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A controversial doctor and GOP activist was booted from the Texas Senate after he erupted into a furious rant about gender reassignment procedures for minors, branding its proponents 'pedophiles'.
Houston M.D. Steven Hotze, 72, used his time speaking before the Senate State Affairs Committee to denounce proposed transgender legislation, arguing that its 'pedophile proponents sexualize children in order to groom them'.
His raging remarks led to a tense back and forth with Democratic Texas State Senator José Menéndez, where the two men began arguing across the legislature floor.
Despite making several outlandish remarks, including saying that gender reassignment surgeons should drown themselves, Hotze was only kicked out of the session after he broke Senate rules on swearing.
As well as running his medical practice, Hotze is a conservative radio host and alleged conspiracy theorist who has launched lawsuits against HIV medication and claimed that birth control pills make women 'less attractive to men'.
Houston doctor Steven Hotze, left, was kicked out of the Texas Senate on Thursday after a furious rant, including branding gender reassignment surgeons 'pedophiles'
The two men erupted during a hearing to debate Texas Senate Bill 14, which would legislate over 'gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria' among minors, according to LegiScan.
Coming out in support of the bill, Hotze said he believed the legislation would 'protect children from the abuse by the transgender medical industry'.
He continued by branding transgender proponents as having a 'wicked, perverted, immoral lifestyle'.
'These child molesters should be punished,' Hotze said.
'These pedophiles are now promoting transgender sex change drugs and sex mutilation surgery on children.'
Amid references to various bible verses, the doctor repeated his claim that transgender advocates are 'pedophiles'.
