During a nearly 20-minute speech filled with misinformation about transgender people and a fear-mongering call to bring back mental institutions as “a normal part of our society,” Tuberville claimed that furries “[tout] the fact that… many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community.” He did not provide any evidence as to where this information came from.

Then the came for the Furries?

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      6 days ago

      If it’s a squirrel suit, they’ll fly a lot better than a cracker Senator thrown out of a plane. Though this is a hypothesis that really should be tested, for science.

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      9 days ago

      Well, furry costumes provide limited visbility and fine motor controls to handle flying the airplane. They may also have trouble navigating the confined space in a cockpit.

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