GOP Candidate KICKED OUT of Debate for “Misgendering” Transgender Rep. Tim “Sarah” McBride

Republican nominee for Congress Joe Arminio was removed from a debate in Delaware after “misgendering” Rep Tim McBride by referring to him as a man

Joe is correct.

Tim is a man.

They want to force us to affirm their mental illness pic.twitter.com/K5SWRWbVru

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 20, 2026

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On Thursday night, during a candidates forum presented by the Jewish Federation of Delaware, Republican Joseph Arminio was removed from the event after he repeatedly misgendered Democratic Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride.

“I’m sorry to have to say, the representative from Delaware has contributed, through the net of his actions…” Arminio began during remarks on Thursday, before boos began to erupt from the gathered crowd.

After being warned of his remarks, later, Arminio did it again, leading to another outburst from the crowd.

During the evening, amid turmoil following the remarks, McBride tried to intervene, saying she didn’t want Arminio to not have a chance to speak.

“I don’t want this gentleman to not have the ability…,” started the Congresswoman.

However, Republican candidate Michael Katz, who is running for Senate in Delaware, interrupted her.

“No, get him out of here,” said Katz.

Following Arminio’s ouster, Katz called for him to withdraw from the upcoming elections.

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UPDATE: GOP Congressional candidate Joe Arminio got KICKED OUT of a forum debate in Delaware because he "misgendered" transgender Rep. Tim "Sarah" McBride (D)

Arminio used "his" and "gentleman" to reference McBride

HE'S RIGHT!

Tim McBride IS A DUDE. This is a man. An… pic.twitter.com/ZOAAHebXEq

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 20, 2026

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Republican nominee for Congress Joe Arminio was removed from a debate in Delaware after “misgendering” Rep Tim McBride by referring to him as a man

Joe is correct.

Tim is a man.

They want to force us to affirm their mental illness pic.twitter.com/K5SWRWbVru

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 20, 2026

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You can't make us live inside your fantasyland. https://t.co/fI7crkfjeo

— Catturd

(@catturd2) September 20, 2026

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We should NOT have to comply with beliefs of the Mentally Ill. Joe Arminio is correct. Tim McBride is a male masquerading as a woman. https://t.co/DQCzERBAG5

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) September 20, 2026

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Getting kicked out of a debate for stating a scientific fact is peak clown world behavior. If you have to force people to lie just so you can feel validated, you've already lost the argument. Joe was right, and no amount of outrage will change that https://t.co/5t9P5CYrvQ

— Clown World

(@ClownWorld) September 20, 2026

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Arminio won the GOP U.S. House primary Tuesday, defeating the GOP’s endorsed candidate, Earl Cooper, and John Whalen, who was the Republican nominee against McBride two years ago.

This is Arminio’s first run for office in Delaware, but he previously ran for Congress in Maryland in 2008, losing in a 4-person Republican primary in that state’s First congressional district.

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