She was a GOP congresswoman. Her son is a transgender activist.

WASHINGTON - "All of these headlines, they've bothered me greatly," Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says. She is 71, short, with a big voice. A former congresswoman, a Republican.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. "They, they, they affect me emotionally. And I don't think ..." She is looking out at the street in front of Le Bon Café, on Capitol Hill, where a compact SUV is trying to complete a feat of parallel parking. " ... that, t

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