Viral MLA Jennifer Johnson likely to be reinstated pending caucus vote

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced that her caucus will discuss the potential reinstatement of MLA Jennifer Johnson following her removal over controversial remarks related to gender ideology.

During a Wednesday night X space hosted by The Counter Signal, Smith revealed that the matter will be brought up at an upcoming caucus meeting, signaling a likely return for Johnson.

“We’ll have that discussion. She’s done everything I asked her to do,” Smith said.

Johnson gained international attention earlier this week, with figures like JK Rowling and Elon Musk commenting after a video of her circulated on X. The footage showed Johnson sitting through what appeared to be a struggle session with transgender activists, during which she was asked to agree with the statement “trans women are women.” 

Johnson requested time to reflect on the matter, prompting outright ridicule and berating from a trans activist who accused her of “not doing the inner work.”

Despite her controversial comments, which surfaced just weeks before Alberta’s 2023 election, Johnson won the Lacombe-Ponoka riding as a UCP candidate with nearly 70% of the vote. 

However, following the election, Smith removed Johnson from the UCP caucus, citing the MLA’s uncovered remarks as unacceptable. Since then, Johnson has continued serving as an independent MLA.

What did she say?

The comments in question came from a 2021 meeting with constituents, during which Johnson was secretly recorded. In the recording, Johnson criticized gender ideology in schools,  highlighting instances of students identifying as “furries” and teachers allegedly placing litter boxes in classrooms, and doctors chemically castrating 14-year olds, sterilizing them, when almost all kids and youth grow out of their gender confusion by 18.

But it was a reference to fecal matter that got her in trouble, when she said the transgender craze in schools “is more than a teaspoon of poop in the cookie batch.”

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