BLEEDING HEARTLAND: No one needs a civility lecture from Jeff Shipley
State Rep. Jeff Shipley, R-Fairfield, speaks during an Iowa House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
“If you wish to enjoy civil rights, being able to act and behave civilly is a prerequisite,” State Representative Jeff Shipley tweeted on January 31, shortly after his latest effort to take civil rights protections away from transgender Iowans went down in flames.
Even for a practiced troll like Shipley, it was a remarkably ignorant and obnoxious statement.
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