MT Rep. Zooey Zephyr Gets Her Hallway Bench Back

First, a reminder about yesterday’s evil bitches:

Republicans moved to sideline Zephyr further by canceling some meetings of the two committees on which she serves and moving the bills they were to hear to other committees, Democrats said.

She spent the first day of her exile last week battling to use a bench in a statehouse hallway. Her key card to access Capitol entrances, bathrooms and party workspaces was deactivated, according to the lawsuit.

Zephyr spoke briefly during a House Judiciary Committee meeting Monday morning. The full House — minus Zephyr — reconvened in the afternoon. Zephyr cast votes from a statehouse snack bar because several people occupied the bench.

Read the full article. As you can see below, Zephyr is back to work on her bench today. Yesterday many of us sent pleas to Montana Dems, the local ACLU, and other activists to hold that bench for her.

Some lovely friends saved me a spot on the bench outside the House antechamber, so seat 31 is back to its original home-away-from-home.

Also thank you to the folks who brought me the earrings and corsage. I am carrying your kindness with me today. pic.twitter.com/aIeaI4lYwk

— Rep. Zooey Zephyr (@ZoAndBehold) May 2, 2023

Name and shame them. pic.twitter.com/6ANUQ5bKE3

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 1, 2023

Today we deployed the #BlueBenchBrigade to make sure that @ZoAndBehold would be surrounded by kind people who support her and her work in the #mtleg https://t.co/MTDieC6VVP pic.twitter.com/uNyjeXGrn8

— Kev Hamm (@kevhamm) May 2, 2023

Oh my god.

Remember the women who took up the bench yesterday so that Rep Zephyr would not have any seat outside the chamber?

I am being told that the woman closest to the camera in blue pants is Speaker Regier's mother. https://t.co/DO6ZJDSctk pic.twitter.com/0ejQmOFYWu

— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) May 2, 2023