Texas GOP Lawmaker Hangs Sign Identifying As ‘Former Fetus’

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Republican Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland hung a sign outside his office in the Texas Capitol on Wednesday identifying as a “former fetus,” sparking a feud between Stickland and another Texas Republican, the Texas Tribune reported.

When state Rep. Charlie Geren (R), chairman of the House Administration Committee, removed the sign, Stickland scoffed.

Stickland told the Texas Tribune that the sign was “ripped down and thrown in my staffer’s face by Charlie Geren.”

“I thought it was absolutely handled in the wrong way,” he said. “I wish Rep. Geren was more professional about it instead of intimidating my staff.”

Geren told the Tribune that he removed the sign because it violated State Preservation Board rules for maintaing the Capitol.

“Tearing them down is hardly the deal,” Geren said. “If Stickland wants to act like a child, that’s fair, but I did not rip it down.”

According to Stickland, Texas Right to Life distributed the signs to multiple state represenatatives.

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  1. Someone in his district should take a picture of their arsehole and hang it next to his name!

  2. Former fetus, current ignoramus…

  3. I believe that most GOP politicians don’t really care about abortion at all. They just use it as a political wage against those who support abortion. If this man’s wife was raped or if his daughter was raped which I don’t know if he has one or not you can damn well bet that he would be happy that they could get an abortion if they so choose.

  4. Avatar for vonq vonq says:

    He doesn’t look a former fetus to me.

  5. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Protect the fetus

    Abuse the child…

    FauXianFamilyValues.

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