Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) delivered a masterclass in congressional oversight Thursday, pressing a State Department official about the Biden administration's taxpayer-funded 'queer maps' project during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that left viewers stunned.
The Florida Republican confronted Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers about the program, asking pointedly: 'Can you tell me — what is 'queering' the map?'
Rogers' response was as bewildering as the program itself. According to social media reports from the hearing, she actually said: 'I think we were trying to make the maps more gay.' West Virginia's Derrick Evans captured the exchange on social media, writing: 'A State Department exchange turns heads as Rep. Brian Mast questions Under Secretary Sarah Rogers about funding tied to 'queering the map.' Rogers responds: 'I think we were trying to make the maps more gay.''
This is your State Department under the previous administration, folks. While hardworking Americans struggled with inflation and border chaos, Biden's bureaucrats were busy figuring out how to make maps more 'gay' with your hard-earned tax dollars.
Another Day, Another Woke Waste Project
The exchange perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with the Biden era's priorities. Instead of focusing on American interests abroad, strengthening our diplomatic position, or protecting our citizens, the State Department was apparently more concerned with advancing radical gender ideology through cartography.
Representative Mast, a decorated Army veteran who lost both legs serving our country in Afghanistan, wasn't having any of this nonsense. His line of questioning exposed the absurdity of a government agency that seemed more interested in woke virtue signaling than actual diplomacy.
This is exactly why Americans voted for President Trump's return to the White House — to clean up this kind of ideological garbage and restore sanity to our government.
Under the Trump-Vance administration, you can bet the State Department will be focused on America First policies, not woke map projects. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will prioritize advancing American interests, not advancing radical leftist social experiments with taxpayer money.
How many more Biden-era boondoggles will Republican oversight uncover? And more importantly, how much of your money did they waste on projects that had absolutely nothing to do with keeping America safe and prosperous?