THUNE: Trans Sports are in the "S.A.V.E. Trump's Ass" bill because it's an issue overwhelmingly supported by Americans

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
REPORTER: Today you're voting on trans sports issues. Other than the president wanting this in the bill, why wedge this in here?

THUNE: Those are issues that are overwhelmingly supported by the American people

REPORTER: Today you're voting on trans sports issues. Other than the president wanting this in the bill, why wedge this in here?

THUNE: Those are issues that are overwhelmingly supported by the American people

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-21T15:27:13.530Z

[wcmagumba]

1. No Thune, no it's not...these guys live in their own little bubble...

[Miles Archer]

2. I don't get out a lot, but...

...I've never had ANYONE say ANYTHING to me about "Trans Sports Issues."

But I guess Thune wouldn't say it if it wasn't true, right?

[bluestarone]

3. So, is this bastard gonna now go nuclear?

With this bill?

[Volaris]

7. Oh please oh please oh please be fuckin dumb enough to set that precedent.

Also, does banning trans people in sports lower gas prices?

[Ocelot II]

4. It's all performative.

They're throwing in all this culture war stuff to play to the base and especially to Dear Leader.

[AZProgressive]

8. I agree somewhat it is culture war stuff

but there certainly does seem to be a political project from the right to deny that transgender people exist. The voter suppression bill also affects transgender people whose info may not match their original birth certificate.

There is also this:

Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.

https://www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-warn-us-in-early-stages-of

[Ocelot II]

9. That's also true, and I can't for the life of me understand

why right-wingers have such a terrible attitude toward trans people. Why should anyone care about what kind of junk perfect strangers are carrying around in their pants? I have a theory, which is that it's a form of misogyny, since their loathing seems to be focused far more on trans women than on trans men, and RWers are horrified that a biological male would want to be that inferior creature, a woman.

In any event, anti-trans amendments to the Screwing American Voters Everywhere Act seem to be performative in the sense that they have nothing to do with voting, but are being used as bait to attract people who don't care about elections but are desperately afraid that men dressed as women will enter public ladies' restrooms for nefarious purpose, or that gigantic muscular men in women's clothing will be better at sports than their daughters, and will support the SAVE act for that reason.

[2naSalit]

5. I don't recall...

Where I heard this, so I can't cite it sorry, but I heard a discussion about how Thune could 'throw' this vote because he was trying to stall on this Bill. He knows it's a suicide Bill being shoved down his throat by orangeanus. The solution, since he's certainly not interested in killing the filibuster, is to insert a poison pill so that it won't pass. Since the wannabe king is pushing this rider, go for it, probably going to kill it.

That's the gist of the discussion, I suspect it may be the case since this doesn't make sense otherwise. I mean, Thune's a fucking joke but he isn't going to slit his own throat for the orange clown either.

[Buckeyeblue]

6. It's not a good look when the price of gas is sky high and Republicans are talking about transsexual teenagers playing s

This issue is not an issue. It doesn't happen. And if it does, it's very limited. Republicans invited this issue to 1. Get people riled up and 2. To stick it to transsexual people.

[GoodRaisin]

10. Another sign Republicans have abandoned "small government".

[B.See]

11. The goal and the purpose is simple:

DEHUMANIZATION.

To enforce and establish a fascist, nationalistic CULT state founded upon race based, class based, religious based ideas that determine who are among the desirables, der 'master race,' those of 'God given' 'manifest destiny' to take what they want,

and those who AREN'T,

they have to DEHUMANIZE the latter -

the 'illegals' the 'unqualified' DEI's, the poor, homeless, and handicapped, the 'criminals and rapists' (IRONICALLY), Muslims, minorities, gays, trans, the 'they have different dna,' the 'drug runners,' the 'antifascists,' the 'shithole' countymen, the eaters of 'the cats and dogs'...

because DEHUMANIZATION allows for extrahudicial strikes on civilian vessels, the bombing and murder of women and children in hospitals and schools, forced mass migrations, harassment, intimidation, violations of due process, detainments, incarcerations, and ('finally') mass EXTERMINATIONS.

No plan? I don't think so.

[Charmin One]

12. So he admits he's pandering?

If it’s so popular, seperate it from Jim Crow II