Nebraska state Senate Republicans on Wednesday opened an ethics probe into Dem state Senator Megan Hunt, acting on a complaint from an Omaha MAGA lawyer who argued that since Hunt has a trans son, she has a personal financial interest in opposing the Let Them Grow Act, which would ban hormone therapies and puberty blockers for trans persons under 19, the Washington Post reports.
In a floor speech on Wednesday Hunt accused the lawyer, David Begley, and his Republican allies in the Senate of “using the legal system that we have in our state – to stop corruption, to increase transparency, to hold governments accountable – and using it to harass a member of legislature. The point isn’t that I could gain financially if my kid has rights. The point is the harassment.”