Rep. Candidate Jazmina Saavedra, Follows, Harrass and Films Trans Woman in Restroom-TMPlanet

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, in typical Republifool tradition, they prove they can reach an all-time low.

KABC-TV in California reported that a Republican candidate for Congress filmed herself confronting a transgender woman who was using the woman’s restroom at Denny’s restaurant in Los Angeles.

Jazmina Saavedra, who is running for Congress in California’s 44th district, posted the encounter on Facebook this week. In the video, Saavedra holds her phone with a selfie stick and walks into the restroom as the woman was using a toilet inside a stall.

“There is a man here saying that he’s a lady,” Saavedra says in the video. “There’s a few different customers trying to use the restroom, but this man insists he’s a lady.”

“I’m just using the restroom and you’re invading my privacy,” the woman says.

“No, you’re invading my privacy because I’m a woman and I deserve to use the ladies room!” Saavedra shouts.

Saavedra eventually leaves the restroom but waits outside with her phone filming until the woman comes out. The two exchange more words before the woman left the Denny’s.

“This is what’s happening in California,” Saavedra goes on to say in the video. “They allowed a man who thinks he’s a lady to get in the ladies room and puts in danger the family.”

Saavedra is running against incumbent Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, D-Calif., in the Los Angeles area district.

In a statement to KABC-TV, Barragan criticized Saavedra’s actions.

“I was appalled by the treatment that this woman received for simply trying to use the restroom. Everyone has the right to their own identity, and the right not to be discriminated against for who they are,” Barragan said.

The audacity of someone so blatant in their mistreatment and discrimination of a trans person in such a private moment is evidence whose privacy was invaded. The state Republicans of California should condemn these actions and the victim, we hope seeks legal action.

It’s even more concerning that some reports suggest Saavedra, who support was slipping used this bully tactic to gain publicity and the cost of another human’s dignity, for the sake of representing millions in California.

It’s obvious Saavedra is unfit to serve.

I'd Love to Hear Your Thoughts on This Topic

thetmplanet-com
error

Enjoy this blog? Please spread the word :)

TransMusePlanet Magazine; Inspiring Unity in Trans Culture. Unity + Visiblity = Freedom

TheTMPlanet.com