More than two dozen protesters entered the Oklahoma House of Representatives chamber during a session on Wednesday
They demonstrated against bills that have moved through House and Senate
One of the bills the group showed up to demonstrate against was a Republican-backed anti-protest bill that Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Wednesday
The anti-protest bill is aimed at cracking down on protests by granting immunity to motorists who kill or injure rioters
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Rep. Justin Humphrey (R-Lane).
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An Oklahoma lawmaker who helped revive a bill to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports is coming under fire for saying transgender people “have a mental illness.”
Rep. Justin Humphrey, a Republican from the southeast Oklahoma town of Lane, made the comment in an email exchange with a woman who was urging him to vote against the bill.
“I never mind helping to educate the uninformed,” Humphrey wrote in the email obtained by The Associated Press. “I understand . transgender people have a mental illness.”
Humphrey stood by his comments Friday.
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