The Republicans who voted against making gender-affirming care a crime and the Dems who voted for it
Here's who broke with their party on Marjorie Taylor Greene's hateful bill.
December 19, 2025
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Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans
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