GOP Senate candidate tried to make a joke about pronouns at the RNC. He failed miserably.
For the past several years, various Republicans have made jokes about pronouns, mocking the practice common in LGBTQ+ spaces of sharing one’s pronouns. These jokes are generally not comedy gold, but one Republican may have just taken the prize for the worst iteration of the “My pronouns are…” joke.
“Hey everybody, my name is Tim Sheehy,” said Sheehy, pronounced “she-he,” during his speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. He is running for U.S. Senate in Montana.
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“Those are also my pronouns,” he continued, implying that he uses both “she/her” and “he/him” pronouns. After a brief delay, the audience laughed and cheered.
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“I’ve been a he/she for 38 years,” Sheehy said, getting his own name wrong, “and I can promise you, going to elementary school with that name in the 80s was not fun.”
“That is a joke,” he informed the crowd. “But it also shows the lunacy in Joe Biden and Jon Tester’s America.” The incumbent Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is Sheehy’s opponent in the general election.
Sheehy: My name is Tim Sheehy. Those are also my pronouns. pic.twitter.com/qWh50JxbEH— Acyn (@Acyn) July 16, 2024
Later in his three-minute speech, Sheehy accused Tester of driving a Prius, which is a hybrid car that some on the right believe makes a person gay.
“Priuses don’t work in Montana, do they?” he asked. He then said that Montanans believe “boys are boys, girls are girls.”
Generally, the joke among conservative politicians and pundits is to say, “My pronouns are…” and then add something they like, such as “MAGA,” “patriot,” or “Jesus lover.” This joke has been used so many times that The Daily Show made a supercut of it last year.
@thedailyshow Our pronouns are get/a/new/joke DailyShow gop pronouns ♬ original sound – The Daily Show
On X, people mocked Sheehy for not even making sense when saying his pronouns are she/he.
How do you have only one joke and still constantly fuck it up https://t.co/eP4K3ansFe— Thembo (@OnlyAWorldAway) July 17, 2024
? https://t.co/axSV7Oy5n2— you will never regret liking this post (@lib_crusher) July 17, 2024
He’s been a he she for 38 years?His name is Sheehy…— The Political HQ (@ThePoliticalHQ) July 17, 2024
They just smile while pushing away millions of votes — Ash'Ley Rushin (@rushgotjokes) July 17, 2024
haha, funny man makes a unique joke even though it's not propper grammar, first time ever done.— _ Imposter_ (@Imposter_Edits) July 17, 2024
I legitimately believe I could go on a stand up comedy tour where I just say “pronouns” and roll my eyes and I’d make a hundred million dollars https://t.co/F4zoGEBRKN— Dan Clyne (@danCLYNE) July 17, 2024
Tough guy — Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) July 17, 2024
All the hateful intolerant bigots in one place. How nice.— MotherofEagles (@CCknockout) July 17, 2024
How can you not know what a pronoun is— Pesach Lattin (@pesach_lattin) July 16, 2024
Are these really the people we want in office?— AmericasBurner (@AmericasBurner) July 16, 2024
He thinks he’s funny. — Art Candee (@ArtCandee) July 16, 2024
He just said he goes by she/he — Reality By Ashley (@RealityByAshley) July 17, 2024
It’s incredibly grotesque how transphobic Republicans are. By the way, this is how they used to speak about gay people, but they can’t do that anymore. So now they are specifically targeting trans people. They are vile. I won’t turn the temperature down. Not about this. pic.twitter.com/PNwBNLgF6Z— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) July 17, 2024
this is more hate speech yall— JT (@NoshrtCutz) July 17, 2024
Why do they all treat this shit like it’s a stand up comedy special? Beyond cringe watching them all wait for the audience to laugh at their awful “jokes”. https://t.co/uMLnOghf7x— Fe (@bwaybaby91) July 18, 2024
They hate gay people so much they refuse to go by the rules of standard English for the past 700 years https://t.co/29mHa4WSRZ— Sami Gold (@souljagoytellem) July 17, 2024
they can literally just say the word pronouns and conservatives eat that shit up. zero effort joke didn’t make sense. phenomenal stuff https://t.co/iBFouGHre6— Mac (@GoodPoliticGuy) July 17, 2024
Do these folks not know what pronouns are? I mean from grade school English lessons? Is this the only joke they have? https://t.co/vCqoZMzFdw— Star Wars: AnuHope (@anumccartney) July 18, 2024
He ends this with "I got bullied for my name, it wasn't fun", the least self aware joke he could have made https://t.co/pXeMiK7UV8— Daddy Jake (@ActualCorn) July 17, 2024
conservatives after hearing the same pronoun joke for the 19 millionth time https://t.co/gFfQeKPeDw pic.twitter.com/QZD2ifw6xi— hazel (@SapphicBloodlvr) July 17, 2024
Literally every right wing stand-up comic: “HE STOLE MY JOKE!” https://t.co/LJBJ0sEF6D— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) July 17, 2024
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