State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh prepares to speak before the Nebraska Legislature Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Neb. Cavanaugh is in her third week of an effort to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature this session — even the ones she supports. The effort is a protest against conservatives' advancement of a bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger.
LINCOLN, Neb. — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything but the bill, including her favorite Girl Scout cookies, Omaha’s best doughnuts and the plot of the animated movie “Madagascar.”
She also spent that time railing against an unrelated bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger. It was the advancement of that bill out of committee that led Cavanaugh to promise three weeks ago to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature this year — even the ones she supports.
“If this Legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful — painful for everyone,” the Omaha married mother of three said. “I will burn the session to the ground over this bill.
There is a rule in Mason's to deal with that.
STOP HER. She is the representation of the part of our society that is ripping all morals and values to shreds. Then we are going to have to deal with these people who's parents gave them drugs and then they decide at 20 they never wanted to take...... too late then.
Bernlennials Incredibly based
Deviant sex is predatory - everyone knows that; most of all, deviant sexual predators know that.
Every republican in Nebraska who is mad at her supports Kevin McCarthy blowing up the national debt and sending the United States 🇺🇸 into financial chaos.
God bless her.
Children can't do many things like adults can like drink or smoke or join the military or own a gun or a myriad of other things but we should definitely take their feelings on if they're a different gender or not. This is insanity how can you think this is hate?
This woman hates children if she’s against this bill.
Gender affirming is an oxymoron! There’s nothing gender affirming about slicing up a child’s body! It is an atrocious attack on children! Whatever happened to a Physicians vow to do no harm?
Good, nothing being done at all is even better than stifling the gay/trans agenda.
18 and younger 😬
love her. sad that she's the only person in politics willing to do this.
Right on
Hope Midwesterner women are seeing they do all the heavy lifting of protecting kids ( with rare help ) from white Christian supremacy. Please divorce anyone who doesn't have your back or their children's backs. Asap.
She is a freak that is apparently for the mutilation of children. Oh well if nothing else gets done. Kids will be protected and she will not be re elected. P.S. I am a Nebraskan.
Maybe a future run for governor?
Since when did common sense become hate? Snowflakes everywhere.......cry
Stop with the euphemisms and call it what it is: child mutilation
Good for her. 👏👏👏
SysAdmKC What volcano possibly go wrong?
What good does this do ? Nothing it's just an old Democrats way of doing business. SHE WILL NOT SURVIVE RE -ELECTION. WE'LL MAKE THAT OUR PRIORITY.
'Maurice, she's still holding the floor! We can't move it move it!'
Taking our govt hostage to beg? Sounds like the leftist way
True to her word, state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh has slowed the business of passing laws to a crawl by introducing amendment after amendment and taking up all eight debate hours — even during the week she had strep throat.
She may be killing her career by doing it but darn it, she's standing for something and showing she will fight for her constituents, not just the donors.
Hero.
VoteChoice
Creepy stand to take
she's*
If you need help, let me know. I'm all for bravery
AuntPeggysPrivy We need more of this energy from UtahDemocrats
She physically looked EXACTLY as I expected. Why do they all look the same
Good for her. More like this please
A senator proud to fight against a law that would protect children under 18 from extreme experimental medical procedures and life altering surgeries...wtf!? How did we get here!?
Vote to expel her.
Only she knows what's right , that's a liberal mantra.
That's perhaps the most childish damn thing I've ever heard
Why does she support mutulating children?
bad take, kids don’t need this crap. Kids need to be kids. Better yet have parents be parents for once.
Really hoping this becomes a liberal talking point come election season. In need of change, and this disturbing trend of willfully mutilating children needs to be heard by everyone, and they all need to know who's pushing for it to happen
You spelled gender mutilation wrong. Child abusing evil thing
Groomer
There is nothing more disgusting than cheering for the mutilation of children under 18. This Leftist need to destroy LIFE. Absolutely disgusting. Killing unborn babies isn't enough, they want to cut the breasts off girls & mutilating boys. Democrats are Destroying America.
Pro Child Abuse? Interesting take.
Kelly4MT There is a rule in Mason's to deal with that.
So, a legislative temper-tantrum.
Not a solo effort, her Dem colleagues are preventing her filibusters from being shut down
So she is for mutilating young bodies and people voted for her?😂
She has to sleep sometime.
Good for Nebraska! It’s an mental illness that needs to be addressed. An apple is an apple. The sky is blue. Some things you can never change
Not mad...good for her fighting to stop the spread of this mental illness.
Stop grooming kids. The vast majority under 18 that identify as trans do not identify as tran later in life. Follow the science
It will still pass. Delay tactics are only for show.
She's taking her toys and going home.
DavidEggert00
Not mad at it.
I disagree with her, but damn I respect the effort.
The only woman on earth who has balls, please castrate government as much as possible, what a gal
Good for you
What's the left's obsession with child mutilation?
based
I hope this spreads so every senator left and right for any cause they like Hell use this as a grandstand or fundraising measure or a threshold if they're legitimately a good person so that way fillibusters will stop all government everywhere.
Dem legislators can also play this little game everywhere !
Hate….hate against children? You are so evil and deluded it is insane
Damn right
A few years ago DHS interdicted young women and their parents from having their child's clitoris removed - how is this any different? What changed? Seems like a terrible idea to allow state sanctioned genital mutilation. Wait til after age 21 and do it on your own dime.
I love her! 👏👏
Governments that support homosexuality and homosexuality are destined to fall because they fight against human nature
I'm a huge fan of not having government grind it to a halt.
Great job senator
True to her word, state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh has slowed the business of passing laws to a crawl by introducing amendment after amendment and taking up all eight debate hours — even during the week she had strep throat.
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