A woman at a Metro Nashville Board of Public Education meeting was caught on a hot microphone saying she wants to set a U.S. senator from Tennessee on fire.
Sources familiar with the incident have confirmed to The Tennessee Star that the woman who made those comments was Metro Nashville Public School Board member Sharon Gentry.
A source told The Star that Dr. Sharon Gentry was the board member who hoped for Blackburn to be set ablaze.
Gentry did not immediately return a comment request, but several tweets also indicate that it was Gentry.
https://twitter.com/sadie_luck/status/1507415362463465473?s=21&t=vuYtZCtRYKYpPmhDuqO9-Q
#SharonGentry School board member caught on mic saying, 'Can we just go set Marsha Blackburn on fire' https://t.co/CUYjrwdIm5
— RBJchik (@RBJchik) March 26, 2022
Amid cross talk, one person in the recorded conversation brings up Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the context of Blackburn’s line of questioning during U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings last week.
Members of the @MetroSchools School Board were caught on a hot-mic during a board meeting wishing that they could "just go set Marsha Blackburn on fire."
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Blackburn asked Jackson whether she could define the word “woman,” which the potential SCOTUS Justice said she could not do.
“Let me tell y’all.” Gentry says. “Can we just go set Marsha Blackburn on fire?”
Blackburn made a splash at the confirmation hearings for her tiff with Jackson over the definition of the word woman. Jackson said she was not a biologist, and thus could not answer the question.
Here is the full exchange:
Blackburn: “In the United States v. Virginia … the Majority Justice Ginsburg stated, ‘supposed inherent differences are no longer accepted as a ground for race or national origin classifications, physical differences between men and women, however, are enduring. The two sexes are not fungible. A community made up exclusively of one. Sex is different from a community composed of both.’ Do you agree with Justice Ginsburg that there are physical differences between men and women that are enduring?…”
Blackburn: “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”
Jackson: “Can I provide a definition?”
Blackburn: “Mhmm, yeah.”
Jackson: “No, I can’t.”
Blackburn: “You can’t?”
Jackson: “Not in this context – I’m not a biologist.”
Blackburn: “The meaning of the word ‘woman’ is so unclear and controversial that you can’t give me a definition?”
Jackson: “Senator, in my work as a judge, what I do is I address disputes. If there’s a dispute about a definition, people make arguments, and I look at the law and I decide. So I’m not …”
Blackburn: “The fact that you can’t give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about. Just last week, an entire generation of young girls watched as our taxpayer-funded institutions permitted a biological man to compete and be a biological woman in the NCAA swimming championships. What message do you think this sends to girls who aspire to compete and win in sports at the highest levels?”
Jackson was lambasted online for refusing to provide a definition.
The debate over the definition of the word has raged for a while, but has been recently renewed after biologically male transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won the women’s 500-yard National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) championship a little over a week ago.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Sharon Gentry” by Sharon Gentry. Photo “Marsha Blackburn” by Marsha Blackburn. Background Photo “Nashville City Hall” by Nicolas Henderson. CC BY 2.0.
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I will send my comments to Matt Walsh
Wonder if Gentry will be investigated by the Secret Service for threats made against a sitting senator. Or even sanctioned by the school board. How many parents have been harassed and investigated by law enforcement for making far less egregious comments. The WOMAN is a racist and a thug and should be removed immediately.
Ricky, she needs to get both!
She needs to resign based on her comment!
Liberals I’m spending time talking about politics rather than school board business!
Sounds like Marsha Blackburn is the one lighting fires. If she is p*ssing off Dems like Gentry and Jackson that bad , that means she’s doing a good job. She is exposing them for what they are.
Well here goes another Dr like Jill Biden. Wonder if her doctoral thesis reads any better than Jill Biden.
This explains why our school children are not getting a proper education because board members have politics in mind and not their education.
Notice how Democrats like to burn things?
Her and her husband are both grifters. Neither has ever held a “job”, just sponging off the tax payer dole.
I’m not defending what she said. However, “grifters” don’t normally hold Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering. It’s refreshing to see government leadership that has made educational and business progress beyond insurance sales.
I take exception. I have personally encountered people with doctorate degrees from some of the “special” universities who were not above the high school capabilities in their chosen field.
. She only represents her people – clearly. Her racist comments reflect her agenda. Fire her
Wanna bet Gentry isn’t even embarrassed that what she said went public?
Sharon Gentry needs to be evaluated for a mental illness. To think this woman, so steeped in hate, serves on a school board a position for which she is clearly ill qualified. this is yet another example of the left who speak of “taking the high road” when in fact, one cannot take a lower road. This woman, her position on the board, needs to be evaluated. Until that time she should be suspended without pay pending outcome of the needed assessment. Senator Blackburn, please keep up the good work.
Well if she can’t define what a woman is, how on earth will define what a fire is or ain’t?
Surprised? Not at all. This is who these people are. Their deep seated hatred has become part of the media narrative, academic institutions, The Department of Justice, Law enforcement, corporations, businesses and 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Why would you not expect it to be brought to the Supreme Court.