GOP lawmaker gives embarrassingly dumb interview about trans people after voting for anti-trans law

Nebraska State. Sen. Christy Armendariz (R)
Photo: Nebraska Legislature

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a bill banning both abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy as well as gender-affirming care for trans youth. To pass the bill, the GOP ended a weeks-long progressive-led filibuster intended to stop the legislation.

The GOP was victorious in ending the filibuster and passing the bill by only one vote, and now, one state senator who voted in the bill’s favor has admitted she didn’t even understand the issue she was voting on.

Sen. Christy Armendariz (R) told Lila Shapiro of New York Magazine that it didn’t make sense to her that a reporter from New York had traveled to Nebraska to even cover the issue of trans rights. She told Shapiro that she does not watch the news or get the newspaper.

“Is there anything going on I should be aware of?” she asked. When Shapiro explained that anti-trans bills were passing around the country, Armendariz responded, “So is it a big widespread thing?”

“I knocked doors for a year, and nobody brought this up,” she told Shapiro, explaining that everyday Nebraskans were not concerned with the issue and adding that she wished the bill had never been introduced.

Armendariz also expressed confusion about the meaning of…

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