‘Bigoted vitriol’: Florida Republican urged to resign over offensive trans remarks

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Conservative lawmaker issues partial apology for calling trans people ‘demons and imps’ during hearing on bathroom bill

A Republican Florida state lawmaker has made a partial apology for calling transgender people “demons”, “imps” and “mutants” during a hearing on a contentious bathroom bill.

Webster Barnaby, a self-described “proud Christian conservative”, said his “indignation was stirred” by members of the transgender community who spoke out Monday against the bill banning them from bathrooms not aligned to their gender at birth.

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