Montana House Republicans Target and Discipline Transgender Lawmaker

Montana House Republicans voted to censure Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the state's first transgender legislator, after she made comments about lawmakers having "blood on their hands" if they supported a measure to restrict gender-affirming care for minors. Zephyr will keep her position but will be barred from physically participating on the House floor and can only vote and attend sessions remotely for the rest of the legislative session. The vote follows similar events in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month, when Republican legislators voted to expel two Black Democrats over their protests on the chamber floor against gun violence.