The Florida Channel
- A GOP member of the Florida House of Representatives called trans people "demons and imps" on Monday.
- Rep. Webster Barnaby made the comments during a debate about bathroom usage.
- After Republican and Democrat lawmakers expressed their disbelief, he apologized for his remarks.
A Florida Republican lawmaker made derogatory remarks about transgender Floridians on Monday, comparing them to "demons and imps" during a committee hearing.
Rep. Webster Barnaby was speaking during a debate on a bill that would make it a second-degree misdemeanor offense for someone to use a bathroom that does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.