'Just being bullies': House Democrat lambasts GOP colleagues' 'deliberate attack' on transgender community

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), recently blasted his Republican colleagues for their "deliberate attack" on transgender people, calling the conservative lawmakers "bullies."

The Recount tweeted videos of an exchange between the California congressman and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) — first sharing Gomez's comment — writing, "'You're not being tough. You're not being patriots. You're being bullies.' — Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) slams Republicans for their 'deliberate attack' against the transgender community, citing high rates of suicide, unemployment, poverty, and homelessness."

The account also shared Mace's words, tweeting, "Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC): 'I find it offensive that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are calling us bullies because we don’t want to chop off the breasts of a 15-year-old girl.'"

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Gomez noted "all the comments that have been made regarding gender affirming care and the transgender community" are "a concerted strategy by the Republican majority to scapegoat this community, and they're just being bullies."

The congressman continued, "You're picking a fight, literally, with one of the most marginalized, one of the most discriminated groups in our country."

Gomez also noted discrimination against transgender people will not "create a single job, put people back to work or lift up our communities," and asserted many GOP lawmakers "are just doing this to score political points for the 2024 election."

Watch the videos below or at this link.

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