Pennsylvania State Rep. Jeff Pyle has come under fire after he shared a transphobic meme on Facebook mocking the appearance of the state’s former health secretary, Dr.
Rachel Levine, a transgender woman who has been nominated to serve in the Biden administration, and then offered a general apology Saturday.
The backlash against Pyle was swift, prompting him to issue an apology on Facebook claiming that he “had no idea” the post mocking Levine “would be … received as poorly as it was”, adding that “tens of thousands of heated emails assured me it was.” “I owe an apology and I offer it humbly,” Pyle said, not specifically apologizing to Levine or other transgender people, but later repeating an apology saying, “I’ve learned I erred and