Rep. Senfronia Thompson gives tea party legislators a 'cuss out'
State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, dressed down some of her tea party-aligned colleagues in a fiery speech on the House floor after they objected to a bill she authored that is aimed at identifying victims of human trafficking.
Back story: Thompson’s speech on Thursday came after she had an exchange with the six Republicans who had petitioned to remove her House Bill 2629 from the Local and Consent Calendar, the agenda for non-controversial bills that pass without significant debate.
“Now I’m going to tell you something. I cursed out several members that was on that list. I used some bad words to them. I apologize for the bad words if any of y’all heard them. I didn’t apologize to them,” Thompson said in her nine-minute speech.
Her bill would require beauticians to be trained in identifying signs of human trafficking in their clients. The conservative members objected because it created a new “mandate.” But they did not alert her ahead of time that they planned to raise questions about the bill, Thompson said.
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