Iowa House Republican Ingels sides with Biden-Harris on sex changes for kids

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The Washington Stand reported on Thursday that Republican State Rep. Chad Ingels is one of four current GOP office holders to sign an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court challenging Tennessee’s law protecting minors from sex-change procedures.

“The brief subverts expectations by siding against the Republican-led bill, and with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice, which has challenged it,” The Washington Stand reported.

There were 31 “Republicans and political conservatives from diverse backgrounds” who signed the amicus brief. Ingels has opposed protections for kids from radical, experimental sex-change treatments before.

In Iowa, Ingels joined four other Republicans to vote against our state’s bill that protects kids from sex-change treatments. In addition to Ingels, Republican Representatives MMegan Jones, Shannon Latham, Brian Lohse and Hans Wilz voted against protecting kids from radical, experimental sex-change treatments. Representative Michael Bergan is recorded as a “yes” vote in the House Journal, but said he inadvertently voted in support of the bill and intended to vote against protecting kids.

Nine former members of Congress also signed the brief, including four who has endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for President or said they intend to vote for Harris. Another is former Rep. Claudine Schneider, who was one of six plaintiffs in a lawsuit aimed at kicking President Donald J. Trump off the Colorado ballot last fall.

While Republican governors like Asa Hutchinson and Mike DeWine each vetoed versions of laws protecting kids from radical, experimental sex-change treatments, neither signed the brief.

Ingels represents House District 68. One of the most liberal Republicans in the Iowa House, Ingels did not receive a primary. He is facing re-election against Democrat Tim O’Brien. Ingels sports the liberal voting record despite having a sizable voter registration advantage in his district.

There are 6,347 active registered Republicans in District 68. There are 3,828 active registered Democrats.

Author: The Iowa Standard