Yesli Vega, a Republican running for Congress in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, said she would support “commonsense legislation” on transgender medical interventions for minors if elected in November.
Vega, who is running against Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) in the swing district, said at a campaign rally Monday night that any government effort “to steal our children’s innocence must stop.”
“I’m interested in supporting commonsense legislation,” Vega told the Washington Examiner after a rally in Fredericksburg led by Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Monday night. “You must be 18 years old to use a tanning bed, but there is a radical, progressive Democratic Party that says it is OK for children to literally mutilate their bodies. That is not acceptable. Again, as adults, we must watch out for our children. We must protect them because many of the things they are pushing are irreversible.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced the Protecting Children’s Innocence Act in August, which would make “any gender-affirming care on a minor” a felony. Vega did not say whether she would vote for this bill, but she did say there needs to be more oversight over treatments such as mastectomies and loss of fertility.
Tulsi Gabbard, who recently announced her departure from the Democratic Party, will campaign with Vega this weekend. Gabbard opposes many of the “woke” policies that Vega claims she opposes. Gabbard proposed legislation in 2020 that would have prohibited biological men from participating in collegiate women’s sports.
