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IcyPeas

(21,955 posts)
Fri May 20, 2022, 09:08 PM May 2022

[RANT] Male GOP senator on the "tone" and "decorum" of women senators [WATCH & LISTEN]

Senator Dayna Polehanki State Senator, Michigan. Running for re-election in ‘22. Former high school English teacher for 19 years.

For the past few weeks, a male GOP senator has taken it upon himself to step up to the mic & tell women senators
@MalloryMcMorrow, @SenErikaGeiss, @rosemarybayer, and @SenatorSantana
what's wrong with the "tone" and "decorum" of their floor speeches.

I had enough.

#GetUsedToIt





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[RANT] Male GOP senator on the "tone" and "decorum" of women senators [WATCH & LISTEN] (Original Post) IcyPeas May 2022 OP
Wow!!! Good for her!!! highplainsdem May 2022 #1
MUCH MORE OF THIS FROM CONGRESSIONAL DEMS onecaliberal May 2022 #2
Oh MAN, is THAT ever true. calimary May 2022 #38
Call em out every time. Fight back loud n proud ✊ Deuxcents May 2022 #3
Righteous speech. TomSlick May 2022 #4
Way to go. wnylib May 2022 #5
Excellent!!! Talitha May 2022 #6
It's Senator Horn. If you live in Michigan, give him a call and tell him to stop Scrivener7 May 2022 #7
Done, thanks for the numbers. tiredtoo May 2022 #33
thank you for adding that. here is his email too: IcyPeas May 2022 #35
Fantastic, I LOVED this, she's right! mrsadm May 2022 #8
Men tried to silence women back in the '60's. Irish_Dem May 2022 #9
Wow! Rockin' the idiot Senator's BOAT!! I LOVE IT. n/t TeamProg May 2022 #10
Ah, yes. If you speak up, you're shrill. If you repeat something to make a point you're nagging. halfulglas May 2022 #11
How ungodly! Oneironaut May 2022 #30
Whoa. madamesilverspurs May 2022 #12
Hear, hear! smirkymonkey May 2022 #13
Alright, State Senator! electric_blue68 May 2022 #14
Uppity? McKim May 2022 #15
Guys like him are used to having Stepford wives padah513 May 2022 #16
While they're off banging their mistresses. nt oldsoftie May 2022 #20
"Stop whining!" CTyankee May 2022 #17
Sorry I can only rec once...KnR MiHale May 2022 #18
SING IT! Novara May 2022 #19
Are there any videos of him ranting about them? keithbvadu2 May 2022 #21
Lol, what's The Reviled One's name? Hortensis May 2022 #22
see post 7. Senator Ken Horn from Michigan IcyPeas May 2022 #36
Truth is powerful tool world wide wally May 2022 #23
Is there video of what the male senator said that she is responding to? ShazzieB May 2022 #24
Outstanding! n/t SpankMe May 2022 #25
Ouch!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 #26
That was Great!!! wolfie001 May 2022 #27
brilliant!!!!!! bluboid May 2022 #28
Get used to it! CrispyQ May 2022 #29
"We will not be tone-policed!" Larissa May 2022 #31
Wish she had ended with malaise May 2022 #32
+1 True Dough May 2022 #34
Words are FOR showing impervious imbiciles the errors of their way. So sad! czarjak May 2022 #37
RIGHT ON New Breed Leader May 2022 #39
We will not be "tone-policed"! PatSeg May 2022 #40

Scrivener7

(51,090 posts)
7. It's Senator Horn. If you live in Michigan, give him a call and tell him to stop
Fri May 20, 2022, 09:34 PM
May 2022

wasting his time complaining about women's "tone" and voices and do his damn job. Like maybe vote to feed those babies he is forcing women to have.

(That last part was stolen from the Vice headline.)

His number is: By Phone: (517) 373-1760

Toll Free: (855) 347-8032

IcyPeas

(21,955 posts)
35. thank you for adding that. here is his email too:
Sat May 21, 2022, 05:04 PM
May 2022

SenKHorn@senate.michigan.gov

he has 2 twitter accounts but there's practically nothing in there. I don't think he really uses it. another stupid old white guy. vote him OUT.

https://twitter.com/KenHornMI

https://twitter.com/senatorkenhorn

Irish_Dem

(48,117 posts)
9. Men tried to silence women back in the '60's.
Fri May 20, 2022, 09:48 PM
May 2022

Didn't work back then either.

Senator Dayna is my new hero.

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
11. Ah, yes. If you speak up, you're shrill. If you repeat something to make a point you're nagging.
Fri May 20, 2022, 11:11 PM
May 2022

If your voice shakes a bit with emotion, you're weak. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Claiming our time you jerks.

Oneironaut

(5,547 posts)
30. How ungodly!
Sat May 21, 2022, 02:22 PM
May 2022

She should go back to her rightful place as subservient to her husband. lol

/s obviously

madamesilverspurs

(15,821 posts)
12. Whoa.
Fri May 20, 2022, 11:50 PM
May 2022

Mansplaining plus GOPsplaining -- her response is remarkably constrained. Her demeanor is far more polite than his rants warrant. And he no doubt now considers himself a victim of verbal abuse. Weinie.


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McKim

(2,412 posts)
15. Uppity?
Sat May 21, 2022, 09:50 AM
May 2022

Oh, was she getting too uppity? Time to tone it down to a ladylike level and be nice and feminine?

padah513

(2,516 posts)
16. Guys like him are used to having Stepford wives
Sat May 21, 2022, 10:14 AM
May 2022

The shut up and do as you're told, sit there and look pretty kind. A real woman scares them to death.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. Lol, what's The Reviled One's name?
Sat May 21, 2022, 12:11 PM
May 2022

Should it matter? As long as she's badmouthing Republicans, and NOT Democrats, it's more than likely justified.

ShazzieB

(16,661 posts)
24. Is there video of what the male senator said that she is responding to?
Sat May 21, 2022, 01:10 PM
May 2022

I would love to know what was said that brought this on.

malaise

(269,331 posts)
32. Wish she had ended with
Sat May 21, 2022, 02:48 PM
May 2022

You are not the boss of women - we are equals here - patronizing piece of shit.

PatSeg

(47,770 posts)
40. We will not be "tone-policed"!
Sun May 22, 2022, 03:03 PM
May 2022

Wow, perfect word for the male condescension so many of us have endured for decades. I will use it whenever the appropriate opportunity arises. Good for her!

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