Gov. Kay Ivey responds to criticism after 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' segment on Alabama's law criminalizing some medical treatments for transgender minors.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spoke to the Birmingham Business Alliance at The Club on Monday, April 18, 2022. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey responded to criticism from late night host John Oliver Monday, saying she’s not bothered by critiques from a “liberal, Hollywood-friendly agenda.”
“I can assure you that the people of Alabama want nothing to do with Mr. Oliver’s liberal, Hollywood-friendly agenda,” Ivey said,. “We’re going to continue to focus on helping our young people become the adults God intended them to be, and if that offends you, John, I don’t care.” The “Last Week Tonight” had two segments about Alabama Sunday -- about the state’s utility companies and about new LGBTQ legislation, signed by Ivey in April, that criminalizes healthcare providers who offer gender-affirming care to transgender minors.
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