Senator unfazed by critics

By (not verified) on Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Mills voted against gender-affirming car ban
Sen. Fred Mills became a target of conservatives within his own party after he bucked his party to kill a proposed ban on gender affirming health care for minors. (Photo by Sarah Gamard/LSU Manship School News Service)
State Sen. Fred Mills is the latest target of national conservative activists after bucking the Republican Party by voting to kill a proposed ban on gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth But he’s not worried about it. “Why should I?,” Mills said in an interview after he broke a tie vote Wednesday in the Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee. “They don’t live in District 22…

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