Lawmaker Apologizes for Calling Trans People ‘Demons’

Florida state Rep. Webster Barnaby (R) apologized after he called transgender people “demons” and “mutants” during a hearing on a bill that would make it a misdemeanor offense for someone to use a bathroom that doesn’t align with the sex they were assigned at birth, Politico reports.

Said Barnaby: “The lord rebuke you, Satan, and all of your demons and all of your imps who come parade before us. That’s right, I called you demons and imps, who come and parade before us and pretend that you are part of this world.”