Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has reintroduced her “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” an anti-trans bill seeking to make it a Class C felony to provide gender-affirming care to minors.
In her nearly 6-minute speech to a seemingly empty house chamber, she railed against trans people and declared, “There is nothing affirming about lying to children that they can change their gender because you cannot change your gender.”
She said the bill would “protect children from the heinous and evil ideology that is grooming kids and making a profit off of horrific surgeries that mutilate their genitals, give them life-altering medications like puberty blockers, hormone therapy, that will have permanent damage to their bodies for the rest of their life…”
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The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you.And even though studies show gender-affirming care is lifesaving for trans youth, Greene likened it to the abuse and sexualization of children. She spoke beside a sign that read, “There are TWO genders: Male & Female. ‘Trust The Science!'” and ended by declaring that “God made all of us, male and female, in his image.”
Greene proudly posted the video, declaring that “something must be done to protect the sacred identity of children.” Still, her fellow Twitter users responded with mockery, pointing out that if God made both man and woman in his image, he must be nonbinary, calling attention to the myriad of empty seats in the chamber.
