the country, specifically, gender roles. today in tennessee the republican governor billy see signed two controversial new laws. one bans gender affirming care for minors and the other restricts drag shows in the state. let s bring in former democratic congressman ron derrick jones and patrick is here and doug high. guys, let s start with the decision to ban any sort of doctors medical care for anyone under 18 who is looking who believes they are trans and is looking for any sort of medical treatment be it pharmaceutical, consultation or anything like that. doug, i believe you are comfortable with this new law in tennessee. yeah, i think one we have to treat people with dignity and respect and certainly what we ve learned over not just the past three or four years but 20 years, people that feel this way, are this way and have gone through this process quite often go through a very painful life and process. we don t want that. but there are differences between people who a
the country, specifically, gender roles. today in tennessee the republican governor billy see signed two controversial new laws. one bans gender affirming care for minors and the other restricts drag shows in the state. let s bring in former democratic congressman ron derrick jones and patrick is here and doug high. guys, let s start with the decision to ban any sort of doctors medical care for anyone under 18 who is looking who believes they are trans and is looking for any sort of medical treatment be it pharmaceutical, consultation or anything like that. doug, i believe you are comfortable with this new law in tennessee. yeah, i think one we have to treat people with dignity and respect and certainly what we ve learned over not just the past three or four years but 20
desantis is surprised that ron perry i don t think he knew about those statements, no. wouldn t rise to that level of the governor. do you think he ll get fired now that this information is coming out? no but there will be a bus and drive across him back and forth. let s move on to what happened in dallas. this reporter from the dallas morning news has been fired after tweeting to the mayor and calling him brah in the tweet. basically, he said that local news has no interest in reporting good news and she responded in a tweet where she said bruh, national news is always going to chase the trend, cultivate relationships with quality local news partnerships. . the mayor tweeted back bruh, have we met? [ laughter ] good response. and then she lost her job as a result of that and she explained herself by saying i m a millennial, that s a term i use all the time. that s their dude, do you know what you re saying.
age is meant to protect the individual. what about the health of the teenagers physicians and psychologists are saying it s harmful to children who are experiencing for example gender disforya among other things to not be able to treat them appropriately and that is the fund mental difference between the laws you just described and the law that for political purposes, the governor of tennessee has just signed. people make their own decisions about how they want to live their lives not adolescents and teenagers. if it doesn t affect other people in a negative way. i wonder what happens to the republican party smaller government, right? i was hearing that governor say we re not going to tell you to vaccinate your kids but we are going to tell you you can t you know, you can t get them therapy you know, this yeah, no, it is i mean, it s the inconsistency is laid bare right there. let s also talk about the bill he signed about drag shows. as you know, not only
17 a procedure. some of them are, you know, taking drugs absolutely. here is what is interesting. governor billy had very, very strong feelings about a year ago, year and a half ago about how government should not be able to mandate what kids do with their health, only the parents should be able to decide things like masks, vaccines. so here he is then. have the choice to choose and make decisions about their c children s health and well being. give the parents the right to make the personal health decision for their kid. individual health decisions by a parent involving health issues and well being of a child is most important. a parent knows best about their own individual child and what s best for them. parents are the best decider