Democrats,
In an unprecedented move, the Montana Republican-led State Legislature has voted to BAN Rep. Zooey Zephyr for the remainder of the legislative session after she spoke out against a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors across the state.
This is undemocratic, it’s wrong, and is a shameful attack on the rights of Montanans. Targeting and silencing the first openly transgender woman legislator in Montana is beneath the office of any state’s legislators. Rep. Zephyr represents 11,000 Montanans, and she deserves to speak on critical legislation that impacts her constituents – just like every other elected official.
This is not the first time Republican State Legislators have used their majorities to silence dissent. We saw it in Tennessee, we saw it yesterday in Montana, and we’ve seen GOP opposition to gender-affirming care legislation right here in New Mexico.
GOP State Legislators across the country are silencing dissent because they are proposing unpopular bills that attack the LGBTQ+ community, attack a woman’s fundamental right to make her own health care decisions, and attack democracy. And that’s why we need to hold the GOP accountable by defeating them in 2024. If Democrats can win just TWO more legislative seats in 2024 in Montana, Republicans won’t have the numbers to pull a stunt like this again.
We need your help right now. Will you help send a message to Montana Republicans and any other GOP legislators that would silence dissent by splitting a donation between the Montana Democratic Party, the Montana Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Party of New Mexico?
