As an example, she blamed a break-in at her home on an influx of illegal immigrants, although her house is in a heavily trafficked area, near a casino in Mulvane, Kansas.
of the hairdresser who has touched, colored, cut, performed any service on or with Governor Laura Kelly’s hair since March 12,” Helmer said.
Governor Kelly later shared that her husband has been cutting her hair during the suspension of services from professional hairstylists.
[11] In 2022, she again drew national controversy after writing in an email to a Kansas University student who identifies as transfeminine that she did not "appreciate the huge transgender female who is now in our restrooms in the Capitol," a comment aimed at Rep. Stephanie Byers, the first openly transgender person to serve in the state legislature.
In the email, Helmer went on to falsely assert that "little girls have been raped, sodomized and beaten in the restrooms by these supposedly transgenders who may or may not be for real.