NH: 'Disgraced' State Lawmaker (R) hurls ugly accusations against colleague on his way out
Former State Representative Ross Berry, who resigned from his seat after being removed as Chair of the New Hampshire House Election Law committee, hurled some dark, unfounded accusations against State Senator Donovan Fenton (D-Keene) on his way out the door last week.
Speaking on a conservative podcast, Berry defended the recently passed HB 1205, an anti-LGBTQ bill passed by State Senate Republicans that would bar transgender girls in grades five through 12 from participating in girls’ sports in public school. Responding to concerns Senator Fenton voiced over language in the bill which requires all female athletes in the state to submit a birth certificate or “other evidence” for eligibility, Berry said “It seems like Senator Fenton is really obsessed with looking at kids.”
Fenton’s full testimony on the bill gives voice to those concerns.
“So potentially, under this language, a school may require all participating students to produce a proof documentation of their gender or submit the other evidence and what would seem that other evidence may require genital inspections of all girls, not just transgender girls. Who would perform these inspections?” Sen. Fenton said in testimony on HB 1205. “Are we asking male coaches to check the genitals of a 10-year-old girl? Would parents be allowed to be present for these inspections? Or would administrators be going to students directly and asking them in private to pull down their pants?”
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