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A Republican lawmaker has warned that Democrats in Colorado’s authorities legislature could look the ire of the Trump medication if a bid of arguable bills passed Sunday — including 1 labeling parental misgendering during custody battles arsenic "coercive control" — are signed into law.
"It truly does consciousness similar we're poking the bear," authorities Rep. Jarvis Caldwell told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday.
Colorado enacted authorities to grow wellness attraction entree to amerciable immigrants this year, "as good arsenic lodging and nutrient and acquisition for amerciable immigrants, which is successful nonstop usurpation of immoderate of the orders that person travel from President Trump," according to Caldwell.
"And past the transgender issue, we're pushing this further than we ever person earlier connected children successful the state of Colorado, and that straight goes successful usurpation of what President Trump is looking at."
Colorado authorities Rep. Jarvis Caldwell says Democrats could beryllium headed toward national enactment from the Trump admin aft arguable bills passed the House connected Sunday. (Getty Images/Rep. Jarvis)
As such, Caldwell said "it's a precise existent possibility" that immoderate of the state's programs could beryllium astatine hazard of losing national funding, adding the Centennial State volition "pay the consequences for it, and Democrats volition beryllium responsible."
"Health is simply a large 1 with Medicaid, a large information of that is national funds, and past acquisition arsenic well," Caldwell said. "And truthful we are passing bills, particularly connected the illegal immigrant issue, that straight impact these issues. And truthful I deliberation that's going to beryllium thing that's connected President Trump's radar."
The Colorado Democratic House bulk barreled done 4 arguable sex and termination bills connected Sunday — which 1 Republican lawmaker described arsenic a time for "family and prayer," curtailing level statement successful an "unprecedented" level procedural tactic.
The bills that were passed see SB25-183, which requires taxpayers to money termination services; HB25-1309, mandating insurers screen transgender procedures careless of age; HB25-1312, which imposes state-mandated sex policies connected schools and considers it "coercive control" successful kid custody cases erstwhile a genitor does not affirm a child's sex individuality oregon "deadnames" them; and SB25-129, which prohibits practice with out-of-state investigations connected transgender procedures and termination services.
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Colorado State Capitol successful Denver. (John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group viaGetty Images)
State House Majority Democratic Leader Monica Duran told Fox News Digital antecedently that the 4 bills were debated connected the level for much than 12 hours past week. Duran besides invoked a procedural regularisation that constricted statement to 2 hours past Friday.
But Caldwell said nether 24 hours is thing compared to the Democrat majority's 12 months they spent connected respective of the bills.
"They had an full twelvemonth to coordinate testimony, and we had little than 24 hours," Caldwell said. "And past erstwhile it went to the last vote, we're each expected to get 10 minutes for debate, and they wholly chopped disconnected immoderate and each debate."
The Republican minority besides failed to get immoderate of their amendments passed. For HB 1309, which would mandate insurers screen the outgo of transgender procedures careless of age, Republicans introduced an amendment to exclude minors from it.
"Because immoderate of the sum is genital surgical procedures, it's hormone therapy, it's facial reconstruction, and past bosom reductions and thorax augmentation," Caldwell said. "And truthful present your health attraction plan, adjacent if you disagree with this, you're going to beryllium paying a higher premium astir apt to screen the cost, successful my opinion, to genitally mutilate children."
SB25-183 and SB25-129 are headed to the governor's table for signature, portion the different House bills present spell to the Senate for consideration.
President Donald Trump signs an enforcement bid successful the Oval Office astatine the White House successful Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)
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It's not improbable that Trump could people Colorado Democrats.
Earlier this year, Trump signed respective enforcement orders aimed astatine eliminating "radical sex ideology," and he’s already moved to slash immoderate national funds successful Maine aft Gov. Janet Mills refused to enforce Trump's prohibition connected biologic males competing successful women's sports. Mills lobbed a suit against the Trump medication connected Monday implicit the frozen funds.
In January, Trump signed the "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government" enforcement order, which defines 2 sexes: antheral and female. The bid prohibits "chemical and surgical mutilation" of minors to see puberty blockers, hormones specified arsenic estrogen and testosterone, and sex-change surgeries. It besides bars institutions receiving national grants from providing specified services and allows healthcare providers to garbage services based connected sex identity.
Trump besides signed an enforcement bid requiring military personnel to service according to their biologic sex.
Jamie Joseph is simply a U.S. Politics newsman for Fox News Digital covering transgender and civilization issues, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and stateside legislative developments.
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