Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr had already run afoul of the House leadership by accusing legislators of having “blood on your hands,” but after a raucous protest at the state capitol, the Republican majority declared enough.
State Rep. Zooey Zephyr had already run afoul of the House leadership by accusing fellow legislators of having “blood on your hands,” but after a raucous protest at the Montana Capitol, the Republican majority declared enough.
The importance of those rules failed to impress Ms. Zephyr, the first transgender legislator in state history. When House Speaker Matt Regier “asks me to apologize on behalf of decorum, what he is really asking me to do is be silent,” she said. Mr. Jones and Mr. Pearson were quickly reinstated by their local councils on an interim basis ahead of the Aug. 3 special election and June 5 primaries.
The Republican-led House removed the lawmaker from all committee assignments for impeding an investigation into a transgender rights activist accused of assaulting an officer and a lawmaker by throwing water at them during a protest. The Arizona House voted April 12 to expel Republican Liz Harris after an ethics committee investigation concluded that she violated the chamber’s rules by “eroding the public trust in the legislative process” with her “disorderly behavior.”
The legislators were invited to the White House to meet with President Biden. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, Georgia Democrat, compared them to civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
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