Montana Republicans want to silence Rep. Zooey Zephyr after she said they would have “blood on their hands” if they banned gender-affirming medical care.
by some Republican lawmakers in response to her charge last week. She plans to keep trying to speak on the House floor Monday despite Republican leaders insisting that won’t happen until she apologizes. House Speaker Matt Regier and his Republican colleagues have indicated they have no plans to back down. Near the start of the proceedings Monday, they pushed an item Zephyr requested to speak on to the end of the agenda.
Katy Spence, a constituent of Zephyr’s who drove to the Capitol from Missoula on Monday, said the standoff was about censoring ideas, not decorum.“She’s been silenced because she spoke the truth about what these anti-trans bills are doing in Montana ― to trans youth especially,” she said of Zephyr. As proceedings began, her supporters filled the statehouse gallery and supplemental Montana Highway Patrol stood by to monitor developments.
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