In a chaotic display of political theater, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), the ranking member of the DOGE Subcommittee, was gavelled down by Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after launching into a rambling tirade defending extremist transgender ideology during a congressional hearing Wednesday.
The hearing, meant to investigate alarming instances of government waste, fraud, and abuse—including how taxpayer dollars are funneled through radical gender ideology programs—was repeatedly hijacked by Democrats attempting to derail the proceedings with irrelevant political grandstanding.
“And with that, I recognize Ms. Stansbury to defend all the trans,” Greene said dryly, setting the stage for what turned into a bizarre and embarrassing spectacle. Before Stansbury could begin, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) interrupted with a failed point of order, accusing Greene of improperly running the committee—a tactic that ultimately fell flat as Greene overruled it.
But what followed was even more absurd. Stansbury, seemingly uninterested in discussing the actual topic of government mismanagement, launched into a nearly five-minute rant accusing Republicans of “bullying trans kids” and bizarrely suggesting that the committee had been created to “do Elon Musk’s bidding.”
“This is not an oversight hearing,” Stansbury declared dismissively. “They’re bullying trans kids. They’re talking about things that have absolutely nothing to do with government oversight.”
As witnesses—including women’s rights activists—testified about the devastating impacts of biological males competing in women’s sports, Stansbury tried to reframe the hearing as an attack on “transgender” individuals, ignoring the real victims: the women and girls injured and sidelined by unfair competition.
When her allotted time expired, Greene politely reminded her: “The gentle lady’s time has expired.” But Stansbury refused to yield, continuing to shout over the chair and attempting to pose further questions to Fatima Goss Graves of the far-left National Women’s Law Center, who was there defending transgender inclusion in women’s spaces.
“You took a minute of my time, wasting my time on a non-point of order. The gentle lady’s time has expired,” Greene reiterated firmly, as Stansbury ignored the gavel and continued grandstanding. “We stand with the LGBTQ+ community, and you can gavel me until the cows come home and it won’t stop it!” she yelled, as Greene had to repeatedly pound the gavel to restore order.
The embarrassing episode exposed the dangerous lengths far-left politicians like Stansbury are willing to go to defend radical gender ideology—even at the expense of women’s safety and fairness. While the committee was focused on exposing how public funds are misused under the guise of “diversity and inclusion,” Stansbury treated the hearing as a stage for partisan theatrics, trivializing the concerns of women injured in sports and the taxpayers footing the bill.
As the hearing continued, Democrats persisted in their efforts to distract and delay, but Greene remained steadfast, ensuring witnesses could testify about how taxpayer dollars are being weaponized to promote extremist ideologies at the expense of everyday Americans.
For Rep. Stansbury, however, the day ended not with a legislative victory, but with an embarrassing spectacle—and the unmistakable sound of the chairman’s gavel silencing her failed political stunt.
Don’t know who this women thinks she’s representing but it’s certainly not the majority of NM citizens, nor the majority of US citizens for that matter.
Yep.
Another embarrassment for New Mexicans.
Wow. Stansbury came across as borderline insane. This NM Rep has got to go!
Ouch, painful to watch!
“Chaos” is Stansbury’s middle name.
Thank you for reporting on this “not normal” shameful excuse of representative.
Idiot on steroids
The morons of NM will re-elect stansbury as long as she runs for office. why are NM voters so dumb ? is it our education system or what is the issue ? Im sick of the losers NM elects into office.
I agree 100%!
I agree wholeheartedly! New Mexico politics is a cess pool and we just keep reelecting them! Actually, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and most of New Mexico north of I-40 keep electing them. The rest of New Mexico and especially the east side of the state is held hostage. I fully support the Territory of Chisum initiative for Eastern New Mexico to revert to territorial status and separate from New Mexico which is entirely legal and the politicians of New Mexico don’t have any say in the matter. It isn’t secession….it’s reversion to a territory with the ability to become it’s own state at a later date. That’s the only way that eastern New Mexico will ever have any say so in government. We are vastly outnumbered by the Left and when it looks like we’re making a little progress they redraw the voting districts so that there is no way we can get Conservatives elected….at least not in numbers that give us any hope. They have divided Roswell’s district up so that it’s in separate districts with part of it being with Albuquerque! That way the Roswell voters are taken out of the equation.
A spoiled child who thinks she’s a grownup. Meanwhile the people in her state continue to wander in the wilderness.
As noted before, Stansbury has become quite vocal lately. With the old guard in the Democratic Party becoming irrelevant, the young democratic female reps are elbowing for a spot at the top, possibly a VP slot with AOC. These outbursts are not going to stop. It will probably get worse. Senator Kennedy called it Operation Let Them Speak. Hopefully it’s working.
True justice would be if Ms. Stansbury were attacked at night walking down the street by a transfreak.
I wonder if she can be recalled as she is not representing the people of NM ?
I agree Stansbury is creating unnecessary drama and grandstanding, and completely disagree with her politics. However, Marjorie Taylor Greene (and Jasmine Crockett who was also mentioned in the article – go figure) is definitedly prone to be over dramatic and grandstanding herself. All three are classless.