🧵 House Minority Leader Kim Abbott statement:

“Both the US and Montana Constitutions protect the freedom of speech and the freedom to protest peacefully for citizens. Those rights do not stop at the doors of the Montana House for anybody, and they..” “certainly don’t for a duly elected Member of this body whose constituents sent her here to be a voice on their behalf.”

RIGHT NOW: Planned Parenthood of Montana has released a statement regarding today:

🧵 “In Montana, and across the country, we have seen the most disgraceful, heartless, and targeted attacks on our LGBTQ+ community this legislative session.” “And today we are witnessing the most unconscionable act of them all: Silencing and forbidding the presence of an elected official and the 11,000 Montanans that sent Rep. Zooey Zephyr to represent them.”

Members of the house are now speaking on behalf of Zephyr.

https://twitter.com/bradmwarren/status/1651308934941278209

Representative Knutson now speaking—

OUT OF DC: @PattyMurray has announced she will with other Democrats reintroduce legislation to ensure doctors can provide legal abortion care.

The "Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act," would ensure that doctors can continue to provide legal abortion care-

(1/4) via email she said:

"MAGA Republicans’ nonstop attacks on a woman’s right to choose have created a climate of fear, confusion, and suffering—and have had a chilling effect on the lifesaving work abortion providers do even in states where abortion remains legal,” - @PattyMurray

We have been committed to the coverage out of Helena, Montana and the story involving @ZoAndBehold.

As the team at the local ABC, FOX, and NBC stations in Montana we will stay on this story until the end.

Here is some of today’s coverage: Our @AlexMcCollumTV was in Helena and did a late interview with @hannahlpate after they were arrested on Monday.

🧵 How could expelling a member of the Montana House of Representatives work?

Well- again. We find ourselves in uncharted territory.

#Mtpol #Mtnews Some believe that expulsion is only a right protected under the constitution for the votes— meaning (vote someone out of office.)

With that said—- we will have to watch what happens on the floor, and then ultimately probably what happens in the rules committee.

BREAKING: @Kim_AbbottMT (D) has released a statement-

“Today we saw Montanans show up and engage in the democratic process, and some of those Montanans were arrested. To me, it’s an incredible statement in support of the trans, nonbinary, and Two Spirit community,” (1/2) “and against the Republican agenda that would strip our neighbors of their basic rights, dignity, and humanity.” (2/2)

Minority Leader, Kim Abbott (D)

🧵 WATCH: Video from the house floor— few parts——

https://twitter.com/bradmwarren/status/1650626610528399361

MORE:

I’m being told that police in riot gear have been brought into the Montana State House.

This, following a day of protest in support of @ZoAndBehold -
following the speaker, refusing to call on her.

Some protesters in the gallery are now being taken into custody. Video from inside—-
(This being texted to me)

People being taken out as they cheer “let her speak.” twitter.com/i/web/status/1…