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‘Hate Speech’: PA Governor Scolds Trump Campaign Adviser For ‘Misgendering’ Health Secretary

"I won't apologize."

Jon Brown
‘Hate Speech’: PA Governor Scolds Trump Campaign Adviser For ‘Misgendering’ Health Secretary
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Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf accused Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis of hate speech on Monday after she called his transgender health secretary a “guy.”

Ellis, a personal attorney to President Donald Trump and a senior legal adviser to his 2020 campaign, tweeted, “This guy is making decisions about your health,” in reference to PA Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. Her tweet referred to a May story in which Levine corrects a reporter for repeatedly using the word “sir.”

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