California Dem compares 'Save Girls Sports' law to Nazi Germany, as two trans athlete ban bills fail to pass

The California state legislature failed to pass two separate bills aimed at protecting girls sports from trans inclusion on Tuesday. During debate for one of the bills, a Democratic state lawmaker compared the proposals to practices employed by Nazi Germany in the holocaust.

California assembly member Rick Chavez Zbur made the comparison while arguing against the first bill, AB 89. 

"This is really reminiscent to me of what happened in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. We are moving towards autocracy in this country. In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life," Zbur said.

Zbur was then interrupted by mediators who ...