Former conservative Matt Schlapp defends transgender narrative in Lia Thomas' sports competition

The chairman of the American Conservative Union (ACU) went on Twitter to say that male swimmer Lia Thomas, who changed his name from Will Thomas, [and thereby magically became a female] "deserves our compassion," rather than the women with whom he competed and easily defeated in swimming competitions. 

Thomas went from the men's swim team at UPenn to the women's team at the school and as a man with XY chromosomes and a penis which he proudly has no qualms to display in the ladies locker room, has smashed the existing female swimming records of the school. When he swam against men, he was mediocre at best and placed 554 nationally in the 200 freestyle. He also scores in the mid-500s in other events against men.

According to an anonymous female on the UPenn team, Thomas admitted that he is still sexually attracted to women, not men, so it's obvious that he's a disgusting, selfish prick who doesn't care that he's competing unfairly and possibly taking away the chances of other women to compete at higher levels in their category. If there's anyone who deserves our compassion, it's the women, not the dude known as Lia Thomas.

Matt Schlapp shared a New York Post article about Thomas pushing back against his critics on March 6th. The ACU chairman captioned the article, “No matter what one thinks of Lia’s ability to swim with women her story deserves our compassion. It will be interesting to hear Lia’s pov in 30 years.”

Her story? WTF?

Referring to Thomas as "her" is giving in to the narrative that he's a female and going along with the Left.

No matter what one thinks of Lia’s ability to swim with women her story deserves our compassion. It will be interesting to hear Lia’s pov in 30 years. https://t.co/NLY9f6TO6I

Sorry Mr. Schlapp, I have more compassion for the women who have to put up with Thomas exposing his bat and balls in the lady's locker room and his self-serving behavior. I have absolutely no compassion for him and I believe Schlapp showed his lack of backbone in an attempt to show his virtue.

The editor-in-chief of Swimming World Magazine wrote that the “numbers paint a clear picture” when Thomas competed as a male versus competing now as a female, highlighting the existence of a serious advantage Thomas has over the women he’s competing against.

“The fact that the University of Pennsylvania swimmer has soared from a mid-500s ranking (554th in the 200 freestyle) in men’s competition to the top-ranked swimmer in women’s competition tells the story of the unfairness which is unfolding at the NCAA level.”

Schlapp received some well-deserved pushback on social media. John Cardillo, a former Newsmax host wrote:

“No Matt. HIS story deserves no compassion. He’s a spoiled brat ruining college sports for his female teammates and competitors. I have compassion for them and want to hear their stories. You establishment ‘conservatives’ will cave every single time.”

Cardillo nailed it with the last sentence.

Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire echoed my sentiment:

No, it doesn’t. Also if you’re playing the “preferred pronoun” game you’ve already lost. You’ve surrendered reality to the Left. There is nothing left to fight for. https://t.co/TDHr40Ylmw

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 8, 2022

As did Erick Erickson:

*His* story. And while the dude is clearly going through a mental struggle for which we should show concern, we should have more empathy and concern for the girls who are being ignored and pushed aside by the elite so a stronger guy can pose as a girl. https://t.co/iAHtwA54MF

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 8, 2022

Here's more:

Really. Her? When men are infiltrating girls’ and women’s teams, bathrooms, locker rooms, prisons, and abuse shelters, this is the approach? https://t.co/KPCM7uTRdL

— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) March 8, 2022

Matt has FIVE daughters… Would he feel it’s compassionate if a biological male with male genitalia were in the locker room with them against their consent? https://t.co/KrHr8OLJfK

— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) March 8, 2022

Wait, wait, wait. The founder of CPAC is down with the anti woman ideology of transgenderism?! I want off that particular conservative train. https://t.co/soBtAopbjM

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) March 8, 2022

Schlapp also went back and forth in a tweetfest with former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis.

She tweeted:

No. None of this is remotely conservative, principled, or truthful, Matt. What are you doing?!

It’s sad to see CPAC leadership and the GOP establishment cave to the LGBT agenda.

I will not support this. https://t.co/E0xUPGzT0r

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) March 8, 2022

Schlapp retweeted and responded, 

“Jenna all I am saying is in the end trans people deserve our love and compassion. We should defend girls sports against competing w men aggressively but in the end remember that all people deserve respect. Kinda simple. If showing decency makes you boycott @CPAC I’m good w it.”

Ellis replied:

That’s not all you said, Matt. You can’t walk back calling a man “her” under the guise of “love and compassion.” Love and compassion requires speaking truth.

Conservatives, this is an open call from Matt to abandon CPAC because he is unwilling to stand for truth.

Do it.

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) March 8, 2022

But rather than having an honest argument with Ellis, Schlapp went back at her with an ad hominem attack:

Jenna this is a false controversy. You are upset w @CPAC bc we didn’t invite you to speak. We score the bills aimed at protecting girls sports and our kids from gender confusion indoctrination. I don’t wish to normalize it but simply just deal w it w compassion. https://t.co/ODcAaSoQJp

— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) March 8, 2022

Schlapp has lost my respect and I hope Mercedes talks with him about what he said about Thomas and what he said to Jenna Ellis. She, Ellis, did not deserve that kind of remark, and he, Thomas, did not deserve compassion for what he is doing in the world of swimming competition.

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Sclapp needs to resign his position with CPAC and Thomas needs to swim with the men, no matter what bathing attire he chooses to wear.

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CPAC formally disinvites Romney to conference

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, said on Friday that he would not be inviting Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) to this year's conference. The reason for the disinvite is due to the vote of "aye" Romney cast in favor of calling more witnesses at the Senate impeachment proceedings.

Romney and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only two Republicans that crossed party lines and voted to extend the groundless hearings on whether President Trump should be removed from office mainly because the left doesn't like him and Romney and Collins are not big fans of the "bad Orange Man."

Schlapp tweeted:

BREAKING: The 'extreme conservative' and Junior Senator from the great state of Utah, @SenatorRomney is formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020 

It is unclear whether Susan Collins is also disinvited to the CPAC conference, but if not, it doesn't seem fair to Romney, who otherwise is one of the worst candidates the GOP has ever run for president.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), defended Romney on Friday, calling him a "good friend" and "excellent senator."

"Mitt Romney is a good friend and an excellent Senator. We have disagreed about a lot in this trial. But he has my respect for the thoughtfulness, integrity, and guts he has shown throughout this process," Lee said. "Utah and the Senate are lucky to have him."

While it makes sense for senators to vote their beliefs, it makes no sense to believe that this impeachment debacle was ever fair at the start. It was an impeachment looking for grounds, and the grounds they finally came up with, were not legitimate grounds for impeachment. So it makes more sense for all of the GOP to stick together and vote the same way, whichever way they decided was the correct course of action to take. Both choices seemed good, especially with the ability for the GOP to call Hunter Biden, the so-called whistleblower, and Adam Schiff and his eyes.

Democrats stick together based on power, but Republicans tend to make their decisions based on their beliefs and ethics. Sadly, that's the most honorable way to vote, but it's also the way to lose the battle over policy.

I understand Schlapp's position on his decision, and I believe Romney and Collins are wrong, but not dishonorable. But you can't just freeze out one without the other.

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Trump gets plan to beat ISIS

Washington -- President Trump received a set of options for escalating or transforming the war on the Islamic State. This may lead him to increase the presence of American military on the ground. 

It does not recommend that we "bomb the sh** out of them."

Secretary of Defense James "Mad Dog" Mattis (aka "The Monk") briefed top national security officials at the White House on the proposal initiated by the Pentagon. It includes military recommendations and proposals for ways of starving ISIS of funds and how to combat them online where they've recruited and turned thousands of psychopathic Muslims into jihadists.

Disclaimer: not all Muslims are psychopathic jihadists, but all jihadists are psychopathic Muslims.

It isn't known when President Trump will 'own' the undeclared war he inherited from his incompetent predecessor. Thus far, the campaign against ISIS has pushed them back in Iraq but Syria has been less militarily productive for U.S.-led forces. 

The president isn't expected to offer any detail when he addresses a joint session of Congress tonight (Tuesday). 

Some of Mr. Trump's options may be the deployment of more U.S. troops to Iraq or to Syria. The first option could incur political problems for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi.

The rules of engagement could also be modified--hopefully they will be. Under Obama, the Pentagon insisted that American forces might sometimes find themselves in combat but were not on a combat mission, a twisted and tortured explanation to protect Obama, not the U.S. forces, from political criticism.

Of late, our troops have moved closer to the front lines and Mr. Trump could change the rules further.

We could also increase aid to the Kurds, but that would risk the ire of our NATO partner Turkey. Iraq's government also fears the prospects that the insurgent Kurds might seek their own state.

Mattis is against Trump working closer with Russia or taking steps toward fulfilling his campaign pledge to create "safe zones" for Syrians fleeing the war, among other options.

President Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week and said his goal was to "totally obliterate ISIS." He also promised "working with out allies, we will eradicated this evil from the face of the earth."

Hyperbole or "bomb the sh** out of them?"

"I don't talk about military response," Trump said. "I don't say, 'I'm going into Mosul in four months.' Then three months later, 'We are going to attack Mosul in one month,'" he said in a mocking tone (once believed to be a gesture he made to mock a disabled reporter).

President Trump likes to keep certain things a secret, particularly his future military plans and his past tax returns.

I don't blame him one bit.




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CNN may opt out of WH Correspondent's Dinner

CNN may be preempting Trump's decision to not invite them to the White House Correspondent's Dinner by announcing that they will be sitting out the dinner. In this way, they can show their ire and avoid being embarrassed by President Trump before he shows his ire toward them.

So nyah, nyah, nyah President Trump, take that!

The annual event is scheduled for April 29th and according to several sources familiar with what's going on, CNN is still actively discussing whether they will ultimately send staffers or snub the POTUS.

"We haven't made a decision on it yet," said a CNN spokesperson who wishes to remain anonymous because it really pisses off Trump when people remain anonymous, except when it's people he refers to anonymously.

In the past, the dinner was a scene in which presidents roast the press after top-shelf comedians take digs at the big-shots in the room.

When Obama was president, the 'shots' were generally cutesy remarks about him, or when Obama publicly humiliated now President Trump with a blistering attack.

Here is the actual transcript of Obama's remarks as Mr. Trump had to sit in the audience and take it from the bully pulpit:

"Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one in happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than the Donald. (Laughter.) And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter--like, did we fake the moon landing? (Laughter.) What really happened in Roswell? (Laughter.) And where are Biggie and Tupac? (Laughter and applause.)

"But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. (Laughter.) For example--no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice--(laughter)--at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil' Jon or Meatloaf. (Laughter.) You fired Gary Busey. (Laughter.) And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. (Laughter and applause.) Well handled, sir. (Laughter.) Well handled."

 The White House Correspondent's Dinner has often been criticized as a 'too cozy' relationship between the press and government. But with the current aggressive ongoing battle President Trump is having with the press, some are wondering whether fist-bumping camaraderie is especially inappropriate at this time. President Trump's deleted (then reposted) tweet calling the press an "enemy of the American people" was a blistering attack and escalation of their battle.

Donald J. Trump 

✔@realDonaldTrump

The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!

4:48 PM - 17 Feb 2017

 
•  50,60150,601 Retweets
 
•  160,142160,142 likes

Mr. Trump later went on to say that he was not attacking all media, merely the 'fake news' that the media often puts out.

At CPAC, top White House adviser Steve Bannon referred to the media as the "opposition party," and when it comes to how the media treats the GOP, he's correct. I've yet to hear anyone in the MSM ask Trump "What enchants you about the job?"

It seems that CNN has been particularly targeted by the Trump administration, so it stands to reason that they might avoid attending the WH Correspondent's Dinner. 

Ironically perhaps, it isn't even certain whether President Trump is going to attend.



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