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21 Tuesday Apr 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Mark Alford, social media

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Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[April 21, 2026]

🚨🚨Show Me State showing up for common sense:

The Missouri House just passed legislation to protect the privacy and safety of women and girls in public spaces. It’s simple: no men in women’s spaces.
Common sense shouldn’t be controversial, and Missouri isn’t backing down.
[….]

Who’s going to check? You, Mark (r)?

Some of the responses:

Never had a problem with a trans person in my entire 60 years of living.
In fact, all my worst experiences have been caused by straight, white men.

Thank you for accepting you’re the problem.

Scapegoating a minority group won’t save your party from losing your seats. Women and girls don’t need to be protected from trans folks. It’s cis men who are the problem.
Trans women are women.

All female restrooms have stalls and complete privacy…you wouldn’t even know a trans. female even came into that restroom. Who is it exactly that you really FEAR [….] ??

Again, who’s going to check?

You mean like in dressing rooms of beauty pagents like the President Felon claimed he did?

Does this also apply to US presidents who like to walk into girls’ changing rooms? Or just everyday people trying to pee in peace?

Common sense should not be controversial, everybody has to go pee. So give everybody access to bathrooms. We don’t have to gender them. Literally just have a singular room with a sink and a toilet and a changing table. That’s all you need. Make singular rooms the bathrooms. I don’t even understand why people are so stupid that they can’t even understand this basic concept.

Something you are lacking common sense

Common sense? Why don’t you come up with a viable healthcare plan that focuses open not just seeks to condemn a singular segment of the population?

Excellent l, I assume this also applies to women’s health, services, and rights too?
No, ah, okay so just more controlling behavior then, I see

I’m not worried about trans women, Are we ever going to address the issue of men being predators? Starting with your president maybe? Can we keep men out of women’s doctors appointments?

Seriously with all the problems of the world where people piss is the Hill you choose 😒🙄

Like in a beauty pageant dressing room?

I’ve never had issues with a Trans person ever in my life, it’s people like you that have always screwed me over…

Why are you so obsessed with bathrooms???

Such a non-issue.

A bathroom is a bathroom.

So you agree, men are the reason women don’t feel safe. Thanks for clearing that up, Mark.
Transphobia isn’t cute. Do better.

You people are OBSESSED with the bathroom. That’s weird and creepy.

You spend so much time coming up with “solutions” to problems that don’t exist. How about solutions to problems that do exist- health care,education, and criminal President who ignores laws and court decisions, he deficit, Medicare, Social Security, affordability, illegal tarriffs and undeclared war.

We are really have a hard time out here in Missouri with gasoline and grocery prices going up and healthcare insurance becoming unaffordable. Education and infrastructure of this country absolutely underfunded. While we waste billions on an unpopular and unconstitutional war on the other side of the world. You then focus on this as how you best serve the people you represent? Get to work taking care of your people and quit wasting everyones time on these non issues. We are watching and waiting for you to do your job!

We do not need lawmakers today, who are not focused on the real predominant issues in our nation. We have broken systems and housing, healthcare, education, and food security. We need to be directing our efforts there working for everyday Americans and Working families.
To spend any more exhaustive resources on pursuing minorities… People who do not harm and do not commit crime in the way that Congressman Mark Alford is describing is a waste of resources.
How about we elect somebody who is actually fiscally conservative, a Democrat! I will work to reduce overhead spending, and ensure that no working family pays greater in tax. Instead, we will go after the ultra wealthy and corporations.

There are more children in Texas with measles than trans people in sports. What were you worried about again?

Bathrooms don’t hurt people. Predators hurt people.
Get it right. And just because you created some law that disenfranchises and discriminate against trans individuals does not mean that a single predator or perpetrator is going to be stopped. You’ve directed your efforts again to a population that does not commit this type of crime.

I cant think of one time in 46 years that I’ve ever been victimized by a transgender person. It’s always been straight men. What are we gonna do about them?

Imagine you put this much effort into dealing with the housing crisis, cost of living, and health care shortage. But since republicans have no ideas on those things, they attack minorities instead

Kids starving. Homeless population growing. People getting kicked off healthcare. Rape academy website had 62 million visitors in one month. But please, tell me more about men in bathrooms.
Could our government be more of a waste????

Who cares. Just wash your hands. There are bigger issues to worry about.

TRANSLATION: “I got nothing! The Iranians are yanking our chain. JD is worthless. Gas isn’t coming down anytime soon. We are so screwed. I’m hoping you’re stupid enough to think this actually happens. Vote for me!”

I have never had any issues with trans women but I have seen a republican woman melt down because a female born lesbian had a short haircut and a button up shirt. The republican thought she was trans.
Republicans are too stupid to be the gender police. They are usually wrong and just attack lesbians and black women.

OMG the world is on fire and this is what you post? You tiny, ignorant, unnecessary little man.

Republican men are obsessed with other people’s genitals. They demonize already marginalized communities and go home to their GRINDR accounts. Why don’t you try leaving others alone to live their lives. Vote all these corrupt losers out in November.

FUCK off with your bullshit theocratic fascism ya maga a88hole Just a washed up fox news talking head.

Is this what people you represent are most concerned about? Deflect, distract, dipshit.

Stay our of our daughters’ pants, transphobic perv.

0.5-0.8% of the American population identify as transgender.
Calm tf down lol.
You’re making yourselves look stupid.

It’s in his nature.

Mark you’re a freaking idiot

You are just looking for people to hate. I trust my kids in the bathroom with a trans person before a Trump supporter.

How bout you get us healthcare you moron!

No men in women’s healthcare decisions. Try that, Mark. If you spent 1/10th of the mental energy you spend on destroying the lives of trans individuals on issues that could actually improve the lives of Missourians…you might be worth your position. What a ridiculous waste of time you are.

Your infatuation with the genitals of others is weird. Just weird. Let people poop. 💩

Would you please for once do something actual useful for your constiuents instead of these niche ‘social freakout’ bullshit topics?

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Mark Alford (r): volunteering for restroom duty

13 Tuesday Jan 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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Who’s going to check, Mark (r)? You?

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[January 13, 2026]

🚨THE MEDIA WON’T SHOW YOU THIS — but we will.
Outside SCOTUS today, we spoke with Democrats who agree: men do NOT belong in women’s sports or locker rooms. Their voices are being SILENCED by the radical left.
👉 Take this as your sign to PROTECT WOMEN’S SPORTS.
[….]

Asshole.

Some of the responses:

As a policy matter, that is another reason why the government shouldn’t be regulating this stuff, and we should leave it to medical professionals and sports leagues themselves to make the rules about what treatment should be allowed and which people should be allowed to play in which leagues.

Don’t you have a budget to work on?

Children’s Mercy Hospital in KC did a study for the Air Force that shows there is very little difference in women and trans women after they have completed hormone therapy.

facts are like kryptonite to republicans.

All 10 of them nationwide?

This is of primary importance right now?
It’s like worrying about dust on your knickknacks while the house is burning down.

Focusing on the important stuff, ehh? lol

This isn’t the flex you think it is. Why don’t you focus on something besides hate and bigotry.

The 10’s of lives that will be impacted…

The thing is… THERE ARE MUCH BIGGER ISSUES

Most of us are worried about healthcare and affordability, not those 12 guys you’re making a big deal about.

This week I’m much more concerned about women not being shot in the face after dropping their child at school. We’re okay in locker rooms, thanks!

It is crazy that this is even an issue! No.

This issue affects a few hundred people nationwide. Way to stay laser focused on the pressing issues that NOBODY FUCKING CARES ABOUT except you and your low IQ bigoted asshole constituents.

How many men in total are playing in women’s sports? Niche culture war crap is how you stay in office I suppose.

This is some low hanging fruit BS to get dipshits riled up. Instead of getting mad about stupid identity politics, they should get pissed off at how the rich are getting richer off our backs as well as the contempt for the people this government has for us!

This is what y’all are worried about while the federal government is starting new wars, tearing apart the world order, and gunning down American citizens…
Unbelievable

We have bigger problems idiot

I wish you would concentrate more on improving the economy and affordable healthcare rather than somebody that had a penis but doesn’t anymore. If you think a guy has his penis cut off to play sports as a different gender, you’re focusing on the wrong things. Just stop thinking about guys that once had penises.

This is what you’re focusing on? When people cannot afford rent with a $15 an hour job? Disgusting.

I don’t think anyone thinks that, Democrats included. You and your buddies just like to repeat it over and over to create more divisiveness. Work on healthcare and the budget.

Why are my groceries so expensive? I don’t care about your transphobia.

Congressman Mark Alford no one is going to the extreme of taking hormones, hormone blockers, or having surgeries so they can play on a sports team. And when are you going to realize sports are there for fun. They aren’t that important. Using that fringe issue to enforce your bigoted agenda is just wrong. Oh, and genetically use have XX, XY, XXY, XXX, X. And that is before you get to hormone differences that lead to Individuals expressing the opposite gender of their genes.

Culture war crap. I think there are bigger issues like healthcare?, economics, executive over reach. Sad this is what people think are important

Of ALL the things going on, this is your worry? The man in the WH called himself the president of Venezuela this week 🤦🏼‍♀️

Stop trying to look in girls’ pants, pervert [….]

Should Gestapo be terrorizing people?

How bout you get back to work and stop worrying about the 16 trans teens that want to be in sports. How bout all the ICE vehicles by World of Fun. How bout you worry about something relevant and stop trying to manufacture division.

Yeah but trans women aren’t men sooooo… why you dyin on this hill, bro? You gonna investigate the junk of every bathroom user in your constituency?

Apparently.

Our homes have non-gender bathrooms

Interestingly, so does ours.

In what way does this effect your life? Don’t we have more important problems to worry about? Go do some more bootlicking Mark. People can’t afford food or health insurance and this is the type of crap MAGA is worried about. What an absolute shame.

Could you PLEASE do something useful? This obsession is sick.

Why do you care about games?.. Literal games? I don’t concern myself with anyone’s genitals. That’s weird.

Of all the urgent issues this country is facing, THIS is what you are focusing your attention on???

“Trans Liberation Now”

Are you volunteering to check?

14 Tuesday Jan 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Just asking.

Congressman Mark Alford
[January 14, 2025]
Fact: Men have no business competing in women’s sports.
[….]

Some of the responses:

You don’t give a shit about women sports. If you did, you’d make sure that girls have equal access to facilities and funding. You’re just transphobic.

And Trump supporters have no business being in Congress.

You want underage girls to have their genitals inspected so that 3 trans women who are over age 18(?) can participate in sports?

I just donated to an abortion clinic in your name.

Protect our children in classrooms from mass shootings. Not one woman in sports has ever been gunned down by any transgender in sports but hundreds of children have died in their classrooms and Congress does absolutely nothing.

the ignorant people have spoken. Congratulations you now have a convicted felon sexual assaulter and con man as President of the United States

Fact – there are much bigger issues that your constituents are concerned with rather than yet another non-issue. I really wish we’d hear about how you’re going to deal with the things that actually affect the majority of us in our daily lives rather than these random side bars.

Mark Alford – [….] And we are working on those as well. We can tackle many subjects and duties at one time here. But thanks for your advice.

Respectfully, I rarely see you bring those things up –
Only the divisive or really outlier ones – fake meat advertising – less than .001% of the population in sports (why does the govt regulate sports anyway?)
I mean – there are some actual REAL issues out here that I have yet to hear you address – but see this kind of stuff all the time.

Mark Alford – [….] you aren’t paying attention then
We talk about many subjects
This is the vote we are taking today
So this is what we’re talking about today
Tomorrow it will be a different topic

There you have it – respectful constituent services, folks.

Your team has definitely seen me on your page over the years, so yes – I am paying attention.
I see lots of random things brought up or identifying problems – I haven’t seen you do much to bring any real solutions that are viable.

Then why don’t you be more specific about those subjects and duties? Like the high cost of food and housing which effects more Missourians?

We do pay attention, although you hope we don’t.

There’s that.

It’s comical that you think that this a representing the district. You do not speak on anything unless you have a party driven agenda.

how many people do you personally know that are impacted by trans high school or college athletes?
How many people do you know who are personally impacted by the high price of groceries?
That’s what you voted for. A party that does not care about real people.

You have no business in Congress.

How does this affect the price of gas or eggs? Deflection

A problem that affects like 10 people. More kids are shot in classrooms every year. What’cha doing about that?

Nothing. This has been another episode of Short Answers to Simple Questions.

Fact: You openly discriminate.

College dropout says what??? #useless

Mark Alford, you are a disgrace. I’m appalled by your priorities.

When are the grocery prices going to go down? Trump said it would “be easy, and happen very quickly” So, what’s the plan?
[….]

Congressman Mark Alford
[January 14, 2025]
Today is the day that progressive Democrats have the chance to stand up for the women they claim to support.
I am proudly voting YES for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on the House floor this afternoon.

Some of the responses:

Holy crap – you’re talking about – what? 6 kids in the whole state?? Just let ’em play sports, ffs.

Sports are not fair. Period.
What’s next? Bills to prevent rich kids from getting personal trainers, playing club level when high school season is over, etc?
Our own Children’s Mercy Hospital in KCMO did a study for the Air Force on trans women physical superiority after taking hormones and found little difference between a trans woman and a biological woman.

Meanwhile, women are dying left and right because of GOP policies on abortion.
You really dont’ care about women do you?

Mark Alford wants underage girls to have to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports.
How sick is that.

Mark votes to discriminate instead of finding a real solution.

Priorities.

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