“The underlying reality is that these people have psychiatric illnesses to start with. I mean, when I say these people, I’m talking about the people that are responsible for this, either transgender or associated with the transgender community,” the Texas congressman declared.
I don’t care what you call them. But a place where people can get the treatment that they need, so this doesn’t happen again,” the Newsmax host added, prompting Jackson to “absolutely” agree.
Claiming that there has to be a stop to doctors and pediatricians engaging in gender-affirming care, Jackson went on to argue that trans people face “legitimate psychiatric issues related to the stuff that they've been exposed to” before proposing stronger measures to be implemented. And, according to the congressman, that would include institutionalizing the trans community.
“We have to do something about this. We have to treat these people. We have to get them off the streets, and we have to get them off the internet, and we can't let them communicate with each other,” he insisted.