Adrielle Camuel made exactly one campaign promise, and she has broken it.
In a State House campaign most memorable for its moral squishiness, lack of substance, and reliance on her supposed ties to Democratic power players, Camuel made only a single campaign promise: to “file or cosponsor legislation on Day One to repeal S.B. 150,” an omnibus anti-LGBT law condemned at the time as one of the worst in the country.
That bill segregated trans students from public restrooms, made it illegal for parents to obtain healthcare for trans kids, and put teachers at risk of being fired if they discuss gay or trans people at all.
She made that promise in September only after she was forced to apologize for making the transphobic statement that there were “extremes on both sides” of S.B. 150. Not only did she refuse to clarify that statement for a month — she condemned queer people who disagreed, including me, as “bullies.”
Only when she realized there were more Democratic votes in supporting LGBT people than in condemning us did she apologize for her hateful comments.