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☆ Republicans Have a Plan to Take the Senate. A Hard-Right Montana Lawmaker Could Crash the Party
  + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Associated Press | Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +6 min
(AP) — Montana Republicans gathered in a hotel ballroom this weekend aiming to unite ahead of the 2024 election and defeat three-term incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale's move laid bare deep fissures within the Montana GOP at a time when Republicans can ill afford it. Outside observers and even some Republicans say an intraparty skirmish leading up to Montana's June primary could undermine those hopes. Rosendale’s entry into the Senate contest capped months of speculation that the hard-right lawmaker wanted a rematch six years after losing to Tester in 2018. Those Democrats are egging on the division in the GOP Senate race, hopeful it will drain Republican funds and alienate independent voters before the general election.
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☆ Judge Rejects Montana Lawmaker’s Effort to Return to House Floor
  + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Jacey Fortin | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Why It Matters: States Have Seen a Surge in Transgender LegislationMontana is one of several states where Republican lawmakers have sought this year to prohibit hormone treatments and surgical care for transgender minors. About 1.3 million adults and 300,000 children in the United States identify as transgender, and efforts to restrict what is known as gender-affirming care have thrust them into one of the nation’s most pitched political battles. Republican legislators have characterized transition care as harmful and experimental, saying that people under 18 are not mature enough to make permanent decisions. But major medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, support this care and say that bans pose serious mental health risks to young people. Members of the conservative Montana Freedom Caucus accused Ms. Zephyr, who held her microphone aloft in the House chamber as her supporters were ordered to disperse, of “standing in the middle of the floor encouraging an insurrection.”
☆ Republicans ramp up attacks on transgender people, in statehouses and on the campaign trail
  + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Eric Bradner Steve Contorno Kate Sullivan | Eric Bradner | Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +13 min
CNN —From statehouses to the presidential campaign trail, Republicans are escalating their political attacks on transgender people – a reflection of what they see as a cultural fight their base is eager to wage. And in recent days, those attacks have turned into new forms of mockery and political retribution, as Republicans seek to turn transgender rights into a flashpoint by seizing on social media controversies and exercising their rule-making power in statehouses where they hold large majorities. “A lot of young trans people are worried that their medication is going to get pulled,” she said of legislation targeting health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care. Transgender rights activists protest outside the House chamber at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on February 6, 2023. That is not a transgender person,” Haley said of Mulvaney as the crowd nodded.
☆ Montana transgender legislator silenced after 'blood on your hands' comment
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Daniel Trotta | Thomson Reuters | Daniel Trotta Is A U.S. National Affairs Correspondent | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
April 26 (Reuters) - Montana statehouse Republicans on Wednesday silenced Democratic transgender legislator Zooey Zephyr from floor debates for breaking decorum after she said lawmakers who backed a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for minors would have "blood on their hands." The discord in Montana - which has garnered national attention amid an escalating culture war in the U.S. over issues like transgender rights - has brewed since an April 18 debate over Senate Bill 99. The state measure seeks to ban transgender healthcare treatments for minors, including puberty blockers and hormones. Zephyr remained defiant on Wednesday, telling the chamber that her "blood on your hands" comment was "not being hyperbolic." Republican legislators across the country have sought to ban certain healthcare for transgender youth.
☆ Montana transgender legislator censured after 'blood on your hands' comment
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
April 26 (Reuters) - Montana statehouse Republicans on Wednesday censured Democratic transgender legislator Zooey Zephyr for breaking decorum after she said lawmakers who backed a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for minors would have "blood" on their hands. Under the motion that passed with a vote of 68-32, Zephyr will be allowed to vote but not participate in debates on the Montana House of Representatives floor for the remainder of the legislative session. The discord in Montana has festered since an April 18 debate over Senate Bill 99, which would ban transgender healthcare treatments aimed at minors, such as puberty blockers and hormones. "If you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there's an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands," Zephyr said. Seven demonstrators were arrested, and Republicans increased their attention on Zephyr, with the ultraconservative Montana Freedom Caucus on Monday urging she be punished.
☆ Seven arrested for protesting a Montana legislative session where GOP prevented a transgender legislator from speaking on the floor
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Montana's House speaker has repeatedly refused to recognize state Rep. Zooey Zephyr on the House floor. After the House speaker forbid her from speaking on Monday, Zephyr's supporters interrupted the legislative session with chants. Seven of the protestors were arrested, and a group of Republicans are calling for her to be disciplined. As the Montana state legislature debated a bill banning youth access to gender-affirming care in mid-April, Zephyr had harsh words for the Republican-led body. And while a formal censure has yet to occur, Montana House Speaker Matt Regier has repeatedly refused to recognize her to speak on the floor since she chastised the body.
☆ Montana's House speaker is preventing a transgender legislator from speaking about bills on the House floor
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The Montana House speaker is now refusing to recognize her until she apologizes for her speech. "It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor to protect the dignity and integrity, and any representative I don't feel can do that will not be recognized," the speaker said. Her attempt to speak, however, was futile after House Speaker Matt Regier refused to recognize her. That evening, the Montana Freedom Caucus published a letter to Twitter misgendering Zephyr and calling for the Montana House of Representatives to censure her. Moving forward, Zephyr said she'd continue to show up and advocate for her constituents, even without the ability to speak on the House floor.
☆ Montana Republicans are trying to censure a transgender legislator for castigating them about a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Democratic Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr is the state's first openly transgender legislator. Following her speech, Montana's Freedom Caucus demanded Zephyr be censured. Additionally, the caucus also misgendered Zephyr, the first openly transgender member of the Montana legislature, in the letter. House Minority Leader Kim Abbott, in a statement to the Helena Independent Record, admonished the Montana Freedom Caucus for disrespecting her colleague. "I stand by my accurate description of the devastating consequences of banning essential medical care for transgender youth," Zephyr wrote.
☆ Republicans Call for Censure of Transgender Lawmaker Who Condemned Care Ban
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Representative Zooey Zephyr took to the floor of the Montana Legislature on Tuesday to make an impassioned plea for her colleagues to reject a bill that would ban transition care for transgender minors, saying that denying such care would be “tantamount to torture.”“This body should be ashamed,” Ms. Zephyr, a first-term Democrat and the Legislature’s first transgender member, said. “If you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments I hope the next time there’s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.”The Montana Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers, responded by accusing Ms. Zephyr in a letter of “attempting to shame the legislative body” by using “hateful rhetoric.” The letter, which misgendered Ms. Zephyr, called for her to be censured. On Thursday, however, the House adjourned without taking that step. It was unclear if they planned to take up the matter on Friday.
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