A C-SPAN2 video confirms Sen. Tommy Tuberville said on the Senate floor on Sept. 22, 2026, that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. The footage matches a clip shared on X.
Tuberville called the prospect “terrifying” and said a commercial-flight pilot could have a “deranged fetish” of dressing as an animal. He also claimed there was significant overlap between gender-confused people and furries, citing research that he said found 25% of furries were gender-confused.
