she will resign from her position. she s leaving the state completely. as a family, we have made the difficult but necessary decision that missouri is no longer a safe place for us. both of those bills would give republican legislatures, legislators an outsized impact on the daily lives of stringent orchids in missouri. it would give republican politicians more power than their parents to determine the best way to protect and care for their own kids. what if it was your child? all of these children are somebody s children. there are kids and families which are harmed by this republican frenzy. our next two guests are both parents of children who identify as transgender or non binary. debbie jackson, rabbi daniel broussard are part of the community fiercely fighting for these bills in missouri and elsewhere. today, one of them wrote, whipping up fear and hatred against trans kids is not a sideshow in today s gop, it s
the lifeblood of their coalition. they are waging a war on democracy and the bodies of trans kids are what they have chosen for their battlefield. joining us now is rabbi daniel bogard of the central reform congregation in st. louis. he s the parent of a nine-year-old transgender boy. also with us, debbie jackson, a member of the human rights campaign s parents for transgender equality council. she s the parent of avery, a 15 year old nonbinary child. welcome to both of you. thank you for being with us. rabbi, i want to read another of your tweets. you said this is interesting. it follows the conversation i just had with jasmine crockett. you said, i believe that most of the republican electives genuinely don t like these bills targeting trans kids. they have just realize that torturing like it in my family s win in politics for them. the press coverage of the story. the debate over trans kids for the benefit of the press, the benefit of the media, tell me what is wrong with the w