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The law, which was passed in Minnesota last year, includes language requiring menstrual products to be available in bathrooms of all schools for grades 4 to 12 as a way to accommodate transgender students.

As part of their effort to portray Tim Walz, the new Democratic vice-presidential candidate, as a far-left liberal, the Trump campaign attacked the Minnesota governor on Tuesday for signing a bill last year that provides access to menstrual products for transgender students.

At issue is broadly inclusive language in the law, which states that products like pads, tampons and other products used for menstruation “must be available to all menstruating students in restrooms regularly used by students in grades 4 to 12.” Republican state lawmakers in Minnesota had tried — and failed — to amend that bill so that it would apply only to “female restrooms,” though some Republicans went on to vote for the final version of bill.

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[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 180 points 3 months ago

Could they get out of kids pants and get to fixing the country?

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 66 points 3 months ago

"Think of the children, all ways."

-- #maga

[-] DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 57 points 3 months ago

"Fuck dem kids"

-Republicans

"Ok yeah sure"

-Matt Gaetz

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago

"We're pro life until the child is born, then fuck them."

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[-] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 10 points 3 months ago

Its the wrong kind of thinking about them though

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

It always is.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 164 points 3 months ago

oh god fucking forbid we help out adolescents who aren't allowed to know about menstruation until they're running to the bathroom crying and dripping blood

jfc i still can't comprehend how GOP can possibly get worse every. fucking. day.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 72 points 3 months ago

Cruelty is the point

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Then all the kids laugh at you and make you feel shame about basic bodily functions, just like Jesus would've wanted.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago

guilt, fear, and shame are pretty much baked into the foundation. no matter what you do, if you were born human, then you're a sinner, and the only hope is jesus. all this make-believe crap works best when shoved down the throats of kids who dont know how to think for themselves yet. hence their rabid relentless tooth and nail battle to force jesus into public schools. it's not enough to indoctrinate their own kids. they want yours too. also the jesus kids can bully the less than jesus kids without fear of consequence

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[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 81 points 3 months ago

As a kid, I had frequent nosebleeds. Both from natural causes and homophobic bullies. Tampons in the boys bathroom would have been great for me, and I'm not even trans.

[-] dwemthy@lemdro.id 21 points 3 months ago

Just like curb cuts, making an amenity available for everyone helps * checks notes * everyone

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 13 points 3 months ago

For anyone who might need to hear this, plugging a nose bleed might be one of the worst ways to stop it. You have a high chance of ripping it back open when you remove the plug.

Pinch right under where the cartilage meets the bone for a full 60 seconds. Rinse and repeat until it stops.

Don't tilt your head back either, as this causes the blood to pour into your stomach which can cause nausea and potentially vomiting (which can restart the bleed).

Source: used to get daily nosebleeds every winter for like 20 years.

[-] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago

You know, maybe I’m getting old but I remember a time when the Republican Party wasn’t running on a platform that consists of nothing but batshit crazy. I’ve never been a Republican but there was some semblance of sanity there and not this soup sandwich of bathrooms and genitals. Jfc.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 66 points 3 months ago

Bruh, my political memory goes back to Iran Contra. They were always fucking insane, it’s just that they used to apply the thinnest veneer of normalcy. Newt Gingrich accelerated their unmasking.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 26 points 3 months ago

Newt was most definitely an OG hypocrite, but hindsight makes everything even more clear: Nixon, Goldwater, McCarthy, Strom Thurmond, the list goes on.

[-] Tom_Hanx_the_Actor@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Roger Alies and Roger Stone were on the Nixon staff. Helll, even Eisenhower is mostly responsible for the GOP co-opting Christianity. Before that they leaned left cus of the charity and and helping the needy.

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[-] Tom_Hanx_the_Actor@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

I legit think Sarah Palin was when the GOP jumped the shark.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago

W was at least on the ramp approaching the shark in that case

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[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago

All the problems going on in this nation and this planet yet their minds are hyper-fixated on the inside of children's pants...that's creepy as shit.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago

Bunch of fucking weirdos. Constantly whining about government overreach yet they are all up in everyone's private parts, sexual orientation, and dictating how schools/parents/doctors should treat trans/intersex children as if these bunch of ignorant Trump cultists have any clue about the medical/mental needs of these children.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 16 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure, we have a word for people who are fixated on children's genitals.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 18 points 3 months ago
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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 54 points 3 months ago

Wow they are so fuckin’ weird for making a big deal about this

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 21 points 3 months ago

Wasn't #45 wearing a tampon on his ear just a few days ago? So weird that they would focus on this when there are really problems at hand.

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[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

They're desperate and reaching. They need something.

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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 53 points 3 months ago

Walz doesn't even have to campaign. All the Republican "attacks" make him sound great!

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Believe it or not the Conservative rank and file love this kind of attack. My sister, who lives in the states but can't vote there (and flew back to Canada to have her kids, who needed medical care they could never afford stateside) , Is all on the Trump train and was just last night going on and on about how "there ain't no boys on my daughters gymnastics team in south Carolina" and "the other side wants tampons in boys washrooms". They're so obsessed with it, it's fucking bizzare.

But honestly I should have known she was getting this from somewhere, the girl has never had an original thought in her life, a personality sponge if I ever saw one, always has been.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago

I've listened to Trump speak, and it's clear he doesn't know what to do with a period, so this doesn't surprise me.

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago

The republicans are weird.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

Booooom! Trump campaign SLAMS Walz for . . .checks notes . . Ah! “basic humanity”!!!

Ha haaaa! Take that, liebruls!!

[-] ChadCMulligan@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Oh shit they slammed him? That means it’s serious

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 months ago

How dare he want to try and ensure that the basic needs of children are met? He probably also supports giving those children lunch and access to public libraries where they can learn.

I hate that any of the above are even remotely controversial and yet here we are.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Don't you fool liberals know you're just encouraging young girls to be sluts!

/s

If people are dumb enough to criticize Walz over this kind of thing I really need to use /s.

[-] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 months ago

Diapers for Adderall-addicted smelly criminals though - that’d be fine with Old Diaper Donald

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Bob Dole spent his last years shilling for viagra, and that's considered normal and cool. Gingrich is on his third wife after cheating his way through the Clinton blowjob impeachment. Donald Trump is out there shedding donor cash to hush up the porn star he took to pound town on the campaign trail.

But god fucking forbid a teenager girl have access to a sanitary napkin in a public setting.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Only a male idiot would come up with something like that. There's no short supply in the Republican party.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 months ago

ending period poverty is bad according to republicans

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Look at this guy actually helping people, lol!

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Shit like this is why they're getting called out as weird.

[-] Laereht@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

What do you think is at the bottom of these weirdo's barrel? Do they just try to claim that Harris and Walz are both secretly gay? Or trans? Or both?

[-] ChadCMulligan@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Gay, trans, commie, fascist, marxist, pedos, mean, dumb, elite, weak, powerful…

Take your pick, I guarantee every ‘slander’ you can imagine is on its way or already being used.

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[-] nifty@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I feel bad for people who have to become culture war targets just so the republicans can have a platform because god knows conservatives don’t have any real standards, morals, values or ethics. Or if they do, I’d like to see that in their behavior

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[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Shame on you for checks notes caring about youth for being hygenic and safe in a socially stressful environment.

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[-] Hazzia@infosec.pub 10 points 3 months ago

Obviously this is bad, but a lot of the people commenting here are missing the fact that this is specifically about accomodating transgender students by providing mentrual products in all bathrooms.

Of course we've all probably heard/read conservative men who don't understand female anatomy argue agaisnt providing free menstrual products at all, but that's not what this article's about.

[-] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 months ago

Its good for trans kids, but also we should be doing it just to normalize menstrual products. I remember being a young teen and driven to the grocery store so I could shuffle in, bent over double with pain to buy what I needed because my father didn't want to be seen touching the package. Seems a small price to destigmatize it.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Republicans: "We should be very concerned about childrens' genitals!"

Tim Walz: Provides sanitary products to children in school

Republicans: "Not like that!"

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

“As a woman, I think there is no greater threat to our health than leaders who support gender-transition surgeries for young minors, who support putting tampons in men’s bathrooms in public schools,” Ms. Leavitt said. “Those are radical policies that Tim Walz supports. He actually signed a bill to do that.”

I'd say making women bleed to death on the hospital parking lot because doctors are forbidden from practicing abortions would be a greater threat to women's health, but what do I know.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

This is what those idiots got to say?

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