Thune: Democrats Double Down on Radical Claims, Reject Commonsense Policies

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:

Thune's remarks below (as delivered):

"Mr. President, we've been debating the SAVE America Act for seven days now.

"And what's been made clear in this debate is how out of touch Democrats are with most Americans.

"Polls show that the commonsense policies in the SAVE America Act have support from the American people.

"But Democrats have repeatedly demonstrated that they don't share the American people's interest in securing our elections.

"And despite Americans' concerns, Democrats continue to embrace transgender ideology that allows men to compete in women's sports and children - children - to undergo irreversible, life-altering gender transition procedures.

"Mr. President, at the start of this debate, the Democrat leader had the audacity to say that the SAVE America Act is a 'radical bill.'

"Radical - that's what he said.

"Mr. President, what's radical, I would say, about ensuring that only American citizens are voting in American elections?

"What's radical about asking voters for a photo ID?

"And Mr. President, I don't know what world Democrats are living in where keeping biological men out of women's sports is a radical proposition.

"What's radical is men lining up alongside women at the starting line and winning medals and trophies meant for women.

"What's radical is telling female athletes that they have to share a locker room with a biological male.

"That's radical, Mr. President.

"And perhaps what's most radical about Democrats' position is that they seem to have no problem with gender transition procedures for minors.

"Democrats are more than happy to let transgender ideology reign even when there's little to no evidence to support gender transition procedures for minors - and increasing amounts of scientific evidence about the harms of these procedures for children.

"But Democrats ignore the science.

"They ignore the fact that multiple European nations that have looked at the science have reined in gender transition procedures for minors.

"They ignore the stories of Americans who underwent irreversible procedures as minors and have long lived to regret it.

"So, Mr. President, the SAVE America Act is not radical.

"Radically commonsense, maybe.

"So commonsense, in fact, that only congressional Democrats could oppose it."

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