Marjorie Taylor Greene adds TWO genders sign to office door in escalation of anti-Equality Act attack msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, and Marie Newman, Illinois Democrat, may be neighbors their House offices are across the hall from each other but their neighborhood is unlikely to be confused with that of Mr. Rogers.
Congresswoman Newman, whose daughter is transgender, spoke in favor of the bill banning discrimination against LGBTQ Americans.
Our neighbor, @RepMTG, tried to block the Equality Act because she believes prohibiting discrimination against trans Americans is “disgusting, immoral, and evil.”
Thought we’d put up our Transgender flag so she can look at it every time she opens her door ️⚧️ pic.twitter.com/dV8FatQFnx Congresswoman Marie Newman (@RepMarieNewman) February 24, 2021
Congresswoman Greene tried to block the bill, so Newman responded by raising a transgender pride flag outside her Capitol Hill office, which happens to be right across the hall from Greene s.
Rep Taylor Greene urges lawmakers to oppose unconstitutional Equality Act oann.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oann.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Illinois U.S. Rep. Marie Newman’s push to pass a law that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ Americans has put her at the center of a feud with controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, a pro-Trump freshman congresswoman from Georgia who has espoused baseless conspiracy theories.
On Tuesday, Newman, a Democrat from suburban Chicago, took to the House floor urging for the passage of the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. During an emotional speech, the freshman Democrat from suburban La Grange choked up as she talked about how the law would offer protections for her transgender daughter.