This hysterical meme makes it seem like Republicans (presumably men) are imposing their draconian dress standards on women. But it leaves out some key context that makes this almost entirely a non-event.
▪️This change was pushed by two female legislators. All it did was clarify the prior dress code for women which was:
🔹“Proper attire for women shall be dresses or skirts or slacks worn with a blazer or sweater and appropriate dress shoes or boots.”
https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills211/rules/rules.pdf
And changed it to:
🔹 “Proper attire for women shall be business attire, including jackets worn with dresses, skirts, or slacks, and dress shoes or boots. For the purposes of this rule, "jacket" shall include blazers, cardigans, and knit blazers.
https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0785H.02P.pdf
▪️The dress code for men remained the same:
🔹”proper attire for gentlemen shall be business attire, including coat, tie, dress trousers, and dress shoes or boots.”
▪️Yes, this tiny, insignificant procedural change really spawned multiple media stories and this breathlessly absurd meme.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/missouri-house-adopts-new-dress-code-for-women/
Just incredible. After posting a meme blaming Charlie Kirk for his own murder, they post another a few hours later applauding Democrats for their civility.
Also, if you look at the Occupy Democrats timeline, their posts “denouncing political violence” were variations on “no one should be shot…BUT here’s a quote from Kirk showing he’s a terrible person.” Or sometimes they’d leave the first part out altogether and just attack him. There are no posts denouncing violence without qualifiers trying to gin up their base.
