I’m sure they’re just confused. They thought their constituents were frustrated by the rise in long-dormant “eggs” hatching into their true trans selves, but really they were bitching about the literal rise in literal cost of literal chicken eggs in literal grocery stores. Understandable mistake to assume a metaphor there. /s
I wonder if this bill is important enough to Senate Republicans to be the catalyst for rewriting filibuster rules. I’m sure they’ll have no problem doing away with the filibuster the moment it becomes inconvenient to their power grabs, and that would be their right as the majority party, but it’s the hypocrisy that pisses me off. Just like when they blocked a SCOTUS nomination in an election year, but had zero hesitation to ram their own SCOTUS nomination through a month before the election four years later.
For real. Imagine being that rich and powerful, yet still being so deeply insecure. Can’t you afford to just be yourself without worrying about whether every little detail jives with your gender identity? Isn’t that the sort of freedom that “fuck you money” is supposed to buy? Now I kinda wonder whether he actually has any interest in MMA whatsoever or he just got into it because the testosterone-laden meatheads all go nuts for it as being a supremely “manly” thing, and he’s too insecure to be into something that might be more interesting to him like drone racing or baking because they’re not the manliest thing he can think of.
Imagine being one of the wealthiest people in human history and being so creatively and emotionally and socially bankrupt. If he weren’t such an insufferable asshole, I might feel sorry for him.
Now how exactly do you suppose this gets enforced? Because I’m betting it involves some creep being the authorized inspector of children’s genitals. I’m sure nobody will be wielding that sort of role to sexually assault any children. Yep, this is just the perfect kind of policy to enact to protect the children from… checks notes… a “boy” unfairly beating “real girls” at girls’ sports.
Remember this moment when swaths of stories about sexually abused children come out. I’m sure those stories will come out within a couple years of a bunch of stories about how girls’ sports are suddenly seeing record low participation numbers “for some reason”.
The horrifying statistics on the percentage of women who have been the victim of rape or attempted rape in their lifetime will be going up significantly as a direct result of this kind of legislation. Even if there were any real justification for actively discriminating against trans people, how could anybody ever be on board with this kind of direct consequence? What a disgrace.