Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt unveiled a food pyramid chart that recommended nothing but ice cream to demonstrate why he believes children are not qualified to decide whether they should undergo sex changes.
“What would happen if we affirmed every thought that our children have? I’d like to show you a food pyramid. Now I know what you’re thinking. This is not the FDA’s approved food pyramid, although many of you probably wish it was. This is the food pyramid, according to my four-year-old and two-year-old daughters,” Hunt said Thursday at a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.
“If my children had their way, they would have ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and for every single meal in between. Oh, the wisdom of children! But in a sane country we know that children aren’t mature enough to make adult decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. That’s why we have parents. Children cry for ice cream but as parents, we have the wisdom to know that ice cream is not in their best interests, particularly their long-term interest,” the congressman continued.
Wesley Hunt has had enough:
“My four-year-old and my two-year-old daughters will not change in front of biological men. This is ridiculous!” pic.twitter.com/23hob1bcwi
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 27, 2023
Several red states have banned sex changes for minors, even as the federal government has sought to require public and private insurers to fund the practice. Roughly 300,000 minors in the U.S. identify as transgender, and between 10,000 and 30,000 are seeking some sort of treatment. About 100 clinics in the U.S. reportedly offer sex-change interventions for minors. (RELATED: GOP 2024 Candidates Are United On One Thing: Opposing Sex Changes For Minors)
“I want to thank my parents, Willie and Diane Hunt. They had three children. All three of us went to West Point. All three of us served our country. All three of us obtained multiple masters degrees from Ivy League schools,” Hunt continued. “Do you know why? Because my parents did not give in to the thoughts of an adolescent Wesley Hunt. I am a U.S. congressman because my parents didn’t listen to me when I was eight years old. They raised us. They cared for us. They taught us the ways of successful people.”