This Democrat helped the GOP hurt trans kids. He just lost his re-election bid.

Kansas Representative Marvin Robinson (D) lost his re-election bid in a four-way primary on Tuesday, losing with only 22% of voter support. Wanda Paige, a Kansas City chool board member, won the primary with 49% of voter support.

Robinson is notorious for breaking party lines with his fellow Democrats to often vote in line with Republicans on pressing issues. Notably, he voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto of the Kansas Fairness in Women’s Sports Act — a law banning trans student-athletes from playing on teams matching their gender identities. His decisive vote helped get it codified into law.

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The judge also blocked the rules in schools that Moms for Liberty member’s kids attend.

When asked why he voted as he did, he said he had to because, “[Pro-trans activists] started getting really rude and insulting and attacking and threatened to take me out and, my God, what do you do?”

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Robinson has consistently voted against transgender rights. He supported a gender affirming care ban for minors, as well as prohibitions on the ability of students and inmates to access overnight accommodations for their gender identity. Additionally, he voted to restrict the definition of gender within Kansas state law.

He’s voted to override Gov. Kelly’s veto on a bill restricting abortion rights. He is also backed by right-wing organizations like the National Rifle Association and the Kansas Policy Institute.

“If Rep. Robinson is going to allow hate to overrule his commitment to Democratic values, he needs to step aside and let a real Democrat represent his district,” said Brandie Armstrong, the chair of the Democrat LGBTQ+ caucus, to the Kansas City Star. “Democrats barely have representation in Kansas as is, the least someone who claims to be a part of our party can do is represent our ideals.”

Gov. Kelly had also chimed in on Robinson, saying “I know that there are legislators on both sides of the aisle for whom this was sort of a moral values vote and I think they voted against their own moral code and values and I think that’s going to be very tough for them long term.”

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