“If this legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful—painful for everyone,” Democratic state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh told NPR.
Democratic state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh just entered her seventh week of filibustering a bill that would limit the rights of trans youth in her state of Nebraska. “If this legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful—painful for everyone,” Cavanaugh told NPR.
In a process that she called “mentally and emotionally tiring,” the subject matter of Cavanaugh’s filibuster ranges from legislative debates to random thoughts on food and life. “[Sunday], I spent a lot of time talking about Easter Sunday and my love of au gratin potatoes,” she said. Nebraska’s LB574 is one of many bills around the country focused on trans children, specifically. Cavanaugh says she doesn’t understand this recent fixation from policymakers.
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