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"You really don't get that the session is over."

Senator Megan Hunt says they will filibuster everything, even progressive bills put forward, if Nebraska moves forward with its attempt to ban gender affirming care for trans youth.

This is fight.

Hi, all, and happy Friday,

For inspiration today I offer you not my words, but the fighting words—truly!—of Democratic State Senator Megan Hunt of Nebraska.

Hunt is not only a Democrat, and a lawmaker, but the mom to a transgender son. The fiery speech—excerpted in the above video—in which she explains to her Republican colleagues that because they have chosen to try to keep advancing their ban on gender affirming healthcare “this session is over,” is one everyone must see. It’s not just the fact that she, along with two other Democrats in the minority, are committing to filibustering ALL legislation until the anti-trans bill is withdrawn. It’s the bright, clear, moral line in the sand she draws with her words. And the absolute fury she expresses. And the brutal, fearless determination she shows.

We need more like this.

And let me remind you of something: Democrats in the Nebraska Senate are in the minority. By a lot. They are able to filibuster this bill because it takes 33 votes to overcome a filibuster. Republicans have 32. They are short the ONE VOTE they need.

And that one Democratic seat blocking them? It was won just last year by 41 votes. Votes that the States Project helped get with their strategic work and fundraising. Do you see now why their work matters? And why every vote matters? And why every seat in every statehouse matters?

Lives will be saved, trans kids’ hope maintained, dastardly legislation stopped—all because of ONE seat, and the 41 extra people who turned out to vote for it.

The flap of a butterfly’s wings, essentially, changing the course of history.

NEVER think for a second that what you do doesn’t matter. ALL of it matters. Every single bit of it.

Watch the speech. Feel that passion. Then channel your inner Megan Hunt and help us fight.

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