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State rep from Deltona likens transgender people to 'mutants'

Rep. Webster Barnaby, R-Deltona, said before the House Commerce Committee approved a bill that seeks to prevent transgender men and women from using bathrooms that don’t line up with their sex assigned at birth, “This is the planet Earth where God created men male and women female. I’m a proud Christian conservative Republican. I’m not on the fence, not on the fence.”Barnaby’s comments came after transgender people testified against the bill. He called them “demons and imps who come and parade before us and pretend that you are part of this world. So, I’m saying my righteous indignation is stirred. I am sick and tired of this. I’m not going to put up with it. You can test me and try to take me on. But I promise you I’ll win every time.”Later, Barnaby apologized for describing transgender people as “demons.” ....

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