patrick, ken paxton and governor greg abbott were all reelected by wide margins. in fact, ken paxton got 500,000 more votes despite the fact that he is criminally indicted, 500,000 more votes needed in 2018 the what we hear now from the texas legislator that convenes next month, in just about a week, we feel the attacks would be even harder and harsher than ever before because no one s health these politicians accountable, and i feel like herding and harming trans kids is not a winning political strategy. adam, i m struck by something that amber said, there is always this question of do you stay and fight or bugle because that is what necessary. to keep your family safe and intact. i wonder in this moment, how are you thinking about that? i see this in historical terms and actually, to me, it is scary.
target. we re not just fighting for our family, or fighting for all families and kids. let s talk about why trans kids have become such a big target. and pierre finds over the past two years, state lawmakers across the country introduced more than 300 bills targeting trans people. 86% focused on trans youth. adam, what does that tell you? ? theo hernández i think it tells me, like amber set, they found what is a winning issue to drive a ridge in the cultural war battle without any actual solutions for. it s important for people to know, when they first started getting involved with this, so much of what we thought, this is a new issue with trans kids. it s not, there s always been trans issue with kids. what we have now is visibility with the community, and i think that has struck a deep court
adam, i m struck by something that amber said, there is always this question of do you stay and fight or bugle because that is what necessary. to keep your family safe and intact. i wonder in this moment, how are you thinking about that? i see this in historical terms and actually, to me, it is scary. we are in additional priority here but so many other folks trans kids are even worse, lower caste or a trans person of color. they have even worse than we do. i think as a privilege to be here and stand up for what is right. i think at this in historical terms, i think it did not to doesn t future, we ll look back on this and not only will we have prevailed in this fight, americans at the pitcher will say that that was a shameful chapter in our history. the kids in this generation who are standing up were courageous.
in 2022, and we know several families of trans kids who have already left the state, trying to avoid the trauma of being investigated in the first place. it s really important that your viewers pay attention to this because if they are not coming for your kid, now they will, they absolutely will because if we don t stop them, if we don t stop attacks against trans kid, they ll be another target and another target and another target. we re not just fighting for our family, or fighting for all families and kids. let s talk about why trans kids have become such a big target. and pierre finds over the past two years, state lawmakers across the country introduced more than 300 bills targeting trans people. 86% focused on trans youth. adam, what does that tell you? ? theo hernández i think it tells me, like amber set, they found what is a winning issue to drive a ridge in the cultural war battle without any actual solutions for.
state and governor greg abbott and lieutenant governor dan patrick and attorney general ken paxton were all reelected by what margins which makes for an uncertain future if you are let s say the parent of a trans kid in texas. earlier this year, governor abbott released a directive requiring child welfare agents to investigate gender affirming medical procedures as child abuse. if you thought it could have a real impact, then you probably have not heard of the family in texas. amber briggle and adam briggle have a son named max, max is trans. his parents found themselves under investigation a few months ago, so on election night, you can imagine why amanda felt like what she wrote for the daily beast, that her son s worst police were just realistic. amber and adam briggle are here. thank you for being here. talk about the impact that texas lawmakers are having on your family, what is the reality of what is happening? it s been nonstop, so our