Republicans in the State House following the national anti-trans push even though it's D.O.A.
How's that annual state budget coming along?
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Really getting tired of them saying it's the senate that's holding things up. Like they honestly think democrats should cede to their Bullshit so our democratic governor will what? Also play along with their partisan games?
Their playbooks is to hammer the public and the left with so much shit we just give up out of exhaustion. They have to try to move the midline as far as possible before the midterms so the 'new normal' can be closer to their fascist horseshit
Except that we all know(or should know) that Big Gretch don't play that. Everything she's done has been for the state. It's the Repubs(specifically the traitorous MAGAt Repubs) and the centrist Dems that are doing this.
They had time for this, but not to pass the school lunch funding. These people are actual clowns.
It's a complete and total joke that this state doesn't have paid family leave, especially after 2 years of a Dem trifecta. Completely useless politicians. Joe Tate and Matt Hall should be publicly shamed
Clowns make people smile and laugh. These people are actual monsters. Soulless, cruel, repugnant monsters.
What clowns!?! Everyone knows dictating where a couple of trans kids go to shit is way more important than children getting a meal at school! Like be serious, where would you rather have your tax dollars go to? Feeding children (gross, ew) or making a trans kid feel bad about themselves (awesome sigma mindset). /s
Question but my conservative Michiganders, why are y’all so infatuated with penises?
Truly cannot stop picturing what’s in other peoples’ underwear, but it’s “wholesome family values,” promise
This is why we can't ever let Republicans have control of any branch of government ever again. They are weird, unserious people.
I don't think of them as "weird" or "unserious" so much as just cruel. They're always targeting the most marginalized people in our society.
I don't think of them as "weird" or "unserious" so much as just cruel
The word you are looking for is EVIL.
no they are very weird, and the shithead consultants who told Harris/Walz to stop using that line need to be barred from the field
Well they’re still weird
Yeah. The original Republican party, although I still did not agree with most their views were fairly level headed and well educated. Republicans today are bat shit insane.
Democrats these days are the Republicans of yesterday. Dems now often hold opinions that have conservative values. Although I don't agree with many of them most their views (etc etc).
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Its awesome that a week after an actual school shooting this is what they think the biggest problem in schools is
Why are Republicans so interested in the genitalia of children?
They have sexual preference. Some prefer little boys. Some prefer little girls.
They’re interested in exterminating transsexuals but not in preventing child sexual abuse. Everything they say is a projection, obstruction, or lie.
Because if children actually learned how to advocate for themselves and their bodily autonomy, they wouldn't be as pliable to groom for their private islands and "parties." Above all else, the biggest "cultural division" between queer folks and conservatives is that queer folks aren't afraid of their deep-rooted sexual preferences. Religion is a shield that absolves one of self-reflection, because it's just "the devil's influence" and you're much better off having "a moment of weakness" as opposed to accepting who you really are.
Or childhood diseases that are easily preventable.
Exactly. What does it matter to you (them)?
Answer #1: it doesn’t.
Answer #2: it doesn’t but let’s distract the voters from what actually matters with some partisan cultural war talking point which affects a tiny tiny portion of the community.
Final answer: #2!!!
G(uardians) O(f) P(edophiles)
Because they are all pedophiles
One of those questions that answers itself.
The MiGOP is obsessed with genitalia.
Statistically the safest way to protect children in bathrooms is to ban Republican politicians from them.
The safest is to band them from religious activities. Outside of family, that's the biggest group of child rapist. Then it's a steep fall to other predators.
for the last thirty years Republicans have done more to stop children from using the bathroom at school than from getting shot at school.
Republicans have a Pedophilia problem
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican South Carolina Rep. RJ May of Lexington was charged in July 2025 with ten counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. He faces 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Dennis Hastert served as Republican Speaker of the House (so, 3rd in line for the Presidency) for all 8 years of W. Bush’s two terms. He also sexually molested at least 5 boys when he was a HS wrestling coach, all of them underage with the youngest victim being 14. The victims only finally saw justice when Hastert was caught by the FBI trying to falsify payments for hush money.
Donald Trump walked into Miss Teen USA change rooms with girls as young as 14 changing. 26 women have spoken publicly about Trump’s pattern of sexual assault. In 2023, he was found legally liable for the rape of E. Jean Carroll by unanimous jury.
Can't even let a kid shit in peace anymore. Is this what we pay them for?
They don’t give a damn about kids getting breakfast/lunch during school, but what bathroom trans people use is a top priority.
They want to be the ones standing outside the bathroom checking all the kids genitalia to make sure it's matches
As a lunch theydy (no, I don't ask the kids to call me that, I don't even ask my coworkers to call me that), I just want them to fund school lunches. Feeding kids should be the easiest yes vote anyone has ever given.
I really don't understand the argument around this. We are all using a bathroom at home with people of the other gender.
Not me, I specifically bought a house with 3 bathrooms and some nice trees outside if you prefer that route.
/s
And in elementary schools that often have a bathroom in the classroom - it is one toiled room shared by everyone in the classroom. But when you see a story about a middle school making all of it's bathrooms gender neutral, people freak out.
Good for nobody. Go us
How about go fuck yourself. Trans rights are human rights.
y'know what would stop this dead in its tracks?
No gendered bathrooms. Like so many other places in the world.
Why would anyone want to check another person's genitals?
It's such a grievous overstep into someone else's privacy.
Ah yes republicans priorities, focusing on kids in bathrooms instead of budgets for their classroom. What a dumpster fire of party. Republican Party of pedos
Trans woman here. I'd really like it if my internalized transphobia wasn't enforced by law. That is all.
And republican voters clap like mindless seals completely ignorant of the fact that their pockets are being picked
These people think about children's genitals all fucking day
America really just needs to get floor to ceiling bathroom stalls like the rest of the world instead of the crazy junk we have. Makes the whole bathroom situation a lot easier
No budget and we’re on the brink of a government shutdown. But yes let’s focus on children’s genitalia. The MI House and Matt Hall are such a fucking joke
Rep. Brad Paquette (R-Niles). "Males designated by sex on birth certificates should be confined to spaces of their sex
I've got bad news for this guy about what my birth certificate says lol
Like .0004% of the school age population, fascists doing what fascists do.
The senate should pass an anti-gop bathroom bill. Those pedos shouldnt be trusted around anybody.
My former Michigan high school has had protections for using bathrooms that corresponds to your gender identity for like 10+ years. Afaik, not one singular issue despite 6000+ kids attending.
But God forbid we let kids fucking eat free. Gotta focus on the important shit.
Love my state. Hate these people's bullshit. I used to work for the state senate 15ish years ago and somehow the Republicans have just managed to get WORSE.
Human garbage
Remember all Republicans say child rapists should be in school bathrooms
Universities should already have gender neutral bathrooms.
At least add a bunch of unisex bathrooms
How dumb. 🙄
Would love it if our state legislators would stop wasting time and money pushing divisive legislation they know won't pass just for the optics.
Oh good what really matters. Dictating where a couple hundred people in the state are allowed to shit
So this is what they want to do instead of work.
I'm sorry, instead of preparing for the impending war with the federal government (literally, or figuratively), they're choosing to do this?
they’d rather make me use a different bathroom than tell us the budget for the school year LOL. thankfully it’s vvvvery unlikely to pass the senate like it said already but it’s so so stupid
What an embarrassment
Unenforceable without the enforcers becoming sex predators. Which, if we’re honest, the people worrying about the genitals of other people in the restroom already are.
The words I have for the bigots attacking trans people would get me banned if I actually said them.
So, I'll say this (long rant, adhd brain late at night) instead.
They're wasting time attacking the citizens of their own state.
Said bans make the lives of the trans people more dangerous. Doing this vice signaling is just a beacon to say that "trans people aren't wanted."
It's bullying on a government level. The government bullying citizens they deem unworthy of respect.
It's pathetic, it's a waste of time, it's a waste of resources, and it helps no one.
We need to have more people be vocal supporters of trans rights. Someone wants to bring up trans people to say they're a threat, boo them. You don't have to understand trans people. Just know that the evidence and research supports trans people, and the government shouldn't be dictating where someone goes to the bathroom or what sports they should or shouldn't be allowed to play, and the government definitely shouldn't be saying what healthcare someone doesn't receive.
Hrt for trans people is more than gender affirming care. It's healthcare.
These are decisions that shouldn't involve the government. Healthcare, bathroom use, and sports are personal things that should be the decision of the person, and sports participation requirements should be up to the leagues to decide, not the state.
Disgusting. I'm sick of the hate man. Why can't we let people live?
I want off this planet.
Same... But I can't ascend yet (or join the singularity). So I'll just do art and fight.
Look over here while we screw you over there.
I'm afraid this shit's gonna creep over to the Dem party eventually with how some Dems have been saying they agree with Republicans on keeping trans girls out of school sports (they don't know trans boys exist). What scares me more is people saying us worrying about it "purity testing". I miss when only Republicans hated people like me.
Which Dems? Names for public shaming
Gavin Newsom, being the recent big one, who talked about it with his first podcast guest CHARLIE KIRK (WTF?). Two others were from Texas. Vincente Gonzales and Henry Cuellar. And if you know anything about Cuellar, he's anti-abortion, and Nancy Pelosi backed him over the progressive, pro-abortion candidate in the primaries (I guess, to be fair, Pelosi did say in 2017 that abortion was a fading issue within the Dem party and that they plan to be more inclusive and welcome anti-abortion Dems into the party).
Cuellar is one of the Dems who jumped on Trump's nuts the moment he took office this year. I can't remember the other person I was thinking of, but it was a man and I believed they showed his anti-trans campaign ad on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver earlier this year.
I get that people might think banning trans kids from school sports might not be a huge issue, but what next? Ban them from school completely? I criticized Newsom's position on this and I was called a "purity tester" by several. People should realize that criticizing politicians and making them take a more progressive stance is a good thing. You should want them to succeed and do the right thing. Trans rights are non-negotiable. No one defended my rights growing up and I want to supports the rights of future generations. Trans rights for all. Not for some.
If this was passed, how would it be enforced and what would be the penalty?
And addressing Representative Fox's comment about biological men showing in women's showers - can that actually happen right now without this law? Like could a person with a penis shower openly in a women's locker room if they identify as a woman?
So another excuse for Republican child molesters to look at kids privates?
Fuck you Republicans, eat shit
but no school budget despite the months old deadline, got it!!
[deleted] 101 points · Sep 2025
RECALL MATT HALL.
[deleted] 29 points · Sep 2025
I had the misfortune of catching part of his interview on WDET the other day, not knowing who it was. But as soon as I heard "waste, fraud, and abuse" and "Democrat Party," I knew it was just another Republican asshole spewing their usual nonsense.
[deleted] 17 points · Sep 2025
Everything you need to know: https://michiganindependent.com/politics/michigan-gop-state-rep-matt-hall-emailed-death-threats-in-2001-when-he-was-a-student/
[deleted] 11 points · Sep 2025
Very on-brand for our Michigan GOP pols. A history of depraved behavior is practically a prerequisite for their viability as a candidate.
[deleted] 8 points · Sep 2025
It amazes me what GOP voters can excuse.
PancakesKitten 4 points · Sep 2025
They don't pay attention so they don't have to excuse anything . They just believe what they're told.
Poster_of_a_Girl 2 points · Sep 2025
Folks, please give it up for Rep. Matt Hall! 👏👏👏
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Randolph_Carter_6 3 points · Sep 2025 · The UP
I like how that rolls off the tongue.
Warcraft_Fan 41 points · Sep 2025 · The Thumb
Less than one month remains. The evil moon from Majora Mask is staring down over Lansing.