Don’t Say ‘Inmate’: Biden Admin Using Taxpayer Dollars To Push Woke Language Guides

Republican Troy Nehls introduces a bill to remove funding from agencies that promote left-wing guidelines President Joe Biden hosts Pride Month event /Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s federal agencies use taxpayer dollars to promote “inclusive” Language guides instruct Americans to drop common terms such as “homeless people” Left-leaning alternatives such as “people experiencing unsheltered homelessness”—prompting backlash from Republicans who want to defund the woke initiatives.

Agency such as the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have made recommendations that focus on “non-stigmatizing” Language means removing terms such as “inmate” “alcoholic” From common use. Instead, consult the CDC advisesAmericans should speak up “persons who are incarcerated or detained” “persons with alcohol use disorder,” respectively.

The NIH Style Guide can be found here. advises People should have something to say “gender affirmation” Or “gender confirmation” Instead of “sex change.” The term should be avoided by them as well “hermaphrodite” You should not. “misgender” Someone, which is “using a word or address that does not correctly reflect” The gender identity of a “transgender or gender-diverse person.”

Rep. Troy Nehls (R. Texas), who introduced Legislation Last week, the Biden administration announced that it would withhold funding from agencies producing such lists. “must be held accountable” For using taxpayer funds to support left-leaning causes.

“It is shameful that unelected bureaucrats in the Biden administration’s executive federal agencies are using taxpayer dollars and federal resources to suggest Americans should utilize gender-neutral and inclusive language,” Nehls.

Critics believe that language guides show the Biden administration’s preference for left-wing pleasure horses over issues that they actually have to address. The language guides were created by the NIH and CDC during the COVID pandemic. More than 500,000 Americans died during this period of the Biden administration.

Nehls’s “Productivity Over Pronouns Act of 2023” Federal funds would be prohibited from being used by agencies to support programs that provide guidance. “inclusive language,” “pronouns,” “preferred terms,” According to the congressman.

The NIH and CDC did not respond to our requests for comment.

Biden’s executive order signed on his first day of office, which called for a pronoun list and agency terms. “comprehensive approach” Advance “equity for all” All across the federal government

“Each agency must assess whether, and to what extent, its programs and policies perpetuate systemic barriers to opportunities and benefits for people of color and other underserved groups,” According to

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