WATCH: Trans woman harassed out of bathroom by California congressional candidate
Last edited Tue May 29, 2018, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Jazmina Saavedra, a Republican running to represent South Los Angeles in the House of Representatives, harassed a transgender woman in a Denny’s restroom.
Saavedra live streamed the whole encounter on Facebook on Tuesday, 15 May. In the video, she slams former President Obama’s support for trans people.
The interaction
Wearing a Trump sweatshirt and carrying a selfie stick, Saavedra storms into the women’s restroom and starts yelling at an unidentified woman.
A man in the video, described as the manager at Denny’s, was already stationed in the women’s restroom, standing outside the stall where the trans woman was hiding.
‘Why [are] you using the ladies’ room?’ Saavedra screams at the trans woman from outside the stall.
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The video has been disabled, but the detail in the article paints quite the picture.
ETA:
to Quixote1818 for providing a link to the video.
to cagefreesoylentgreen for a follow up:
Republican politician could face criminal probe after filming herself harassing transgender woman
A Republican candidate who live-streamed herself harassing a transgender woman in a bathroom could face a criminal probe.
Jazmina Saavedra, who is running as a Republican in the California’s 44th Congressional district, broadcast the shocking incident on Facebook Live earlier this month.
The candidate, who is also a spokesperson for the group ‘Latinos For Trump’, filmed herself shouting abuse at a transgender woman who was using the bathroom in a Denny’s restaurant.
Saavedra – who appears to have involved herself in the incident after another customer complained – tells her audience: “I’m trying to use the ladies’ room, and there is a man here saying that he’s a lady. This guy insists he’s a lady.”
Entering the bathroom with the camera on, she then shouts at the woman: “Why you using the ladies’ room?
“You invading my privacy because I’m a woman. You violated my right, you sick [sic], you stupid sick.”
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