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Tuberville calls transgender people 'deranged' on Senate floor: 'Bring back mental institutions'

Tuberville called transgender people mentally ill and urged a return to institutionalizing people he described as suffering.

Tuberville calls transgender people 'deranged' on Senate floor: 'Bring back mental institutions'
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville criticized transgender people and those who support them in a Senate-floor speech, calling for the return of mental institutions. Medical organizations say identifying as transgender is not a mental illness, and an advocacy group condemned his remarks.

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