House Republicans hosted a notorious anti-transgender rights activist to testify at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. The shameful show was the latest in a string of actions from the right meant to platform and advance transphobic bigotry.
Former television writer Graham Linehan, who created the “The IT Crowd” and co-created “Father Ted,” testified before the committee at a hearing billed as “Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II.”
Republicans held the hearings to purportedly address concerns about censorship under European content laws.
Ironically, while complaining about this legislation and holding a hearing to criticize Europe, Republicans have turned a blind eye to the growing controversy surrounding GOP donor Elon Musk, whose company is being investigated in multiple European nations for the dissemination of nonconsensual sexual images, including of minors.
