Fri May 19, 2023 – 6:49 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas earned applause from conservatives on Thursday when he bluntly declared the “obvious” reality that transgender-identifying swimmer William “Lia” Thomas “is, in fact, a dude.”
Rep. Roy made the remark during a speech on Capitol Hill in which he blasted radical leftist ideology.
Slamming the Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers for hitting Americans with “a constant barrage” of “things that simply are not true,” Roy argued that “it matters that we speak the truth. It matters that we deal with facts.”
“Lia Thomas, a biological male swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, and let’s be very clear, if you have eyes, Lia Thomas is, in fact, a dude,” said Roy, who represents Texas’ 21st Congressional District.
“That’s just simple, obvious, truth,” he said. “Everybody knows it. Literally, everybody knows it to be true.”
“If you have eyes, Leah Thomas is in fact a dude.” pic.twitter.com/fv4Nq3HMCT
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) May 18, 2023
William “Lia” Thomas is a male athlete who “identifies” as a female. He began competing for the women’s swim team in 2019 after a
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