Republican: Violence Against Women Act ‘horrible’ because it protects transgender people

Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas says he opposed the Violence Against Women Act because it contained protections for transgender individuals. “This is a truly bad bill,” he said in an article published by the National Review on Monday. “This is helping the liberals, this is horrible. Unbelievable. What really bothers — it’s called a women’s act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that — how is that a woman?”