Vance urges DOJ investigation into alleged gender transition letter for 11-year-old

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Vice President JD Vance encouraged a Texas mother to talk to his staff about getting the Department of Justice to investigate an alleged letter sent to her 11-year-old daughter about transitioning genders without her parents’ knowledge.

Rebekah Smith of Fort Worth, Texas, brought up the letter in a question she posed to the vice president during a town hall that aired Thursday night on Fox News. Vance gave his honest response, calling the person who wrote and sent the letter a “pervert.”

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