State Rep. Phillip Rigsby (R-Harvest) said Thursday his Democrat opponent in House District 25 has already made their debut at the Alabama State House – arguing against a bill protecting girls’ restrooms – which is the record voters in his district should take into consideration Tuesday.
Allison Montgomery, a transgender, first-time political candidate, is challenging Rigsby for the seat once held by former Speaker Mac McCutcheon. Rigsby said the attention on his “it changes everything” remark has the story backward.
“Those aren’t my words. Let’s just be very clear,” Rigsby said on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Show” yesterday morning.
“My opponent in February of 2024 testified publicly in a Senate committee hearing against a bill that would protect young girls from having men enter the restrooms that they were using, or protect women from entering their private spaces. My opponent came to that podium and said that that’s a risky piece of legislation, and this is not about gender choices, but it is everything to do about the choices that we make affecting our policy positions, and that’s what I meant by it changes everything.”
Montgomery’s campaign has answered by describing Rigsby as a “white evangelical pharmacist.”
“It matters who I am. My record matters,” Rigsby said. “My religion, which I don’t apologize for, has not determined only the people I represent.”
Rigsby said Montgomery wants to repeal the CHOOSE Act and expand Medicaid.
“When you vote against something, you are voting for something. Just know what you’re voting for,” he said. “I hope that people pay attention to the issues, not the rhetoric and not the words and not the name calling, but look at my record, see what I stand for, know what you’re voting against when you vote against something, and hopefully next Tuesday we’ll be celebrating a victory.”
