Rep. Aaron McMullen, not to be confused with Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, is currently positioning himself to be one of Missouri’s loudest, proudest, and stupidest anti-LGBTQ+ state lawmakers.
Yesterday, the Missouri Republican, who assumed office back in January after winning his election last November with a mere 6,395 votes, took to Twitter yesterday to boast about some new transphobic legislation he’s been crafting with his fellow queer-hating GOP colleagues.
“Getting ready to perfect a bill that will ban Transgender surgeries and blockers for children under 18,” he tweeted, along with the hashtag #moleg, which stands for Missouri Legislature.
He followed that up with another tweet hours later saying the bill had just received first-round approval in the Missouri House.
“Just voted and passed Perfection 106-45-2,” he wrote.
The bill passed 106 to 45, with two Republicans joining all Democrats in voting against it. Now that it has received initial approval, it will need go through one vote before moving on to the Missouri Senate.
Just voted and passed Perfection 106-45-2.
— Rep. Aaron McMullen (@McMullenForMO) April 11, 2023
McMullen, who is married with two kids that he homeschools, made transphobia a cornerstone of his campaign last year. Among the top issues still listed on his website is student athletes, who he says “should only be allowed to play sports as the gender they were born with.”
He also ran on a platform about canceling cancel culture (“I believe in freedom of speech, and that it should never be stifled. I am against cancel culture and the censoring of speech via Facebook or in any other way”) and parental choice in schools (“Parents should have the freedom to educate their children as they see fit”).
So, that basically tells you everything you need to know about that guy.
Here’s how people reacted to his tweet celebrating his first piece of transphobic legislation…
Please just stick to making finger lickin’ good chicken and leave queer families alone
— hamish steele! (@hamishsteele) April 12, 2023
Increasing the risk of trans children committing suicide is what you consider perfection? You’re absolutely disgusting.
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) April 12, 2023
I’ll never eat Pringles again
— Peter Atencio (@Atencio) April 12, 2023
Your dad is pretty disappointed pic.twitter.com/cRoY2LLa82
— Lisa Braun Dubbels (@lisadubbels) April 12, 2023
Why do you want to “moleg” trans kids?
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) April 12, 2023
you look like a snake oil salesman that’s about to sexually assault damsels at the local saloon
— Janus Rose (@janusrose) April 12, 2023
As a Missourian, pls stop making our state worse by harming trans kids
— FemboyFishing🏳️⚧️🎣 (@FemboyYt) April 12, 2023
— Tilly Bridges (@TillyBridges) April 12, 2023
You’re an Amber Alert just waiting to happen.
— Adam Bolton (@ThatBeardoAdam) April 12, 2023
Well, if you had done any research at all prior to writing it, you would know that nobody is doing surgeries on kids and blockers are reversible.
— Susan (@tlily1024) April 12, 2023
NEXT?
the trans youth in your state who will have to flee, suffer or die are all on you
— 🎀Charlotte🎀 (@RedCharlotte_) April 12, 2023
you live in one of the poorest and most food insecure states in the country. maybe deal with that
In response to that last tweet, the poverty rate in Missouri is 12% (the national average is 11%). When it comes to food insecurity, Missouri ranks sixth worst in the nation, and it ranks second behind Arkansas for highest rates of hunger. The state also has a severe affordable housing shortage and has seen an uptick in uninsured rates in adults in recent years even as the national average has fallen.
Meanwhile, the state has had a reported seven trans athletes–two boys and five girls — apply to play school sports in the last 10 years.
abfab
Dear Queerty,
Please follow suit.
-abfab xo
NPR announced Wednesday it will no longer post content on Twitter, after the social media company led by Elon Musk last week applied a label on NPR’s account reading “State-affiliated media” — a designation that was previously reserved for outlets controlled by governments in authoritarian countries.
“The platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” NPR said in a statement. “We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence.”
still_onthemark
But… but… but if Queerty left Twitter they wouldn’t be able to post “articles” consisting of screenshots of a dozen tweets! They’d have to actually write something! What do you think this is, 2010?
abfab
Word.
abfab
And yes. This blob we see before us is deplorable.
Man About Town
How can this nitwit expect to be taken seriously when he wears facial hair that clearly looks like it was applied with Spirit Gum?
dbmcvey
I love how these right wingers claim to be for “free speech” as they are absolutely trying to stifle it.
abfab
It’s George Santos incognito. The frames give it away.
radiooutmike
They are also against cancel culture, but want to cancel so much.
Diplomat
That is one ugly mug.
whereshouldistart
The righty tighties want all trans people to stick with the gender they were burn with…right?
Ok…let’s do that. It means every “christian” out there must now stick to the religion they were born with…
atheism.
wtfdaily
Sadly, he’s not got the “monopoly” on stupidity.
Kangol2
Not a good look, suburban Kansas City, not a good look at all!
abfab
I just imagined (why) sitting across from him in a dining room while he eats. I’m going to vomit.