Denise Powell Rallying in Favor of Child Sex Change Surgery
Out of touch Democrat Denise Powell “publicly opposed Nebraska’s 2023 law restricting gender transition procedures for minors.”
The report highlights that Denise Powell made “multiple Facebook and TikTok posts opposing LB 574, Nebraska’s “Let Them Grow Act,” which prohibits gender transition procedures for minors and regulates the use of puberty blockers and hormone treatments for those under 19.”
“Denise Powell is a rubber stamp for the radical far-left, supporting their most extreme policies, including sex change surgeries for kids. Denise Powell continues to prove that she rejects common sense and is completely out of touch with Nebraska values.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon
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Unearthed posts show Heartland Dem candidate rallying in favor of child gender surgery: ‘Radical as it gets’
Fox News
Andrew Mark Miller, Kiera McDonald
August 1, 2026
Nebraska Democratic congressional nominee Denise Powell publicly opposed Nebraska’s 2023 law restricting gender transition procedures for minors, calling it “discriminatory and hateful” and urging supporters to contact lawmakers, according to unearthed social media posts that are generating pushback from critics.
Before becoming her party’s nominee, Powell made multiple Facebook and TikTok posts opposing LB 574, Nebraska’s “Let Them Grow Act,” which prohibits gender transition procedures for minors and regulates the use of puberty blockers and hormone treatments for those under 19.
In a March 2023 Facebook post, Powell, listed as an administrator on The Bellwether Initiative Nebraska page, urged Nebraskans to contact their state senators and join her at the Capitol on the final day of the first round of floor debate over the bill while wearing a shirt that read “PROTECT TRANS KIDS.”
“Today is the final day of the first round of floor debate on LB 574, a bill that would prohibit and punish healthcare providers from providing gender affirming care to children under the age of 19,” she wrote.
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That same year, Nebraska First PAC poll found that 61% of likely Nebraska voters supported prohibiting “gender altering procedures like surgeries, puberty blockers, or hormone therapies” for those under 19, while 78% agreed children should wait until adulthood before undergoing “irreversible, sex-change surgeries.”
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NE-2 is a swing district known for electing moderates, but Denise Powell is about as radical as it gets,” Jon Schweppe, former Trump official at the FTC and senior advisor at American Principles Project, told Fox News Digital.
“Not only has she been an advocate for transgender sex changes for kids, but she served on the board of an organization which opposes parental rights in education and promotes an ‘LGBTQ liberation’ curriculum for fifth graders. These are the issues she clearly cares about the most.”
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