America's first non-binary Muslim lawmaker is censured and stripped of assignments by Oklahoma legislature after she harbored FUGITIVE wanted for attacking cop during state capitol transgender rights protest
America's first non-binary Muslim lawmaker was censured in Oklahoma Tuesday
Rep. Mauree Turner is accused of hiding a fugitive in her office last week
The protester allegedly attacked a GOP lawmaker and state trooper, police said
March 7, 2023
America's first-ever Muslim non-binary lawmaker has been censured and stripped of their assignments for harboring a fugitive friend accused of attacking a cop during a protest over transgender rights.
Mauree Turner - who uses they/them pronouns, will be banned from committee assignments unless she issues a formal apology, including to Highway Patrol cops said to have been assaulted by her friend Ross.
During the protest, the fugitive, Austin Ross, is accused of flinging water at Rep. Bob Ed Culver, R-Tahlequah, after the passing of HB 2177, a bill banning gender affirming care for minors.
Another protester, Savannah Mitchell, was taken into custody and arrested during the protest.
Turner, the first openly nonbinary and Muslim person elected to the Legislature in Oklahoma, declared Tuesday that she won't be apologizing, as Republicans continue to work to strip away the rights of trans people.
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