nv7287]

she has a carrer riding on denying real women equal rights

[@AlexB-pp7dc]

Yup. She’s In the cult. And when your in the rainbow cult you cannot say anything against what they believe even when you know it’s not true. She doesn’t believe what she’s saying but she has to because she’s in the cult snd she can’t offend the rainbow people.

[@cheergurl44]

The fact that we’re even having this argument today in a congressional hearing is maddening

[@goranmilic442]

Are you saying that trans people don't exist?

[@slaapliedje]

What amazes me most is how people are not asking why this is even being discussed. It seems to me like it is a distraction. There is zero reason to think we have solved all of our other, extremely important, issues, for them to be wasting time on this. Women sports are for biological women to compete in. End of argument...

[@goranmilic442]

@@slaapliedje The country can't be run in such way that we tackle one issue at the time. All issues can be put in order of importance, but they will not be solved necessarily in that order.

[@DB742]

​@@slaapliedje Excellent way to distract & incite energy away from massive corruption strangling our economic/financial prosperity for the avg citizen. Anything emotionally triggering. Soviets called this process subversion.

[@confettiRedPill]

We have done enough talking. We have to set it straight today

[@brah007]

WHY DO WOMEN SPORTS EXISTS? Brilliant question!

[@Lankyman96]

Right...no-one watches it but yet women are always crying about pay..they don't think maybe if they bring in more eyes they would get paid the same

[@jamaalshaikh122]

​@Lankyman96 huh? Are you lost? That's a whole different discussion

[@bgstv10001]

Woman college basketball get high ratings

[@sevenelly]

​@@Lankyman96How is that relevant to the topic being discussed?

[@adrianaxelssonpersson2456]

Well if they made better advertisement for it instead of complaining then maybe more people would come and watch it and then thier payment would become higher.

[@taliguevara567]

10 years ago this would have been a comedy skit, today it’s real.

[@Watchingin09]

A living nightmare.

[@angelacasein7059]

Funnier then woke snl

[@Watchingin09]

Truth is stranger than fiction. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@corey5860]

The fact that she can’t answer a simple question is maddening. Women and men are not the same. This is insane.

[@aishajobe2952]

Thanks for stating that. It’s the reality…we will never be the same…that’s just the way God designed us. We can either accept or reject, it makes no difference to him and won’t change the fact

[@broccoli4487]

That's right, just as how I jokingly and stupidly challenged my female classmates into a fist fight back in middle school after they said girls are superior than men and everyone had a laugh lol

[@wrongplanet1957]

Treason and sedition

[@user-br3eo6xs8v]

According to the left, there’s no difference. I can socially transition and look like Dwayne Johnson, and claim to be a woman.

[@michaelmcdonnell5647]

It's All ABSOLUTE INSANITY

[@spoders92]

How can you not say, Yes, women and men are different? This is insanity.

[@lebski6033]

Mental illness.

[@debrafulton6887]

If we’re going to allow men to compete as women, then we shouldn’t have a separate women’s category,

[@KE-yq2eg]

Because they don't believe it is black & white and that there's more reasoning. They will never give a straight answer because it's impossible with their ideology.

[@johnnyace2287]

Rainbow nation will doom USA.

[@Chi_Me]

exactly, they don't even see how they contradict themselves. "Trans" even means transition, if we're all the same then what are they even transitioning into? If there is no difference then all the lbtqxyz is pointless. Even homosexuality or bisexuality becomes meaningless because it's based on having 2 different sexes.

[@vlatkapokos6737]

I am becoming conservative because this is too sick, and disgusting.

[@richardstewart7205]

Same here. Having started as radical Left, since I grew up in a Communist regime and was brought up with anti-capitalist values. I still believe the world could do with a fairer distribution of wealth but I can't call myself a leftist anymore because of this recent madness around the so-called "gender". There is no such thing as gender except for words in grammar in some languages. For living beings there is biological sex and that's it.

[@Caine-vb8pk]

Neither of you will vote Republican. It won’t matter if you do. We’re stuck with this corruption permanently. They’ve taken over.

[@Br.soldier99]

​@@richardstewart7205Communism is driven by envy, because equality does not exist

[@MRkriegs]

@@richardstewart7205 Wealth isn't "distributed" people created wealth or they don't. Seems simple to understand.

[@ChicagoGurl]

Welcome to the good side 🤗

[@DragonLeePWNS]

She did everything in her arsenal to avoid that simple yes or no question. I see a lot of her kind lately.

[@float32]

It was legitimately impressive.

[@ledzeppelin1212]

She's better than Kamala at that

[@wynton921]

@@ledzeppelin1212don’t make it racial. He’s talking about women.

[@ey8648]

@@wynton921 You're the only one who made it racial

[@ChadeGB]

Her complete refusal and avoidance in answering that one simple question speaks volumes and ultimately demonstrates that even she knows there are inherent differences between biological men and women. This entire thing is idiocy at it's peak.

[@hgWhiz]

We hope at its peak.

[@necromax13]

Answering the "yes or no" question is falling into a trap, because it's reducing the argument at hand into the most basic and reductive thing. And it isn't so. The NCAA has rules regarding trans athletes, and the Lia Thomas situation wasn't properly accounted for and improperly handled, meaning, further revisions to the rules are to be made. But saying yes to the obvious men are different that women question is throwing everything else down the drain, because, legally speaking, and as much as everyone hates what I'm going to say: Lia Thomas is a woman. Legally speaking. Your feelings, beliefs, or thoughts on it are wholesale irrelevant. What's the outcome of saying women are different than men in this context? Hell, why does that question even happen in this context??? It's basically saying that Lia Thomas is a man, and, again, she's not, because she's gone through legal and medical procedures accounted for in law, to transition from one gender to another.

[@necromax13]

You, being annoyed with her refusal to answer the most idiotic and out of place question also says one thing: You know nothing of how a debate works. When you're asked an out of place question, or a question made with ill intent, you're supposed to redirect the argument to the point at hand. Because these people are arguing about sports competitions and regulations. Not about the inherent differences of physiology within genders.

[@ChadeGB]

@@necromax13 Thomas has X and Y chromosomes. They are a man, male and no amount of bodily mutilation, paperwork or laws can change that. Biological men should not be allowed to compete against biological women because they are inherently different, see? Simple.

[@Delantho]

@@necromax13 the question was whether there is a difference, not whether Lia Thomas was or wasn't a woman. "she's gone through legal and medical procedures accounted for in law, to transition from one gender to another." the fact that you acknowledge there has to be a "transition" implies there are qualifiers that need to be met to meet a "different" classification. If there was no difference then there would be no parameters needed to be met. also even if you want to separate sex and gender, title IX has nothing to do with gender, it is segregated based on sex, sex can never be changed. the "procedures" Lia Thomas has gone through still leaves biological and physical attributes that a biological woman (sex) can never achieve.

[@jacksonmagriplis6617]

Kelley Robinson should be dismissed from her position effective immediately

[@JeffreyTappan-bb8rr]

Wasn't that a character on " I Spy" ?

[@hammabuckshot5062]

What a crazy world we live in.

[@fieldofhorses]

nah its just America

[@razgriz840527]

totally agree with you@@fieldofhorses

[@Kim-by5uy]

There’s nothing I hate more than people who can’t answer a yes/no question. I’d have more respect for her if she just said no.

[@meketalo3799]

not every question have a yes or no answer and hate is bad for you

[@scooch4684]

⁠@@meketalo3799This was not one of those questions that needed more than a yes or no answer.

[@elbertrobles8784]

@@meketalo3799 The question that Ted Cruz asked does. A person being able to assess the difference in Kinesiology between a male and female, does not make them a hateful person. What you're doing is deflecting so you don't have to acknowledge the truth. The average guy will always be stronger and faster than the average girl. That does not change for the male and female athlete.

[@AGAPAH]

Agree if you can’t answer a yes or no that means someone else agenda lives rent free in your head

[@simon0674]

I agree it boils my piss when someone can not give you a straight answer its pathetic

[@desshine5702]

“I’m trying to get a yes or no. I’m not trying to get a speech.” Ted Cruz ❤️🙏

[@NA-kr5uq]

Yet Cruz literally have a speech and you praise that as well

[@WaltRBuck]

@@NA-kr5uq Did he? I'm pretty sure he was setting up and siting evidence for a case, not giving a speech. I give him praise for being good at his job. He definitely wasn't wrong about Kelley Robinson dancing around a yes or no question.

[@ADG-pl7ur]

​@@NA-kr5uqhis was correct hers was utter nonsense.

[@NA-kr5uq]

@@ADG-pl7ur that's your opinion. You also support fascism where you want people who you think lie or you disagree with to be arrested

[@NA-kr5uq]

@@WaltRBuck lol Cruz never cites evidence for anything he claims. He's a hack. Good at his job? What did Cruz do when TX had a rolling blackout in January? What legislation has he helped passed that he helped ANYONE while he's been senator. Nothing. Yet you claim he's good at his job bcs he's a pandering asshole trying to get tv time -like this clip that Forbes is happy to upload for him

[@hellothere471]

They all have that crazy look in their eyes.

[@yes_man212]

Her ability to dance around the questions she’s asked is genuinely impressive

[@catherined6960]

Never ceases to amaze me that people can’t answer a yes/no question.

[@addaminsane]

refuse is a more relevant word than can't in this scenario.

[@addaminsane]

Obviously, she's unwilling to cooperate. Relentlessly rebellious.

[@JustFiddler]

true

[@jackyleblanc6460]

obfuscation

[@johnnyvansguard869]

Because she knows she would lose everything if she answered with a yes or no 😂. What a 🤡 show she is

[@jesutobiayobami2690]

It takes a lot of patience to bear with the absurdity of this woman. This is just insane!

[@ivantria6794]

Careful there about the word 'woman', she might lecture you for 4 hours disproving that she is not in fact a woman 😅

[@adryenhall9667]

@@ivantria6794facts

[@MN-sc2uz]

​@ivantria6794 i think she called herself a cis black woman, whatever that means, in another video from the same hearing.

[@commanderiosifstalin4938]

@@ivantria6794 But, but, is she a woman? What's wrong with America and this madness of genders?

[@pluto762]

I agree. My blood is boiling right now. And I'm not even from the US. I find Ms Robinson's attitude extremely annoying! I mean, answer the fucking question!! It's a simple yes or no question! But she knows the answer. She knows! She just refuses to capitulate to simple logic!

[@danr5239]

Leah isn’t the girl. And his name is William.

[@CarlosGarcia-lj7xs]

It is hard to keep your composure when you see this madness. Good job Senator Cruz. 👍🏻

[@CosDaKidWonder]

We need to start holding people in contempt of court for refusing to answer a question.

[@ryancols]

Trick questions aren't permissible 😊

[@j.menapace625]

1.) We already do that; and 2.) That wouldn't be helpful here because this isn't a court-- the point of congressional hearings is to basically do investigative work and collect evidence, not to actually determine whether or not the already-collected evidence supports a guilty verdict or whether there's a procedural reason for why the evidence can't be admitted. But, if the advocate can't give a compelling reason for the existence of their new policy, then that can't bode well for protecting the long-term viability of their program.

[@Armeniozo]

@@casual.bassistif you’re comparing this woman who can’t answer a yes or no question to trump i suggest you try meditation and maybe some tetris instead of politics

[@Armeniozo]

@@casual.bassist whatever it is you do, never lose common sense

[@Amaury5k]

@@casual.bassisttrump living rent free in your head since 2016.

[@cozenmachine412]

I can't believe we're arguing over what a man and woman are. This is just sad. The dumbing down is real.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

You're right. It worked. 30 years ago I remember clearly the idea that America was dumbing down students. Now we're living it.

[@mr.e0311]

This is the new American dream.. men have always wanted to dominate women. Now we can do it legally and no one can say shit about it. A win is a win. Sarcasm was utilized in this comment. Heavily.

[@JohnWick-vh2qy]

​@jasminegrace-df4ub BS democrats are pushing this nonsense. Nothing like defending this am I right?

[@watkinsrory]

@@JasmineGrace243 Stupid game ? Im not republican but the republicans are being stupid then science is stupid. Is that what you are saying ?

[@9and12wholepizzas]

​@@JasmineGrace243lol no we're not arguing we're pointing out how ret@rded you are in the year 2023 with all the technology and education you have available. Pretty strange how you can only get Gay marriage in 20% of the world🤔

[@ethelbramston4417]

I am 100% behind Riley Gaines. I will fight for her for ever.

[@Chewligan1]

Apart from typing a comment on youtube, how will you fight for her ?

[@theblacksunannunaki7870]

@@Chewligan1 😡

[@BleuSoupRecords]

​@@Chewligan1by kicking your ass

[@arbaknumbskull]

YAY! No men in womens sports, or dressing room.

[@Jay-cv6bz]

@@Chewligan1😂😂😂

[@aaronnelson3005]

I’m from the U.K and I love this shit

[@vectorifix3218]

Always love to watch Ted Cruz's grilling - he's such a good cook.

[@raging100]

Imagine adults in 2023 questioning ”is there a difference in men and women?”. We are fked as a species.

[@Beast_from_the_middle_east]

Nah, you are fked as society, outside of the US there is no problem with that woke bs, it doesn't exist, so the human species is perfectly fine but your society isn't

[@Dennis-gr8ex]

Hey leave the species out of it, it's only americans engaged in this nonsense

[@Beast_from_the_middle_east]

@@michaelxz1305 men and women doesn't have equal rights. A man can walk down the street without a shirt without a problem, but a woman will get in trouble for that. Just an example one of many things that's show the laws aren't equal.

[@arianitonline8748]

not as species. only western societies

[@Beast_from_the_middle_east]

@@arianitonline8748 most western societies outside of the USA and Canada doesn't have that woke bs propognda

[@peterungaro194]

Thank you Senator Cruz. Save Women’s sports.

[@shortfilmtrending]

[@chastitywhore6141]

No one watches it anyway. Abolish it.

[@gene8675]

How come nobody sends this much time question usury and the negative effects it has on society

[@robinmcinarnay7827]

**And Riley Gaines, but no doubt Sen Ted Cruz is an absolute legendary savage!❥ఌ

[@BoliceOccifer]

@@gene8675 I don't see the relevance of the concept of loans with interest, but I understand the value of loans as they help to facilitate the creation of businesses and the person giving the loan has to be compensated for the risk they take.

[@bonnirose7479]

Super-important video. Cruz did such a great job holding his questions to Robinson. I agree, Gaines is courageous, and so is Cruz. ❤

[@DazMan77]

That was fantastic by Ted Cruz! need more like him.

[@arielh3730]

It’s shameful for a woman sitting there instead of helping to protect women right , she is choosing to fight against it. She has forgotten she s a women as well. Karmas will come for you Robison

[@rosewhite---]

She is a lesbian and lesbian brains become male after several year of exchanging body fluids with other lesbians,

[@notundermywatch3163]

This ideology is collapsing upon itself

[@adamasmar8733]

They all do it for money , they just keep lying and people will pay them for it

[@m.t.pockets2215]

Perhaps she hasn't forgotten whether she is (or isn't) a woman. Maybe Robinson was born a male and doesn't want to let the cat out of the bag. These people are sick and disguisting.

[@dneil8867]

Shameful and embarrassing.

[@darrenverni3662]

The fact that this conversation even has to be had is insane

[@mcdonaldndalama1421]

It’s really stupid!

[@zach1415]

It is unbelievable. This is what the government has to spend time on because of these leftist lunatics. These people have nothing less than a brain disease that his causing the destruction of the west

[@user-xv3mr8kp8k]

Agreed

[@druuudruuu6804]

i hear you, i lean towards the left but this is insanity

[@joseywales148]

Tells you the stupidity Americans will tolerate

[@Florence.M1]

It's so sad that this is even a question.

[@lindavincent708]

Absolutely shocking!!!

[@duncangreen2483]

Absolutely nuts that she simply has neither the competence nor the guts to answer yes or no.

[@genecurrivan2799]

It's actually contemptuous and subject to jail time. Such penalties should be applied.

[@MrSinister718]

She's a joke and her having any power or authority or even being asked as an expert is by itself INSANE. I keep seeing these minorities called up and 9 times out of 10 they prove why MLKs speech about being judged by the quality of character over skin was TOO MUCH to ask. these people have no business in a modern society.

[@blackghost1491]

She is certified donkey

[@user-kz1db4gm2l]

NO.. She didn't get the job cause shes Black.

[@Mr.V-7]

She knows the answer but doesn't want to get canceled.

[@David_D.]

The fact that she was so desperate to avoid answering the question says more than she realises.

[@Justin-uc8sc]

Little bEans to suchwhat not have you aj ,

[@nancyelmon4544]

Maybe she's a man

[@navneetkumar9133]

​@@nancyelmon4544 He* you bigot 😅

[@ehlohimwhil5762]

Exactly- avoiding the question is revealing the answer

[@ronnexwataya1204]

Because she is getting paid to utter stupidity, if she answers that question there will be no money for her

[@JohnnyJoe]

I'm Swedish and played hockey when I was a teen. My younger cousin later played in the same youth team consisting of boys between 13-14 years old. At their trainings, a grown woman in her 20s used to join and train with them. This woman had played in the highest women's league and also won a silver medal in the Swedish championships for women's hockey. She was no better than these boys. She was an adult. but chose to train with the boys due to her inability to keep up with the pace of the club's men's team. And then I should also add that this men's team played in the lowest league and were only amateurs. In the vast majority of sports there are two classes, women's sports and open class. There are no rules that stop women from playing with the men, if they can keep up. Annika Sörenstam, the only woman to go under 59 strokes during competition. She played with the men for a while to get a challenge in a PGA tournament because she was so superior to the other ladies. She then came in 96th place. Stefka Kostadinova from Bulgaria holds the outdoor world record in high jump with 2.09 m (Kajsa Bergkvist holds the indoor world record at 2.08 m). The male outdoor world record is 2.45 m. When Serena Williams, the best female tennis player of all time, and her sister Venus were faced with a match against a man ranked 203rd, they were both outclassed and didn't stand a chance (despite the fact that the man didn't even have warmed up and had been drinken alcohol). When the Swedish women's national team in football/soccer (which is one of the world's best women's national teams in that sport) played a training match against a Stockholm club's boys' team for 15-year-olds, they lost and didn't even have a chance (and that despite the boys' team playing with one less player on the field, on orders from the coach of the women's national team).

[@bkhschoo1]

Sweden, the most white woke country in the world.

[@abdulmohamed0821]

This world is crazy man!!

[@relaxation-Corner]

Thank you to the men standing up for womens and girls sports and standing up for our rights. Fills my heart with appreciation 💓

[@tbong9293]

Agree!

[@davidfisher9026]

Bravo !

[@mikezappulla4092]

Real men who don’t care about all this nonsense usually also respect women. A real man doesn’t want to compete against a woman in most sports, the reward would be bland. I would like to see these trans men/woman compete in in events like public debate so they can show how stupid they are and get destroyed by women on an even playing field.

[@MemeRider]

Jesus Christ loves you and He has died for your sins to be forgiven, if you seek Him you will find Him. He will give you eternal life and peace and you can walk in light! Read the Bible in the book or John or Luke and see Jesus's life and His love for you!!

[@bigraviolees]

Women's sports. The bullsht bigots use to spread hate

[@imranakatukunda5420]

What is disturbing here is that we are even debating this !!! When did we degenerate to this level???

[@dolongowoods4274]

Well you see. Change is coming to America

[@saranciuc7717]

When we closed our eyes and let them be for so long…

[@martinospitaletta8198]

Fornication and adultery were normalized in Hollywood, then homosexuality and now transsexuality.

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Do not amplify that we all accept her thoughts.. there are few people that did degenerate & try to change masses opinions but the smart ones will always speak the truth for all and truth will always come to surface in one way or another..

[@-toadstoolicious-9851]

Because everyone deserves to be heard no matter how stupid their argument is. But when you are there for a discussion and avoid answering a simple question regardless if it contradicts your belief or not, then there is a problem.

[@user-xj7rd5ks3e]

They never want to answer a straight question gosh

[@drewtip3966]

I just can’t. I don’t understand the world we now live in.

[@RangerDanger66]

I can never wrap my head around how hard it is to answer a yes and no question for these people

[@leftfieldthinker]

You have been listening to the orange con man for 8 years. I don't think you ever had that ability so stop fooling yourself.

[@mikehawk9902]

It's not her fault. She was born as an imbecile.

[@letmeseethemanager]

It's hard to sound innocent with a one syllabus word..

[@rusilamarakiwai8530]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samcorlsamuel9074]

Because she has no answer!!! Period

[@haoiseetheworld820]

Not a fan of Ted Cruz but I applaud anyone still with common sense who are not afraid of speaking out against crazy....It's sad that so many ppl are delusional and can't answer simple question of "Is there a difference between women an men"...our society is so lost

[@thevonya3977]

Agreed, I am not a fan of Ted Cruz and disagree with him on many things, but on this subject he is absolutely correct. The fact that a simple yes or no answer cannot be given on this very simple question speaks volumes of the trans movement towards entering and destroying competitive female sports.

[@quantomstrange]

simple?

[@quantomstrange]

@@MMAGoblin ok using common sense, this was obviously a entrapment question and she didn’t fall for it. No emotions at all for that answer bud soooooooo.

[@quantomstrange]

@@MMAGoblin bruh I’ll ask you, in what context do you mean?

[@verlania7539]

​@@quantomstrangereal simple

[@princec2679]

The first time I heard they were discussing this in the congress I was like wtf

[@fairylight1082]

I am French and I observe this with dismay, how is such a thing possible?

[@abrareads]

It is absolutely insane to see women having to fight for their existence in this crazy world.

[@vornamenachname594]

I think it's karma. If you check voting stats it's clear that the far left fringe ideology goes strong only because of the female vote. Suddenly there's one thing they don't benefit from, suddenly they come out of their holes and say it's insane.

[@oli9220]

One of the worst attacks on women's rights in history.

[@jimmydean1831]

Not really, it's women that push this progressive crap in the first place.

[@janmojzis]

perhaps, as that trans-hocus-pocus nuisance was created in the US., this fight can be compared to the fight of the women's right to vote. A really sad, to see US fell back to the middleage

[@el29]

Yeah thank the feminists.........

[@patrickp8315]

Why even allow her to speak when she cannot even answer a simple yes-or-no question even when asked over 4 times. Dismiss her!

[@quantomstrange]

simple?

[@verlania7539]

​​​@@quantomstrangevrey simple

[@digitalian99]

@@quantomstrange -""simple"?"- YES even your question is simple

[@kalebmasebo1889]

Big fat “YES” simple!

[@allergictowoke]

When you let people like her speak, we get to see who the crazies are

[@yelhsabed]

I don't know who the simple woman that can't answer a direct question is however, I've seen her not comprehend simple questions at other hearings too. She is a major player helping spread the absurdity. We ought to thank her.

[@Frostwingcry]

More senators like Ted please

[@JustCmonSense]

How ignorant of a human being for unable to answer the difference between women and men.

[@secondchance6603]

If they're refusing to say what a woman is then there can't be a patriarchy or 'toxic masculinity'.

[@lavienestpasunlongfleuvetr2559]

It's not that she's not able - she knows what the main differences are. She won't answer the question because she's scared of offending the delluded, derranged, visious Woke mob.

[@JasRaymond1]

She has been brainwashed and indoctrinated by the Democrat Communist Party

[@Blackmark7410]

It's not ignorance, it's deliberate. Ignorance implies a lack of knowledge or unwillingness to discover new knowledge. She is fully aware of the physical differences between men and women, she knows it disproves her ideology so she has to avoid the answer because she knows there is no answer that would support her position.

[@arepadetrigo]

No unable .... unwilling. She will not even utter the truth.

[@x-shift8937]

She’s afraid of being cancelled by her own side if she gives the “wrong” answer.

[@thezimra9429]

gotta grift somehow i bet they have craiglist adds : go take a fall for us look like a real muppet and get 1miliondollaaaaaaarzzzz

[@elhermanomexicano3285]

Plus she also black so they are protected

[@matonasesino4153]

​@@elhermanomexicano3285 I admit she's full of shit, but proteced???protected???? By WHO?!

[@BlowitAllUp]

Yeah she would lose her high status and income which of course don't matter for women.

[@rubenbarrera7338]

At times I lean left. But people on the left that think men can be women are viscous and crazy. I refuse to bow down to their madness.

[@chrysoval8681]

Good luck to y'all Americans!

[@Reshamon190]

👏👏👏👏

[@stevemahoney1733]

Anyone else find it ironic that the president of the Human Rights Campaign Kelley Robinson will throw 100,000 girls /women under a bus for every 1 person who identifies differently?

[@mikaelwentworth]

She's a disgrace to women.

[@mariussielcken]

Because is to make everyone equally gender dysphoric.

[@evajawidzk2068]

That's horrible

[@angelasarvis9580]

In my opinion Kelley Robinson and the Human Rights Campaign now qualify as a hate group. Absolute discrimination and total bias against cis females and female sports. I used to support that group but no more and never again. I’d love to get a refund on my donations but Kelley Robinson isn’t intelligent enough to figure out how to send me a refund check because she can’t think for herself or answer a simple 1st grade question.

[@genecurrivan2799]

'ironic', no.. It's reprehensible in the extreme. Her unwillingness to answer, criminal.

[@smyersfishingadventures]

The fact we have come to this point in our country, discussing what a man and woman are. This country is toast.

[@KeithCindyPanama]

Uganda refuses to play this game:) So glad the Uganda President and officials push back:)

[@MyLolle]

and the whole world is watching. i am so sorry! i am afraid it will come to europe as well. like a some contagious decease. i simply can't believe this is happening!

[@lindsayjardine4780]

The UK is even worse. It’s utterly depressing and soul destroying. What the hell has gone wrong with this world???

[@__G___]

​@@MyLolleEurope is already worse, how tf you not know this? There was literally a trans guy on public TV in the UK playing a piano nude swinging his junk around and they allowed it.

[@liecrusher3506]

​@@lindsayjardine4780 Democrats.

[@luckyzeyan5391]

Q-Why do women sports exist? A-I think there is so many positive benifits through sports! 😱😱😱😢😢😢

[@dontraise]

Why aren’t more real women speaking out against this??? It’s always Men who are speaking up

[@theguywholurksonyoutube7033]

“Why do women's sports exist?” “I think there is a positive benefit in sports” absolutely mind boggling.

[@OrangeSC2]

I am really wondering if she thought she did a good job avoiding the question lol

[@illudiumq36spacemodulator39]

To bad it hasn't happened in collegiate and professional football. Personally If I played in either of those sports I couldn't wait for a woman to be in it. They deserve to be tackled and piled on, oh yes they do.

[@zerobroucek9119]

I think she was trying to answer and was being interrupted. Are you saying there’s not a positive benefit of participating in sports? What are you saying exactly?

[@nFs-Naz]

@@zerobroucek9119 She was trying to frame her answer on a light that would not make it sound as insane as it probably would , "Do you believe there's a difference between women and men?" cant be more straight to the point ,"its a yes and no question.." not something to make a dissertation about unless u are trying to frame your answer or end up not answering at all.. then again , she did ask 71 year old sen. Kennedy if he could beat Serena Williams in tennis based on the fact that he is a male..

[@tdb517]

@@nFs-Naz Bad questions don't deserve responses, they deserve reframing

[@Xili84]

It is so infuriating how she is (not) answering those questions. She literally has nothing to argue with, cause she knows she's wrong. These people are just pure evil. I truly hope she will never have to defend 'my' human rights, cause she friggin' sucks at it.

[@matthewbryant958]

I was so angry at her not answering

[@oddjobbob8742]

Even NPR says there is no fundamental difference between men and women athletes. So there is just two teams. Men’s and Not-Men’s. And someday after girls have learned to train as hard as men they might even be good enough to be in the Men’s team, and then there will be the A-Team and the B-Team, and F-Troop. Riley Gaines is just an over-the-hill has been loser who can’t accept the fact that a dude in a thong trained harder than she did. If Gaines had wanted the gold all she had to do was work harder instead of standing behind the apron strings of “women’s team” and Title 9. Thank g*d there was no women’s team and Title 9 when the United States was trying to put men on the moon. Who knows how many more astronauts and test pilots would have died if we had had that much institutionalized mediocrity. To all of the female athletes out there… you better train harder if you don’t want to be replaced by a dude in a thong. You don’t get a free lunch anymore, being protected by “girls teams” and title 9. Now you have to work as hard as the Men’s teams or every one of you will be replaced by some second-rate mediocre dude with danglees. Now that’s fair. That’s equitable. From now on there will be men’s teams and the not men’s teams. And you girls are just going to have to suck it up and get tough… get Man-Tough or you will be riding the bench.

[@schmiggy]

I agree with Ted Cruz, but the "yes/no" questions were loaded. If your argument has merit, it should be able to stand on its own without needing to force a response that you can then twist toward your own agenda. His final point was far more powerful than the previous lines of questioning, for example. If someone ever tries to come at me in a debate like that, I'd 100% refuse to answer. It's intellectually dishonest.

[@alntr2872]

@@schmiggy why is it intellectually dishonest, the obvious answer goes to the exact point he made at the end

[@invoangelus]

@@alntr2872 Because loaded questions force the respondent to imply something they do not agree with. Answer this for eg: Do u know your partner is cheating on you, yes or no? Either way, u are made to sound like u agree your partner cheated, u can't explain that it didn't happen. @schmiggy is saying, since the argument is solid, don't use underhanded tactics that undermine your credibility.

[@mariagil11]

This is a circus

[@user-lg3kl3xm8b]

Why is humanity at odds when our children are a priority ❤️?

[@rparas34]

I wish Ted Cruz had that woman physically removed by federal agents for not answering the questions. If you go to these meetings and refuse to answer questions, you should be removed in an embarrassing way!

[@RMCbreezy]

Representatives dont hold true power like that. They dont order the Capitol Police around like their dogs To edit with an afterthought.. If people arent prosecuted for lying to congress what makes you think they'll eject someone for contempt?

[@beetlejuice4693]

She shouldn't even have a job tbh

[@zangetsuzabimaru]

Hold them in contempt of Congress like they tried doing to Bannon

[@tuseroni6085]

he didn't really LET her answer, when dealing with leftists you have to understand they will never answer in one word when 20 will do, they went through university and as such have mastered the art of inflating word counts and saying nothing with a hundred words or more. to answer a yes or no question with a yes or a no goes against all their training, they MUST provide CONTEXT to the question, they must rephrase it, and they must include an entire semester's worth of gender studies lectures in their answer. otherwise they may misspeak and offend someone (someone IMPORTANT, a MARGINALIZED person, not some lowly rabble like a cis white man or something)

[@richarddawson5836]

I agree with you 100%! Every woke liberal who testifies does the exact same thing. They should be held in contempt for refusing to answer questions as they would be if this was a courtroom. This is infuriating and a total waste of time.

[@handsmcneil]

The fact that she is doing such a disservice to her fellow woman is so sad and sick.

[@ajnamion5860]

Just for the record, she is not a woman!! Braid is better than brain!!

[@johnnyvansguard869]

Because at the end of the day, women ain’t her people. Men are.

[@edross2826]

Like Ace Ventura pet detective would say. She is not a woman, She is a maaan

[@verlania7539]

​@@edross2826is that a man really??

[@edross2826]

@@verlania7539 Exactly thank you for the question. I am asking you now is she a woman really?

[@arockwood30]

Wow.

[@ewave9643]

How can someone be like that

[@aprilrooksmusic]

This is a sickness and mental disorder that we must fight with every fiber of our being. Thank you Senator!!!

[@slap_A_flamingo]

If only there was a time you'd want God to start judging people 🤣

[@navidmazeedian3152]

👍👍👍👍👍!!!

[@2019freddie]

@@slap_A_flamingo god doesn't exist.

[@slap_A_flamingo]

@@2019freddie maybe he does, maybe he doesn't.

[@brianfergus839]

@@slap_A_flamingoonly his hairdresser knows for sure

[@welder878]

They need to start removing these people who can't answer what a women is. It is ridiculous to have a person in charge of anything if they can't even figure out what they are.

[@kathygoulden2925]

It's not "can't" but won't

[@mikejerman1912]

These Black Eyes still don't get it.

[@lindsayjardine4780]

Absolutely correct. This is insane.

[@ontherunjg]

She cannot tell you if there is even a difference between a man and a women. The little kid in Kindergarten Cop even knew the difference. She never made is past pre-school.

[@lsd8497]

The proper question should have been "do you see any difference between you and me or shall I remove my trousers and show you what you don't have?".

[@PlayPal-kg4pc]

This lady needs immediate psychological evaluation

[@michaeltamajong2988]

Wow!

[@5Mariner]

I’m not even a fan of Ted Cruz. But he deserves a major salute for this!

[@K162KingPin]

I lived through the Texas winter storm, 2 weeks without power, while Ted Cruz ran off to Cancun, blamed it on his daughters, then his wife, in epic fashion after being embarrassed into coming back to work the best he could come up with to do to help was loading groceries at a local supermarket for the few people able to actually get there.

[@dislike_button33]

​@@K162KingPinHaha and?

[@K162KingPin]

@@dislike_button33 And he is a piece of sh't that will say whatever he thinks will make him look good on camera. He doesn't just not care about people, he literally doesn't know how. I'm not even mad, but he is in the wrong line of work for his skill set. He should probably go back to bagging groceries.

[@jamesellis9872]

@@K162KingPinnice for you to bring up something irrelevant to the topic at hand.

[@K162KingPin]

@@jamesellis9872 you are irrelevant to the topic at hand. The topic in this threat was "he deserves a major salute". I point out well known facts that prove he should never be saluted for anything again after leaving 29 million of his fellow Texas to literally freeze to death while he shrugged off his responsibility and literally fled the country to avoid doing his fcking job.

[@Blahawa]

She knows she’s gonna lose the argument so she just avoids direct questions and reality. These people are crazy

[@AllanRosd]

The fact that she says she can't answer because she's not a doctor or whatever dedicated specialist, she lost already. This mental corruption plague is trying to take over so hard.

[@kalashydra9016]

@@AllanRosd well the *thing* is lyterali a mental disease so i dont know why they are trying to ruin people on purpose

[@Kronidak]

Not crazy, just mentally ill...

[@BigPharmaBeatmaker]

Sponsors will not send her next check if she says the truth. She understands everything

[@hoboghostcat9064]

@@Kronidak same difference

[@samrad222]

Go Ted go.............

[@vaishnavigosain7197]

If confirming someone's "identity" means the erasure of my own. I'm out!

[@spearce133]

So tired of these cowards that can't answer basic questions - because they don't like the answers.

[@RevolutionistThinker]

they are worse than cowards, i'm afraid

[@eldavieo]

Jeez , you should hear our uk parliament, they are absolutely shameful

[@spearce133]

@@eldavieo I've watched a few. Same with the Canadian debates. People are just nasty in general these days Nobody knows how to debate and argue. Basically, as soon as a person gets personal, calls names or threatens, they lost the argument/debate.

[@eldavieo]

@@spearce133 ahh mate they don’t even answer one single question ever

[@spearce133]

@@eldavieo I'm all for electrodes on their chairs, and get zapped every time they try to deflect.

[@mvd_01]

Legend has it that Ted Cruz is still waiting for a “yes” or “no” answer.

[@TheMedievalShow]

😂😂😂

[@johnstratton7470]

😂😂

[@makeitcount8]

990

[@kamaluchika6656]

😆

[@AkonFenty1992]

Lol

[@user-dt6zo6xc5r]

this is absolutely ridiculas that this has to be a question!

[@tonyfry4474]

Absolutely

[@moeman6533]

I can't even believe Cruz had to ask this nonsense question. Where are all these mutants coming from? Laughable

[@handsomestik]

the contrast between this and 2012 is so bizarre too me. It's like two different worlds.

[@Dan-sc7us]

Mutants?? You may be describing yourself!

[@pauldailey4477]

No jew, it´s not laughable. Nobody is laughing but you fiends.

[@PancakeProduct]

Demoralization with intent to confuse.

[@moeman6533]

@@pauldailey4477 lol I'm not Jewish but thanks for the compliment anyway.

[@paulo_m6344]

"Is there a difference between woman and man" ... can't believe we came at this point, our ancestors must be embarrassed 😔

[@JB69.]

Embarrassed ? No... They're well past that. They are begging God to let them come back to life so they can beat some sense back into us.

[@deemamousali6035]

I thought we settled that back in the dark ages 🤣

[@MrSinister718]

@@deemamousali6035 These are the new darkie ages. And it doesn't get any more embarrassing. Giving these creatures rights and an open forum to voice their opinions is only proving what a mistake Juneteenth was.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

@@deemamousali6035 Settled since the dawn of time!

[@deemamousali6035]

@@jasonrodgers9063 I was referring to The querelle des femmes or "woman question" originally referred to back in 1400s. I can not believe this question keeps popping up.

[@wonderingmerchant]

Just answer the simple question 😂

[@kevinhensley5264]

Riley Gaines is an American hero.

[@tbong9293]

100%

[@AB-jz9ns]

And #1 female athlete in my book.

[@TV-ob1if]

Hardly. But she is brave

[@utep212]

Thank you Senator Cruz

[@RAFAELOLIVEIRA-vk2bh]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@MoistDelta.]

Someone not answering a direct yes or no question might be one of the most frustrating things on this planet

[@ngoantanamo]

Most of woman Action like this today. Brainwashed

[@divt2445]

The reason why she cannot answer a simple yes or no answer because she has no answer at all.

[@leopapio683]

It's like is the sky blue "Well I can't give a definitive answer because their might be color blind people who don't see it blue" Is it blue or not. "I'm sorry I can't answer that because even though my heads are up in the clouds I didn't study sky science"

[@cye2310]

​@@leopapio683 Agreed. It can be pretty morbid too if it happens in medicine. A doctor who is asking about a patient's symptoms, but the patient is embarrassed about it so they give vague answers.

[@christopherhodges1189]

I hear that. pisses me off and I'm just watching if I acted like that as a child I would've got the shit slapped out of me

[@jackydinning9559]

The reason she isn't answering is because she knows there is a difference

[@8dism794]

Exactly!

[@WilliamWallace42]

They refuse to answer any questions that contradicts their own opinions, very telling.

[@anonymous-xi1po]

@@WilliamWallace42 no they're obsessed with pampering mentally ill people so much that they can't say anything potentially excluding them or hurting their feelings.

[@Jakob-W]

She’s not allowed to say, if she does she will lose her job

[@bemhibbits4157]

Meanwhile, will Republicans maybe put forth any policy to address inflation or immigration? Nope. They HAVE no ideas. To busy worrying about the genitalia of strangers. Priorities, lol

[@CIPP703]

Perfect

[@Blue-World77]

Love that Mike drop moment, very classy. 😁

[@Mirrodin82]

I always find it disgusting when politicians avoid answering obvious simple questions

[@epacig]

She’s not a politician, yet… with her inability to say yea or no though, she’s on track to becoming one

[@devincook1292]

I know the mental gymnastics that the left jumps thru to avoid simple questions is mind numbing

[@VickieThompson-xi2jn]

I DONT WHEN YOU ASKED A STUPID ASS QUESTION A FAT FROG

[@RintonPaul]

: do you believe there's a difference btwn a man and woman : well i mean if the sky is green turtles fly the blue ovens over gems, we can save the forests

[@leandrog5038]

This shut be sanctioned for real

[@uzoamakaazike8132]

It’s sad that it’s women like her who are erasing woman and girls sport. Those who call evil good and good evil.. woe to them.

[@verlania7539]

Exactly...woe to them

[@donnapartow]

AMEN

[@jessicadavid5661]

​@@brantpowell5483 They do it in schools too

[@Firstand25toLife]

@@brantpowell5483 what’s next? It does affect scholarships. And anyone that says sports are not important has obviously never played them on a serious level.

[@gaurangkarmakar4046]

Feminists screwing women over.....just to please the LGBT+. I guess women are not as sub altern as the LGBT+ in the US

[@sammyr85]

OMG this woman is frustrating!!!!!

[@aleskinner-klee9681]

You’re the best Ted Cruz!

[@jenhorn5859]

MIND BLOWING. I AM SPEECHLESS except to say, "Please tell me that the majority of people in this country know this woman is a liar."

[@exclamationpointman3852]

YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, YOU CAN FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME!

[@FernGully37]

She can’t even answer the damn question

[@lisal6121]

She’s a liar by believing the absurdity of these delusions. The mentally unstable should not be validated or accommodated. Get them out of society.

[@graagh7018]

@@FernGully37 she can, but she is not willing to do it, she tries to get speech time with offtopic stuff.

[@angel91485]

@@FernGully37 because its a stupid question.. there are also differences among men as among women..what's his point, besides being a jerk hole as always.

[@stanleyumunname1065]

She cant say no because, deep down, she knows this whole movement is delusional

[@johnsmith4811]

Yeah, but that delusion pays her a damn good salary. So ...

[@bisem433]

What is the purpose of any of these meetings on any subject if the participants aren't held accountable for evading direct questions?

[@user-qq7un9ce5i]

This is just unbelievable

[@potter6104]

It’s so hard to believe that we live in a time where “so is there a difference between men and woman?” is a real question 😐

[@alexbanzeeland2944]

if only we knew the answer...

[@truck.-kun.]

​@@alexbanzeeland2944there is a difference

[@MrDubzzzzz]

@@alexbanzeeland2944 QUE ????

[@potter6104]

@@MrDubzzzzz 😭😆

[@angelgargola]

i agree. i never thought i would live to see this crap.

[@matthewhean9817]

I'm normally against people interrupting, but you can tell she was just going to deflect each question. Well done ted cruz

[@tbong9293]

Agree!

[@fated4glory816]

They all do, its all stonewalling and filibusters in congress hearings. To answer the questions only goes against the proposed narrative of the party.

[@iamheful]

Sen Cruz is no dummy, he's done this a thousand times and so he knew exactly what kind of answer she was gonna give so he shut her down immediately, no point in wasting everyone's time.