Montana Republicans voted to ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr

Why? She made the GOP feel bad when she called them out for “blood on their hands” for their war on transgender rights

The GOP learned from their mistake with the Justins in TN…

Instead of being expelled, Zooey is still seated remotely and disallowed from debates

Her constituents will not have representation until her term is up

Christian fascism.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

@flexghost this is a direct attack on democracy and an act of war against our country.

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I have much to say but no words, just...feelings right now.

They've visibly erased her from the Legislature.

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IMO, they don’t feel bad at all, they saw an opportunity to further oppress a member of the trans community and they jumped.

They don’t have the prereqs to feel bad

@ShieldHero85 did you see their reaction to her first speech? They acted like Rodman taking a fake foul

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Dang, they would lose their minds if they read that you compared them to Rodman

@flexghost They won't be happy until we're all dead, will they?
@Tweetfiction they won’t be happy then either. Did the Nazis stop after Magus Hirschfeld’s institute? They are never done destroying.
@flexghost Nope. I hope the "good people" realize PDQ that I'm just at the top of their list and they're next.

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Is there a go fund me for her law suit, which I hope she files immediately?

@Sfwmson if there is? I’m posting it!
@flexghost Dems need to broadcast this Nazi shit 24-7 through 2024

@pshread “but we can win on policy!”

😶

@flexghost This shit is fucking with my head.

@flexghost Shouldn’t the DOJ be coming down on these state legislatures like the hand of God?

I’m no expert but I thought flagrantly denying a population representation from their duly elected representative should trigger intervention from the Feds, no?

@FitsofPique @flexghost You say this like the US federal Gov wants people to vote... they don't.
@FitsofPique @flexghost Why would the feds care? They're paid off by the same donors who consider us an acceptable loss.

@flexghost her rights are being violated.

The right wing only likes "rights' for themselves.

@flexghost Just a reminder that the law is nothing more than words on paper backed with threats of violence. Republicans are making that obvious by discarding it and creating new ones as suits their whims, but the street goes both ways: There is no reason *not* to forgo 'working within the system' and go with more direct action.
@flexghost the entire state should be outraged
@flexghost "disallowed from debates". Silenced. Shut down. Canceled. Freedom of speech taken away. This is not normal. This is not how democracies work. We keep getting comfortable with fascism and we know how this will end.
Will never understand the fascination the Christian right (who are barely even Christian btw, if someone blindly told them the real values of Jesus [helping everybody and being an actual good person] they’d call him a crazy dyed hair liberal commie pinko) has with hating trans people...why is it so hard for them to realize that people are people no matter what? What a world we live in
@flexghost Religious persecutions, the very reason the founders stripped the power of the state from religion. We never learn.
@flexghost I would not have heard of @ZoAndBehold if it weren't for the bigots in Montana, so I guess we can thank them for that.

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They think by being cruel & petty, they can reach their desired outcomes…
It says far more about them.
How they were raised.
What they’re “frighten of”.
Their hypocrisy.

“They’ll know we are Christians by our love…by our love…
They will know we are Christian by our love.
We will walk w/each other, we will walk hand-in hand…”- Hymn

Their part in history will be drenched in infamy & shame.
Like “Lady Macbeth” they’ll never rid their “stained” marked hands.
#trans

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I hope protestors from her district can flood the chambers every goddamn day. The Republicunts just told them "you will not be heard" so they need to make themselves heard.

@atatassault @flexghost We're banned from the spectators' galleries, too.
@atatassault @flexghost There are peaceful protests on the MT State Capitol lawn planned Mondays from 2-8 pm MDT starting next Monday.
https://facebook.com/events/s/rally-the-lawn/559461842997183/
RALLY THE LAWN

Veranstaltung von Katiee Elizabeth am Montag, Mai 1 2023

@flexghost how is it legal to silence a rep like this?
@flexghost it's time to dig into local legislators. Look what Tennessee yielded.

@flexghost That last statement will be key in the courts. If she can't debate, then she can't represent her constituents. That's a direct theft of democracy.

Zephyr for President 2024