Sen. Tommy Tuberville claimed in a Senate-floor speech that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers belong to the furry community, but gave no source. He called the possibility of a pilot dressing as an animal “terrifying.”
Tuberville is running for Alabama governor in the Nov. 3 general election. Rolling Stone described the nearly 20-minute speech as spreading misinformation about transgender people; Tuberville also called for mental institutions to return as “a normal part of our society.” Democratic candidate Doug Jones called it “the strangest speech” he had heard on the Senate floor.
