“Silenced by her Republican colleagues, Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) looked up from the House floor to supporters in the gallery shouting ‘Let her speak!’ and thrust her microphone into the air — amplifying the sentiment the Democratic transgender lawmaker was forbidden from expressing,” the AP reports.
“It was a brief moment of defiance and chaos. While seven people were arrested for trespassing, the boisterous demonstration was free of violence or damage. Yet later that day, a group of Republican lawmakers described it in darker tones, saying Zephyr’s actions were responsible for ‘encouraging an insurrection.’ It’s the third time in the last five weeks — and one of at least four times this year — that Republicans have attempted to compare disruptive but nonviolent protests at state capitols to insurrections.”
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