Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr was punished, after she was silenced on the floor of the state house for telling colleagues they would “have blood on your hands.”
RELATED: Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr silenced over trans youth rights protest
A Montana lawmaker will continue to be silenced after telling her colleagues they would “have blood on your hands” over legislation to ban gender-affirming care for transgender children.
The state House voted to keep Democratic Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr from participating on the chamber floor. She will be allowed to vote remotely for the remainder of the legislative session, which is set to adjourn next month.
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This is frightening to me on so many levels.
Human Rights should be protected not taken away
@Scott Waters not a thing. just like your credibility-not a thing….
@Scott Waters do you know what a circumcision is? Weve been putting kids under the knife for genital mutilation as standard procedure. But it’s religious so it’s ok.
@falcon1209 that’s Anti-semitic you know it’s actually a Jewish tradition. 😂
@Scott Waters this guy…all the wit…
Systematically using the word systematically.
When a child entertains the ugly thoughts of suicide, their last problem is gender. They need counseling first.
@Furries in outer space The Muppet show. It was a skit with miss piggy. Before your time 😂
@Jessica Tymczak look my name should be very obvious im a furry and I make space content on my YouTube channel
@Furries in outer space No worries sweetie, peace and love.
Everyone has anxiety and depression and stress the trick is finding healthy ways to deal with them. When you get these surgeries these feelings don’t go away and if you never learned how to cope with them it can make them much worse.
@Jessica Tymczak what you are saying is true
We live in a clown world
That’s a state rep?! Never go to Montana lol
@Crazy Cletus II trained specialists, lol in what? The only thing these medical professionals and trained in is making money.
@Cory A If that’s what you wanna tell yourself. 🤷♀️ I really could care less if you want to live in reality or not. It’s your life, believe whatever you want.
@Crazy Cletus II I have a perfectly safe vaccine for you!
I’m very concerned about our country now
@HM3 Drake plenty of you admit surgery is under the guise gender affirming care. Who’s affirming exactly?
@HM3 Drake you didn’t think normal people would eventually see what this is really about?
@Scott Waters what is it really about?
@HM3 Drake You have the right to remain silent. You should use it.
There’s many things you can’t do until you’re 18. This should be one of them.
@Sean Scott Every medication has risks and benefits. As you say, the individual needs to weigh the options.
@HM3 Drake So, if the parents say it’s OK for the kid to drink, own a gun, drive, and either get, or get another kid, pregnant, you’re good with that?🤣
@John Sorg I bet you fall down a lot, huh?
Try a helmet
@Clarice my condolences. At the very least she didn’t have to witness these lunatics and their attempts to mutilate children.
😖 we are offended by being asked to believe in something that is not true
That’s a state rep?! Never go to Montana lol
🎯 💯
I hate this timeline we’re in
Yep. I don’t like it either. It feels icky
That’s a state rep?! Never go to Montana lol
Same.
If something like watching a hearing offends you that much, you have the right to turn it off or not participate. You do not have the right to censor based on your opinion.
@Kingsley Okeke Like a dropkick right smack dab in the nadules! Ka-Pow!
@deez4evs cue in sad music. 😂😂
@Victor M And the worlds smallest violin LMAO
@Jerry Mackney the Translady making you feel funny?
@PayneKiller75 are you on WhatsApp let’s discuss it well?
There are definitely consequences for every action that each of us takes.
It’s strange we never get the entire story. If it is against the narrative we don’t hear it.
If you/we “don’t” hear “it” it’s because we all choice to listen to those you are saying what we want to hear. People today choose their news and their favorite talking heads that only give one side of a view point.
Fox watchers never watch MSNBC and vise versus.
Prepare for your daily dosage of “THE MESSAGE”
You make it sound like they withhold information if it makes their side look bad.
This is child abuse anybody trying to transition their kids should clearly be in trouble
@John Sorg that makes no sense.
@John Sorg are you sure you responded to the right comment..?
@Scott Waters John falls down a lot. I suggested he try a helmet 🤷🏼♂️
@John Sorg You mean it’s abuse to tell a boy that he’s a girl when he’s not, right? Just wanted to make sure I understood you correctly.
I rose up. Lol😂 what hero
How about we let doctors be doctors and let politicians be politicians? Doctors study this for a living, politicians don’t. There is a reason why you don’t go to the state senate for a physical.
Wait just one sec here, you mean to tell me that you DON’T go to the state senate for a physical exam?!
Well, that damn senator who did my last prostate exam has some serious ‘splainin to do! Kinda explains the slapdash job he did, too… now that I think about it.
ever heard of the oppoid crisis? doctors will do anything for a paycheck
@Jestawell Only opioid “crisis” I’ve seen is how damn hard it is to get my Oxys & Percs now… amirite??
Ehh? Ehhhhhhhh?
I hate how this person just defines everything against her position as “attacks and targeting”. Like if you don’t think children should mutilate their bodies then you’re targeting kids. If these people want to change my mind, it’s going to have to be with reasoning and debate; not by vilifying everyone that disagrees.
@Sean Scott most people I think Would agree that once you’re 18 you’re an adult and you can make decisions for yourself. as long as you’re willing to pay for it yourself. but I just heard on the radio today that an 11-year-old male died getting transgender surgery the surgeon was trying to make a vagina out of his prostate and it was under developed due to hormone therapy and he passed away so it is happening to little kids.
@Reggie Coursey Can you post a name? The details of the story sound very off so I want to verify. Like that isn’t how the surgery even works
*His* Its a Dude in a dress
@83btm Exactamundo
It’s terrible that people are taking their lives, but there’s more to the story. That’s a deeper level of mental instability, I’m gay and even with all the stuff going on I would never do that. Not would my friends on both sides of the political isle I’ve had conversations with.
Being attracted to the same sex seems to be quite different than having a situation like gender dysphoria. Yet I’ve known two people that have committed suicide because they were gay and their families could not bring themselves to except that fact. We’re all different.
That’s a state rep?! Never go to Montana lol
It’s what the Spaniards call “El- terr-ee-bley”
If someone is so unstable as to attempt to take their own life, because they’re offended by a hearing, they need psychological therapy, not hormones
Yep!
Why are we all pretending this is normal?
Stand strong Montana. Do not bow down to to that disturbed person. Portland had already bowed down and you can check how we’re doing.