B/c it was not enough to silence her voice on the House floor, #Montana Republicans have banished Rep. #ZooeyZephyr from the state legislature for the rest of the session. She will not be permitted to represent her 11,000 constituents who elected her to speak for them. GOP lawmakers misgendered Zephyr & accused her of violating decorum by opposing their anti-trans bills & saying they would have “blood on their hands”. Protesters who supported her were arrested. This is what #fascism looks like.
@GJGreenlea
That is so insane. I can't believe that an elected official can be removed just because they are pushing back against a republican majority. Not what I was raised to believe American Democracy was about. That's tyranny, not democracy.

@cameron @GJGreenlea

Oh, bless your heart. We've never been a true democracy, nor a true representative democracy. Ref the Electoral College: A republican hasn't won the popular vote for the presidency since Reagan in 1984. Gerrymandering has been a thing since 1789. The majority of oligarchy made their money in The Opium Wars, where the Americans trafficked opium from the middle east via clipper ships for distribution in China. Hypocritical capitalists.

@winterschon @GJGreenlea
I mean yes, I know, but it still shocks me to see things so egregious. I know it shouldn't be surprising at this point.