{"id":1919053,"date":"2023-04-25T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-legislature-shut-down-by-trans-activists\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:29:15","slug":"montana-legislature-shut-down-by-trans-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-legislature-shut-down-by-trans-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Legislature Shut Down By Trans Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmontana-legislature-shut-down-by-trans-activists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1919053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Get ready for a wild ride in Montana! The House of Representatives came to a halt on Monday when a group of passionate transgender activists flooded the public gallery and shouted down the speaker. <\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators chanted \u201clet her speak\u201d after lawmakers refused to lift a censure on Democrat Rep. Zooey Zephyr over spewing hate-filled comments on the House floor last week. Zephyr, a first-term representative from Missoula and the first transgender-identified member of the lower chamber, mocked Republican prayers during debate on a bill to ban medical interventions for minors with gender dysphoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I will say is if you vote yes on this bill, and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there\u2019s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,\u201d Zephyr said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Rep Zooey Zephyr of Missoula said the following when debating SB99 Amendments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I will say is if you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments I hope the next time there\u2019s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wuhlympbLq\">pic.twitter.com\/wuhlympbLq<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2014 Montana Freedom Caucus (@MTFreedomCaucus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTFreedomCaucus\/status\/1648441274868043777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The bill in question ultimately cleared the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/21\/transgender-identified-montana-lawmaker-censured-for-hate-filled-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revoked<\/a> Zephyr\u2019s ability to speak on the House floor until issuing an apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor, to protect the dignity and integrity,\u201d said House Speaker Matt Regier last week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/transgender-lawmaker-silenced-montana-censure-ee3e30ee6a1cd7c0faa8fd072d580a94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press. \u201cAny representative that I don\u2019t feel can do that will not be recognized.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHate-filled testimony has no place on the House floor,\u201d said Republican Rep. Caleb Hinkle, who serves on the House Freedom Caucus, which introduced the measure to censure Zephyr.<\/p>\n<p>But the drama didn&#8217;t end there. Mob demonstrators descended on the Capitol Monday to demand the lower chamber reinstate debate privileges. The crowd erupted after lawmakers voted again to keep Zephyr quiet when the freshman representative tried to speak on a bill restricting child pronoun changes in K-12 classrooms. Speaker Regier refused to acknowledge the chamber\u2019s censured colleague igniting a roar of interruption from the gallery. Lawmakers were forced to pause proceedings as police in riot gear arrested disruptors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpr.org\/montana-news\/2023-04-24\/protests-trans-lawmaker-montana-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Montana Public Radio.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Montana House of Reps has been shut down by left-wing protesters who are there protesting the censure of transgender Democrat Rep. Zooey Zephyr, that was led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTFreedomCaucus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MTFreedomCaucus<\/a>, for telling his Republican colleagues they have &#8220;blood on their hands&#8221; for passing\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MnOyO4FhlN\">pic.twitter.com\/MnOyO4FhlN<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1650622334221393920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2023<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Riot Police clear the Montana Capital making 5 arrests after a mob of Trans Activists stormed in demanding \u2018trans rights\u2019 and \u2018her her speak\u2019 in reference de to a Transgender legislator who had been silenced by the House Speaker for his violent rhetoric. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UijIeCd41t\">pic.twitter.com\/UijIeCd41t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2014 Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1650827665065103361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2023<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Zephyr defended those arrested outside the statehouse. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy constituents and community came up and shouted \u2018let her speak\u2019 \u2014 I felt pride in them,\u201d Zephyr said. \u201cBecause when they stood up, they are standing on behalf of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scenes on day three of the saga at the Montana Capitol come weeks after transgender activists stormed the Tennessee statehouse at Nashville over similar legislation. The \u201cinsurrection,\u201d as defined by an assault on a Capitol building, was led by a trio of Democrat lawmakers who were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/04\/tennessee-republicans-boot-democrats-who-incited-insurrection-from-committees-threaten-expulsion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stripped<\/a> of their committee assignments. Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were temporarily expelled from the legislature for using a bullhorn amid the demonstrations. Both were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/memphis-council-vote-reinstating-justin-j-pearson-tennessee-legislatur-rcna78958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinstated<\/a> by local officials. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Get the latest news from our western correspondent, Tristan Justice! He&#8217;s the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montana House of Representatives came to a halt Monday after a crowd of transgender activists flooded the public gallery and shouted down the speaker. Demonstrators chanted \u201clet her speak\u201d after lawmakers refused to lift a censure on Democrat Rep. Zooey Zephyr over spewing hate-filled comments on the House floor last week. 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