Disgraced congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is getting criticized for a social media post where he appeared to compare being a living trans person to dying in a war.

“I just want a political party that doesn’t want to trans my son or send him to fight someone else’s war,” he wrote in a post responding to a clip about sending people to fight in the president’s war on Iran. “Is that too much to ask?”

Related

Judge won’t stop Kansas from taking away trans drivers’ licenses

Of course, no one wants to “trans” anyone, something that is not even possible. Some people are transgender, and Democrats generally support letting trans people live their lives authentically.

Gaetz was mocked on social media for this post. Some people brought up how he was under investigation for child sex trafficking while he was in Congress but quit just days before a House Ethics report on the matter was about to be released.