WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Congress prepared to vote on legislation that would prevent gender transitioning treatment from being given to minors, Democrats blasted Republicans for trying to put hardworking genital mutilators out of business.
Democrats accused their GOP colleagues of working to send dedicated surgeons and medical personnel who devote their work to lopping off parts of young people's bodies into poverty with little regard for the negative economic impact it could have on the genital mutilation industry.
"Republicans don't care about these American workers," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. "They don't stop to think about what this type of ban would mean for the mom and pop genital mutilation shop on Main Street of every small town in America. They only care about ‘morals' and ‘what's right' and ‘saving children from being butchered' and whatever. Our American genital mutilators can rest assured that the Democratic Party will continue standing up for them."
Democratic leaders vowed to keep up the fight. "Genital mutilation is important to us," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "I just got off the phone with Enrique, a longtime genital mutilator from my district. He's afraid of what this might mean for his business, and I don't blame him. We're going to keep striving for an America where he will be able to chop up teenagers to put food on his table. That's the American dream."
At publishing time, congressional Democrats had presented legislation that would provide federal assistance to bail out struggling genital mutilation businesses.
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