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During a visit to lobby legislators on transgender issues, Senator Carden Summers (R) knelt down and told a child he would protect her. When he learned she was trans, he backed away.


On Feb. 6, a group of families met to lobby senators on issues affecting the local transgender community in Georgia. One mother, Lena Kotler, decided to take her two children with her to give the topic a human face. While waiting to meet with Democratic Sen. Kim Jackson, who they had heard was a big supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, another senator passed by — Republican Sen. Carden Summers, the primary sponsor of the state’s bathroom ban bill. Little did he know that one of the children he would be interacting with, Aleix, 8 years old, was a transgender child.

According to Kotler and other families who were present, the senator stopped to say hello. That’s when Kotler spoke to Senator Summers about how she was there with her kids to “talk to legislators about keeping her kids safe.” Although she did not mention that one of her children was trans, they were present with LGBTQ+ signage - something the Senator apparently missed when he knelt down in front of Aleix and said, according to Kotler, “Well you know, we’re working on that and I’m going to protect kids like you.”

Kotler then replied, “Yeah - Alex is trans, and she wants to be safe at school, she wants to go to the bathroom and be safe.”

That is when, according to multiple witnesses, Sen. Summers stood up and fumbled his words, repeating, "I mean, yeah, I'm going to make sure she's safe by going to the right bathroom," continuing to use the correct pronouns for Aleix. When asked if he would make her go to a boy's bathroom, he then allegedly backed away, saying, "You're attacking me," turned around, and walked off quickly.

read more: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/georgia-senator-vows-to-protect-girl?publication_id=994764&post_id=141716994

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[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 209 points 9 months ago (10 children)

he then allegedly backed away, saying, "You're attacking me," turned around, and walked off quickly.

Oh no, better run to the bathroom to cry. Attacked by an eight year old, that poor soul.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 93 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“You’re attacking me by asking if I’m going to legislate against your needs”

[–] JonEFive@midwest.social 38 points 9 months ago

Exactly. "My opinion is different from your life experience, and by showing me that fact first hand, you have made me uncomfortable."

And as we all know, being uncomfortable because of another person is an attack. Irony of ironies, imagine how uncomfortable people must make that kid all the time, including this specific interaction.

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 196 points 9 months ago (3 children)

When asked if he would make her go to a boy's bathroom, he then allegedly backed away, saying, "You're attacking me," turned around, and walked off quickly.

LMAO

Is he a moron, or is that a strategy? Lol

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 81 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

He's a coward, just like everyone else in his party. Afraid of a fucking child. His ancestors would be ashamed of him, and his descendants will disown him.

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 50 points 9 months ago

This is what facism looks like imo. Through and through.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

"Will your bill do what it says?"

"HOW DARE YOU!"

And this is a legislator.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 173 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Brave Ser Summers ran away, Bravely ran away, away. When a child with questions to him was led, He bravely turned his tail and fled.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please no one go to his Facebook page and find his number then leave him a voicemail singing that song

https://m.facebook.com/CardenHSummers4Senate

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 129 points 9 months ago

When asked if he would make her go to a boy’s bathroom, he then allegedly backed away, saying, “You’re attacking me,” turned around, and walked off quickly.

I mean, maybe we should just yell that at conservatives?

Maybe it takes something so blunt for them to get it as hearing "you're attacking me".

And if it doesn't, I'm pretty sure that's all you need to say to use stand your ground laws in red states.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 118 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"yOu'Re AaTtAcKiNg mEeee!!!!"

What a dipshit.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 9 months ago

It's very easy to attack people like that, usually been within about 50 miles of them is enough. Everything you do is offensive to them including breathing. People that sensitive need to be in therapy.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 116 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"You're attacking meeeee"

It's never not projection with these doofs.

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[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 102 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Remember those pics of Goebbels, one before learning the photographer was Jewish, and one after?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 98 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thats exactly what popped into my brain while reading this.

attached for reference.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 62 points 9 months ago

Here's a before pic

What a fucking snowflake.

Literally a word causes him to throw away his cause. Going to bet this dude would absolutely abandon his own children. Party of family values my ass.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 85 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kid: “I’m trans.”

Senator Carden Summers: “What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.”

[–] JonEFive@midwest.social 24 points 9 months ago

Was definitely not expecting to see this copy pasta here.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 85 points 9 months ago

You're attacking me, my ass. See how easily they project? It's not even a thought they have, they just exhale bullshit

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Imagine having to be that kid, someone saying they'll protect you and then accusing you of attacking them for part of yourself that you have no control over

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[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Sounds like two neurons in his brain actually met for once and he felt empathy for someone he knew he was too young to understand why she's getting fucked over by her government.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It doesn't sound like that at all, at any point in the story?

Sounds like he he thought he could score a quick lil' political win with the group of families, before realising she was the target his hate, and expressing his bigotry to the child before fucking off.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

"You're attacking me!" complains attacker.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago

I disagree. He saw the danger of him standing there when someone could take a pic. That is why he bravely screamed out at the 8 year old girl to stop attacking him.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

He felt empathy for the first time, and it was an unfamiliar sensation that he recoiled from in his cowardice.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Nah, it wasn't empathy, it was a photo-op. He could be seen "caring" about the plight of kids who feel unsafe in school (his assumption was almost certainly school shooting). So he was there to vaguely promise to make schools safer, presumably by having fewer doors, since that is what causes school shootings evidently.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 54 points 9 months ago (28 children)

Christianity really messes people up.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Thats the thing about these people. I have a trans coworker and they wont dare use the wrong pronoun for her while it can reach HR's ears. Go ahead, say what you want to say don't hide it now. They hide behind legislation and screens.

[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Aleix is trans, but Summers is a pussy...does that mean that he's transitioning, as well?

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

He is no pussy, they take a pounding while providing pleasure to all involved.

Summers is a scrotum, thin skinned, can't take even a light strike without assuming an attack, and he shriveled away when he realized the temperature was a bit cold to him.

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[–] Vytle@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jesus christ that headline is the most satirical sounding headline ive ever seen period. It spunds more satirical than actual TheOnion h eadlines

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[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

If Summers was really serious about "protecting" trans children, he should have said he was going to place the child into state custody. If there was an actual threat against the child, that's what he should do, but there is not and Summers knows it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

“I mean, yeah, I’m going to make sure she’s safe by going to the right bathroom,” continuing to use the correct pronouns for Aleix.

Gotta love that he doesn't even realize he's saying Aleix is a girl and girls should be using the girls' bathroom.

Edit: I really want to know if the people downvoting me are anti-trans bigots or don't understand that an anti-trans bigot accidentally took her side even after realizing she's trans?

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 9 months ago

Worth noting he's a senator in the state legislature, not one of Georgia's federal senators who are both broadly pro LGBT+

[–] 108@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago
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