Meet PA's Sec. of Health Richard er ah Rachel Levine

**Qtrborecrazy** · May 14th, 2020, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Manxdriver

It’s mother probably wishes she would catch the Covid just so she wouldn’t have to see that hideous abomination on tv every day!

His mom wishes he/she would get Covid19 and put he/she out of he/she’s troubled miserable mind.

**scruff** · May 14th, 2020, 08:37 AM

Yep, every day now, PA looks foolish in the national news.

‘Please Don’t Misgender Me’: Reporter
Apologizes After Calling Transgender PA Health Secretary ‘Sir’
MARLO SAFI
CULTURE REPORTER
May 13, 2020
9:59 PM ET
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/13/t...r-bill-peduto/

A Pittsburgh radio station talk show host was rebuked by Pennsylvania’s health department secretary, who is transgender, for misgendering the secretary during a press call, Penn Live reported.

Marty Griffin, the host of KDKA-AM, called Dr. Rachel Levine “sir” during a conference call with reporters Tuesday, according to Penn Live.

Griffin was asking a question about the different phases the state is implementing to ease stay-at-home orders, and said “sir” twice. Levine responded by telling Griffin “please don’t misgender me,” and that it was “really insulting.”

Griffin apologized multiple times, and self-corrected once to say ma’am.

He also later apologized on Twitter, saying multiple distractions caused him to use the wrong pronouns and that his actions weren’t intentional.

Marty Griffin
@MartyGriffinKD
I apologize. I apologized twice. I truly did. It was not intentional. It was not. I was not focused. I was doing six things at once. https://twitter.com/trashyleesuh/sta...96994477805568 …

lisa cunningham
@trashyleesuh
After multiple times of calling her "sir" on a media call, Dr. Levine asks Marty Griffin to "please stop misgendering me." He apologizes.

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The incident later caused Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto to decide to cancel a scheduled appearance on KDKA Radio, the mayor’s spokesperson told Pittsburgh City Paper. Peduto criticized the KDKA station as having changed from “good people who made us proud to be from Pittsburgh” to “shock-jocks, sensationalism & worse.”

bill peduto
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@billpeduto
Cancelled interview w/ Lynne Hayes-Freeland for tomorrow. Not upset w/her, she’s always been a fair, strong journalist. But will not support @KDKARadio behavior. Growing up, KDKA had good people who made us proud to be from Pittsburgh. Now, it shock-jocks, sensationalism & worse.

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Griffin was criticized in 2007 for his reporting on a Pittsburgh-area Presbyterian pastor, possibly outing him as gay after KDKA began running teasers including Griffin confronting the pastor at an adult book store.

The station decided not to air the story, explaining that the pastor, Brent Dugan, may be a danger to himself. The pastor had gone missing, and died by suicide, according to Pittsburgh City Paper.

Levine’s mother moved out of a personal care home with the health secretary’s help after Levine had ordered all nursing homes and long-term facilities in the state to accept coronavirus patients from hospitals, the secretary admitted Tuesday, creating outrage over the conditions residents of these facilities must face without recourse.

**Walleye Hunter** · May 14th, 2020, 08:40 AM

If it looks like a man, has a face like a man and hands like a man it's probably a man. I can't understand how anybody could take that hideously looking thing seriously.

**scruff** · May 14th, 2020, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Walleye Hunter

If it looks like a man, has a face like a man and hands like a man it's probably a man. I can't understand how anybody could take that hideously looking thing seriously.

Hey, if you want some respect, "ma'am", at least put some effort into hair, makeup and wardrobe.

**bogey1** · May 14th, 2020, 09:04 AM

Imagine if trump dressed/acted like that. The left would have a meltdown.

**Walleye Hunter** · May 14th, 2020, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by bogey1

Imagine if trump dressed/acted like that. The left would have a meltdown.

Now that's an idea who's time has come. I'd donate $1000 to his campaign if he'd dress like that for his visit to Owens and Minor today.

**Krichardson** · May 14th, 2020, 09:12 AM

It's insulting that people have to address a man as if he is a woman.

**Mr_Gixxer** · May 14th, 2020, 09:16 AM

Why not just address it as "xy chromosomes" and be done with it?

**Krichardson** · May 14th, 2020, 09:30 AM

I prefer "Hey you".

**streaker69** · May 14th, 2020, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Krichardson

I prefer "Hey you".

Do you really want to associate that, with this bit of lyrical genius?

Hey you out there on your own
Sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you with you ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming home

https://www.google.com/search?client...hey+you+lyrics