Michigan and Ohio GOP legislators discuss 'endgame' of banning all trans health care

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(Michigan Advance) Several Republican legislators from Michigan and Ohio were recorded in an online forum planning to try to ban trans health care for everyone, regardless of age.

The discussion was hosted by state Rep. Brad Paquette (R-Niles) on the X social media platform and included Reps. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) and Tom Kunse (R-Clare) as well as state Sens. Lana Theis (R-Brighton) and Jonathan Lindsey (R-Coldwater). Also featured was Ohio state Rep. Gary Click, sponsor of that state’s ban on gender affirming care, and anti-trans activist Prisha Mosley of Michigan.

As first reported by independent journalist Erin Reed, the legislators openly discuss their opposition to the trans community, and more specifically to any kind of transgender care, even for adults.

“In terms of endgame, why are we allowing these practices for anyone?” said Schriver. “Why would we stop this for anyone under 18, but not apply this for anyone over 18? It’s harmful across the board, and I think that’s something that we need to take into consideration in terms of the endgame.” ...............(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/01/28/michigan-and-ohio-gop-legislators-discuss-endgame-of-banning-all-trans-health-care/

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1. The Party of "NO" does it again.

Are Republicans ever actually FOR anything? Do they ever get anything accomplished?

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3. They're really effective when it comes to passing laws that take away personal rights.

They especially like the ones that hurt people, like setting up a new bureaucracy costing $30 million to save around $2 million in federal welfare assistance to the poorest people in the land by forcing them to jump through hoops and then denying them aid. And abortion bans, transgender care, and destroying public education.

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2. When you consider everything the GOP does or tries to do,

it's just a list of things they want to take away from people or hurt people with. There's never anything positive, nothing that helps anyone, nothing that improves anyone's lives. They keep coming up with more powerless groups of people to hurt and oppress just because they need someone to punch down at. It's always been racial and religious minorities but you can beat up on them only so much, so how about trans people? There aren't enough of them to form a voting bloc and if you're a "Christian" conservative you think they're weird and unnatural, so why not make their lives miserable? We don't like them so let's hurt them seems to be the whole point of everything the GOP does.