Martin Niemöller is overquoted because he nailed it
Sorry to be such a downer this morning, but this is going to get worse before it gets better:
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – There were intense moments at the Kentucky Capitol on Wednesday as the General Assembly voted to override governor andy beshear’s veto of controversial legislation opponents call “anti-transgender.”
Emotions ran high, from rallies and protests outside the Capitol to even shouting at lawmakers in the chambers.
“We have created an environment of hate, and then we look at them like there’s something wrong with them,” said Rep. Pamela Stevenson, D-Louisville.
As House Democrats stood on the House floor, dozens of protesters stood against Senate Bill 150.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use.
The votes to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto were lopsided in both legislative chambers — where the GOP wields supermajorities — and came on the next-to-last day of this year’s legislative session. The Senate voted 29-8 to override Beshear’s veto. A short time later, the House completed the override on a vote of 76-23.
As emotions surged, some people protesting the bill from the House gallery were removed and arrested after their prolonged chanting rang out in the chamber. The protesters, their hands bound, chanted “there’s more of us not here” as they waited to be taken away from the Capitol.
Protesters were taken away for trespassing. For now.