Bathroom tampons.

Are you okay with tampons in boys' washrooms?!

Yyyes. And it's weird that republicans are not. They're hygiene products, not a political statement.

Oh no! They might learn vaginas exist! 😱 /s

FFS that's not what Tim Walz did, at all. He signed (as opposed to vetoing) a bipartisan bill to provide free menstrual products to students, after a years-long campaign by students who had to pay for these at school.

The law doesn't say anything about boys bathrooms or genders. At most it can be argued that by not specifying that only girls bathrooms are included, it avoids singling out female-to-male and intersex students who use boys bathrooms for persecution. Which is of course controversial to Republicans.

Honestly you guys are overlooking the utility of a tampon when used to plug bullet wounds. 100% necessary in American schools

Wait till they get on a plane and find the bathrooms are "bisexual". These motherfuckers will be jumping out.

I'm currently taking a shit mere inches from a box of my wife's tampons and I'm scared, you guys. What if one finds its way into my butt?

Are you aware that our mothers -- most of them anyway -- pushed each of us out of their VAGINAS??

You're good with that? Totally norms?

Seriously. Are these fuckwads still telling their kids that a stork delivered them as baby or some other fairy tale bullshit?

Boys may play with them. Which is probably for the best actually. Removing stigma from basic hygiene products can only be a positive thing.

It's not the point of them being there but a nice side effect.

So. Fun story time.

The first time I was getting pads for my GF was pretty traumatizing. Mostly because my-then Gf had given me hyper specific instructions on where to find the pad she needed, and the pads at the spot weren’t that

(They had changed the placement.)

What made it traumatizing is having to call the GF while being screamed at by some karen screeching fundie Christian things at me (as if I were demon possessed,) while also trying to get any staff she could to arrest me; while following me to my car and refusing to let me leave.

Fun fact- it’s illegal to force exorcisms on cops because you’re being arrested. Apparently.

Anyways, Megyn here. She has the same vibes.

That's what I don't understand about these attacks, I didn't even have a sister growing up but my mom would have a box of tampons next to the toilet. I remember wondering what they were..... And that was it. For years I used the bathroom next to tampons and it had zero impact on life.

"you ok with that?"

uh, yeah? they're just sitting there, no one's being forced to use them.

mind your own damn business.

Even aside from the absurdity of objecting to tampons, the idea that boys were "forced" to do anything is ridiculous. The tampons are just there. She makes it sound like Walz held boys and gunpoint and made them go to a convenience store, buy tampons, and then put them in the school restrooms.

But I guess that's what I should expect from a professional liar.

The Right's obsession with genitals is so weird. If ever there was an issue that could benefit one group of people with absolutely no impact on another it would be access to hygiene items. I mean, no one's forcing you to jam them into your sons, they're just there for those that need them! I would totally be okay with them available in all restrooms nationwide.

I saw a tampon once. Crying, I had to call my mom and tell her I was now gay. I had no idea the sight of feminine hygiene products could do that.

Like, are you snorting tampons in there, boys? You getting high? Maybe you are turning gay on them, I don't know, but I do know I don't like it.

... "Forced". Lol.

Forced to be in the same room as a piece of absorbent fabric?!?! Literally fascism /s

I like how right-wingers whole existence is being angry about net positive things in society.

I really don't have anything to say here that hasn't been said already.

I'm just genuinely disappointed and tired of this nonsense. The statement isn't accurate and even if it was, that's a complete non-issue.

Seriously, fucking Jesus Christ, what is it with fucking Republicans and their constant obsessions with genitals and the reproductive cycle?

You fucking pieces of shit, will you leave women the fuck alone already??

Useful in a pinch of you get a nosebleed.

Isn’t this the same Megyn Kelly who Trump blasted at saying “Nasty woman with blood coming out of her whatever” during 2016 primary debates when she asked her tough question.

Do us all a favor and sit this one out, Mesogyn Kelly.

Imagine being Megyn here, thinking you can convince everyone you care enough about 4th grade boys to be outraged at their overexposure to inert cotton or rayon objects. Well, she's convinced me! She's convinced me she's a shit-stirring cunt.

I also wonder how many of these pearl clutchers who are actually convinced by this rhetoric are confusing tampons with dildos or something. I cannot think of a better explanation than they think these elevated cotton swabs serve some darker/more sinful purpose than sopping up blood and menstrual bits.

I grew up with 3 sisters, am I running a risk of turning gay?

If you are male and afraid of tampons/pads, you are clearly in the wrong

It's funny to me because the recent press conference made it pretty clear that the Trump/Vance campaign is aware they have massive problem with women. This is why he came out and attempted to rewrite the narrative around the repeal of Roe.

So, it was really important that he get out and find a way to win with women and escape his past on Roe. Meanwhile someone else at the campaign is pushing all this tampon attack line garbage.

Tell me you don't support or understand women's issues without telling me you don't understand women's issues. It's comical how poor his campaign and the wider GOP strategy is being handled. He forced out all the reasonably competent GOP strategists and he is left with clowns.

The Walz stolen valor attack line is the same thing.... It opens up harder on Vance way than Walz. Their military records aren't favorably comparable for Vance.

I have a few veterans friends who were big Trump supporters. Two of the three have decided to bow out this round. They say they can't vote for Harris which I get. They are hard 2nd amendment advocates and I can respect that. Now they feel like they can't vote for Trump because of the swift boating on Walz. I'm surprised, but both of them are just planning to sit this one out now. The third is desperately trying to get them to reconsider. They were already on the edge based on Trump's "last time you need to vote" comments. I think the disrespect to Walz was the final straw.

It's crazy to watch this guy find new and innovative ways to implode.

Just insane.

says a lot about conservatives that they'd rather set up a task force and spend budget money to scrutinize and micromanage every tampon dispenser instead of just putting them in every bathroom and being done with it.

Nobody's being "forced" to do anything.

"Being in the presence of tampons will literally force boys to transition to girls. I spoke with several scientists that told me this. The penis and testicles will literally shrink and go back up into the boy and transform into a vagina."

such a weird thing to be mad about

"They forced 4th graders to be in a room with LIGHTBULBS..... those kids arent electricians!! What are they gonna do with all those lightbulbs in the ceilings?? Disgusting!"

• Mothers Against Lightbulbs and Diversity (M.A.L.D)

I assume her point here is to stoke transphobia for clout. There are lots of phobic/ignorant parents who think queer is contagious or a conscious decision people make. They fear that exposure to queerness will make their kids queer. She’s further farming for outrage by making the restroom the boys’ room and the age (4th grade) one that is typically pre-pubescent.

The takeaway here is this is cynical propaganda that plays on the fears of the ignorant, for no purpose other than grabbing eyeballs.

I’d be more worried about my child saying “totally norms” than I would them being within arms reach of a tampon.

i wonder if her viewers see this as a solid attack

When we were kids my brother spontaneously got a bleeding nose in the car and all my mother had on hand was a tampon.

She screwed him up real good

What the actual fuck is wrong with these weirdass republicans and their weirdass obsessions?

Clearly Megyn Kelly is clearly concerned about boys being exposed to unnecessary lead and other toxic metals. Got to look out for the health and safety of tomorrow's men.

Now just here me out: What if the girls' bathroom is full up on people, or broken down for some reason. Wouldn't it be nice if a girl had to go into the boys' bathroom in an emergency, that they would have access to those things.

Boys don't have special requirements to use the bathroom. I can go anywhere just about. I can take leak on the side of the road with only a car door for privacy in ten seconds. Boom, I'm done.

And this is why we can't debate nice things.

I’m curious why there are tampons in the boys bathrooms? The only “problem” I see with it is that boys might play with them, stuff them in toilets, and make a big expensive mess.

I guess this is American? I know no other country with that level of prude. Poor kids, actually surprising there aren't more STDs over there.

They're just cotton cylinders. Unless they're giving out used ones, which seems a tad unlikely.

Omg things to help us manage normal bodily functions exist, all our children are going to die!!!

What? Why would tampons be an issue?

My only concern would be that 9th graders do some shit with them that they find hilarious. I can totally see a 10 year old shoving one up his nose, try how many they can flush down the toilet until it clogs or soak it with red ink and leave it somewhere for a teacher to find.