Dear John,

Recently, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) encouraged violence against trans people.

During an interview with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Greene compared trans people to abusers, speaking approvingly of “beat[ing them] … into the ground … This is exactly how we need to stand up against this stuff.” [1]

We called out her vile and bigoted remarks in a tweet thread, only for one of the tweets to be hidden from the public. In the thread, we outlined how her remarks encouraged violence against trans people and came in the wake of other disturbing anti-trans attacks from public officials. On the left side, you will see the tweet that was suppressed, and at right, its hiding from Twitter.

Tweet that reads “We ask @HouseGOP and @HouseDemocrats to consider if @RepMTG’s talk of violence against trans people ‘reflect[s] creditably on the House,’ as is required by your own code of conduct. 4/5
Tweet thread by Reproaction with one tweet hidden reading “this tweet is unavailable

There’s more details about how we know this post was suppressed by Twitter in my blog post, which I hope you’ll take the time to read.

We tried to remedy the situation by reaching out to Twitter directly and received the response “sometimes, we will take action on an account based on behaviors that create a negative impact on Twitter.” To which we ask Twitter: What possible negative impact is raising the House of Representatives’ ethical code in response to a member encouraging gender-based violence?

Read more in my story on the Reproaction blog here.

In order to end violence against trans people, we have to be able to name it to change it. Reproaction stands firmly and proudly against anti-trans bigotry, hatred, and violence, and in support of the rights and dignity of trans people, especially youth and trans people of color.

In solidarity,

Jessica Ensley
Digital Outreach and Opposition Research Director

P.S. Trans rights are human rights, and the repeated calls for violence against trans people must end now.

Sources:

1.     https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-show-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-violent-physical

2.     https://twitter.com/reproaction/status/1497194890102513704

3.     https://ethics.house.gov/publications/code-official-conduct

4.     https://twitter.com/reproaction/status/1497255318752952324

5.     https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083775568/the-battle-around-medical-treatment-for-transgender-kids-in-texas-continues

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