Watch: Democratic State Reps Absolutely Lose It During House Dress Code Debate

When Missouri Republican state Rep. Ann Kelley decided that dress code on the state House floor should be updated, so that both women and men had to cover their arms, the party which tends to pretend there’s no difference between the genders suddenly hid behind traditional gender roles.

In a nasty fight over decorum rules, which saw state Democrats lambaste Republicans by comparing the move to the national abortion debate and saying “the caucus that lost their minds over the suggestion that they should wear masks during a pandemic to respect the safety of others” ought to capitulate on the right to bare arms, the party that can’t usually answer what a woman is without being a biologist suddenly found the answer in a hurry.

According to the U.K. Independent — because this floor fight did indeed go viral, and even international — Kelley argued women should wear jackets like their male colleagues because “it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere” on the floor.

“Decorum is more than just rules,” Kelley said. “It is respect for each other, respect for the institution, and respect for this magnificent building and for the position of Missouri state representative.”

Thus, she suggested dress code be amended, so that “proper attire for women shall be business attire, including jackets worn with dresses, skirts, or slacks and dress shoes or boots.”

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The prior dress code stipulated that, for women, “dresses or skirts or slacks worn with a blazer or sweater and appropriate dress shoes or boots.”

The rules debate, which took place Jan. 11, would ordinarily be an oatmeal-bland affair. As Republican state Rep. Brenda Shields noted, “All we’re trying to do today is to take the same rules that we have and make them more clear.”

However, Democrats denounced the new rules as “ridiculous” — and then proceeded to beclown themselves by trying to prove the point.

Chief clown was Democrat Rep. Raychel Proudie, who sought to extrapolate the fight over whether women should be able to go sleeveless to overturning Roe v. Wade.

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