Democrats, including Sens.Adam Schiff of California and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, are being mocked online for likening the Pentagon’s new testosterone testing and treatment plan to cross-sex "gender-affirming care."Following Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s announcement that the military would begin screening for testosterone deficiency, Democratic leaders quickly took to social media to mock the program as a return to "gender-affirming care.""Pete Hegseth comes out in favor of gender-affirming care…," wrote Schiff, while Hirono wrote, "So the Pentagon is promoting gender-affirming care now?" Several other Democrats piled on with similar posts.Their posts, however, were met with immediate pushback.MED SCHOOL DEANS COME UP EMPTY IN TENSE HEARING WHEN ASKED POINT BLANK IF MEN CAN HAVE BABIES: 'RIDICULOUS'Democrats, including Sens.
Adam Schiff of California (left) and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii (right), are being mocked online for likening the War Secretary Pete Hegseth's (center) new testosterone testing and treatment plan to cross-sex "gender-affirming care." (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Tom Brenner/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Commenting on Schiff’s post, one user wrote, "Giving testosterone to men is gender-affirming and not harmful.Chemically castrating a boy or a double mastectomy on a girl is gender-denying, irreversible and harmful.
[Schiff] is not only a liar, he is stupid."In response to a post by Sen.Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., saying, "Sounds like gender-affirming care to me," conservative influencer "Just a Bama Gal" shot back, "Not even close."Rep.
Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., even brought up the program during a House hearing, bashing it as "absurd" and suggesting that the government could begin testing whether representatives are "male enough to be in Congress.""The Secretary of Forever Wars, Pete Hegseth, just announced they are going to provide hormone therapy to male service members who don’t have enough testosterone," J...