Who is Montana State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe?

KERRI Seekins-Crowe was elected to office in November 2020. The politician has received backlash for comments she made about her daughter. 2 Kerri Seekins-Crowe is a politician and Republican from Montana.

KERRI Seekins-Crowe was elected to office in November 2020.

The politician has received backlash for comments she made about her daughter.

Who is Montana State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe?

Kerri Seekins-Crowe is a politician and Republican from Montana.

In November 2020, Seekins-Crowe was elected as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 43rd District.

She began her congressional role on January 4, 2021.

As NBC News reported, she "sponsored legislation to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors."

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Many personal details about Seekins-Crowe's life have remained private. However, according to her Facebook page, @kerri.crowe, she is married and lives in Billings, Montana.

She also has a daughter. It is unclear if she has any other children.

What did Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe say about her daughter?

As NBC News reported, a video clip of Seekins-Crowe in which she indicated that she would rather risk her daughter dying by suicide than let her transition has gone viral on social media.

The comments took place at a March 2023 floor debate.

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The politician said: "One of the big issues that we have heard today and we've talked about lately is that without surgery the risk of suicide goes way up.

"Well, I am one of those parents who lived with a daughter who was suicidal for three years. Someone once asked me, 'Wouldn't I just do anything to help save her?' And I really had to think and the answer was, 'No.'"

She continued: "I was not going to give in to her emotional manipulation because she was incapable of making those decisions and I had to make those decisions for her.

"I was not going to let her tear apart my family and I was not going to let her tear apart me because I had to be strong for her, I had to have a vision for her life when she had none, was incapable of having none."

She added: "I was lost. I was scared, I spent hours on the floor in prayer because I didn't know that when I woke up if my daughter was going to be alive or not.

"But I knew that I had to make those right decisions for her so that she would have a precious, successful adulthood at that time."

What backlash did Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe receive from her remarks?

As NBC News reported, the video of Seekins-Crowe gained traction online after a Twitter account called The Intellectualist shared it on the social media platform.

It wrote: "Montana bill sponsor: I prefer my transgender daughter commit suicide rather than allow her to transition.

- Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe (R)."

Many people condemned Seekins-Crowe's comments.

Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, tweeted: "I vehemently disagree with this speech by GOP state rep Kerri Seekins-Crowe. But you know what she didn’t say? That it should be the government’s role to make personal decisions for families.

"Why is she now shoving her private decision down other people’s throats?"

Brian Hopkins, a candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, wrote, in part: "this woman is a horrible parent. I say this because the speech takes seconds to go from being about her daughter to being about her.

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"When she says 'tear apart my family' this is a social statement about the implied neighborly dilemma of having a transgender child. This would even enter the mind of a good parent."

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Seekins-Crowe for comment.

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