When Will Corporate America Stand Up to Anti-Trans Tyranny? April 08 2021 11:51 AM EDT
Less than a week after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January, I wrote about how corporate America was pausing and reviewing their political action committee donations to lawmakers who objected to President Biden’s election. My point was two-fold. In the absence of campaign contributions, lawmakers take notice, and in the absence of leadership on preserving democracy by arrogant Republicans, corporate America was stepping in.
Last week we saw, finally, corporate America start to wake-up to the fact that states, led most prevalently by Georgia, were trying to overturn election laws, or create barriers and roadblocks to voting, primarily for districts composed mostly of people of color.
Donald Trump Attacks GOP Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Over Veto of Transgender Bill: Bye-Bye!
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Donald Trump Attacks GOP Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Over Veto of Transgender Bill: Bye-Bye!
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TUCKER Carlson grilled Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson for vetoing a bill that would ban gender-transition surgery for minors in the state.
The controversial talk show host slammed the Arkansan for being pro-choice, a major red flag among conservatives, for endorsing what Carlson called the chemical castration of children.
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Tucker Carlson grilled Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson for vetoing a bill that bans youth gender-confirming surgeriesCredit: Fox News
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Carlson called Hutchinson pro-choice Credit: Fox News I think of you as a conservative, Carlson started off the show. Here you have come out publicly as pro-choice on the question of chemical castration of children. What changed?
Arkansas bans gender-affirming treatments for minors Jason Silverstein © Bloomberg Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Interview
Arkansas Republican-led legislature on Tuesday overrode Governor Asa Hutchinson s veto of a bill restricting health care procedures for transgender youth, regardless of parental consent. Arkansas is now the first state in the country with a law banning gender-affirming treatments for people under 18.
The move comes just one day after the Republican governor rejected the bill while acknowledging that state lawmakers would likely overrule him. The Arkansas House voted 71 to 24 to override Hutchinson s veto, followed by a 25 to 8 vote in the Senate.
House Bill 1570, known as the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, outlaws treatments such as surgery and hormone therapy for transgender minors. The ban extends to people who are already receiving these treatments. The Arkansas legislature approved the measure last month, following