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Tensions between Texans flared at the Capitol on Friday during public testimony over a legislative proposal limiting transgender peoples’ use of bathrooms in government buildings.

CJ Grisham spoke in favor of the restrictions in Senate Bill 8 , one of the items Gov. Greg Abbott asked legislators to pass during this year’s special legislative sessions. After Grishman spoke, several people attending the House State Affairs meeting booed and hurled expletives at him, saying he should be ashamed. Grisham responded with his own expletives before being ushered to the back of the room by a House staff member.

A Department Public Safety officer eventually removed Gris

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