Sen. Josh Hawley demands Netflix remove trans content since it doesn't align with his personal values "It offends me"

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/gop-senator-demands-netflix-remove-trans-content-since-it-doesnt-align-with-his-personal-values/



GOP senator demands Netflix remove trans content since it doesn’t align with his personal values
“It offends me,” he said.

Vehemently anti-trans Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) went on a bizarre and inaccurate rant about trans representation on Netflix during an antitrust hearing about the company’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets.

Hawley peppered Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos with questions about why the streaming platform provides “content for children [that] promotes a transgender ideology.”

He claimed “almost half” of Netflix content for young children “promotes a transgender ideology agenda,” a phrase he most likely used to mean the inclusion of a trans character or the mention of being trans. Nevertheless, Sarandos said he didn’t “have any idea where that number would come from” and called the statistic “inaccurate.”

Hawley did not offer a source for his data, but he may be referring to a report from the anti-LGBTQ+ group Concerned Women for America (CWA) that claimed “41% of G-rated series, and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix contain LGBTQ+ content.” Even if that were true (though it should be questioned based on the clear bias of the organization), the phrase LGBTQ+ implies representation of a wide variety of identities, not specifically trans characters.

[SheltieLover]

1. If offensive, don't watch it.

[hunter]

17. He can't stop himself...

[SheltieLover]

22. Well then, he owns the problem, doesn't he?

[tulipsandroses]

28. Exactly. There is a simple fix. Faux news offends me. I don't watch it. Why is that so hard for him to do?

What is wrong with these people?

They just want to be able to control other people. Otherwise, just don't watch. Really really easy.
Don't like abortions? Don't have one.
Don't like LGBTQ folks? Don't date one. Don't pay for a service that shows them. Simple.
Mind your effin business and this world would be so much better.

[beaglelover]

2. Who is forcing him to watch that content???

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. He doesnt want us watching it

[beaglelover]

7. Tough shit. I'm over the age of 18, I'll watch whatever the hell I want to watch. As long as it's legal!

[newdeal2]

8. He needs that porn accountability app

He should talk to Mike Johnson in the House to get setup.

[bronxiteforever]

3. Josh "The streak"Hawley offends me but I have to put

his happy horse crap in a civilized society. Josh

[Lulu KC]

5. Well, you offend me

Does that mean I can ask you to go away? In my dreams.

[sheshe2]

6. I think Josh should be removed from the Senate...

He doesn't align with my personal values "He offends me".

[Raven123]

9. Josh Hawley offends me. Remove him!

[Ocelot II]

10. Running Man Hawley hasn't noticed that his TV remote enables him to change channels

and even turn the thing off when he sees something that offends his values.

[Diamond_Dog]

23. I'll bet he sits there and enthusiastically watches entire movies with trans and gay folks,

After all, *someone* has to monitor the situation…..

[rsdsharp]

11. Here's an interesting thought, jackass.

Don’t watch!

Problem solved.

It’s like me and Super Bowl halftime shows. I won’t be watching Bad Bunny, not because he offends me, but because I hate halftime shows. I have since I was a kid and they’d trot out entertainers at halftime of the Orange Bowl. Hell, I don’t even like marching bands at halftime.

[Deuxcents]

12. That's how they like to govern..it offends them n offer no proof of it being unlawful but shut it down anyway

[Diamond_Dog]

24. The party against "government overreach" says so.

[Vinca]

13. What a snowflake. Just don't watch it. No one is forcing him to subscribe to Netflix.

[normalynn]

29. Absolutely!

He's behaving as if folks didn't choose to subscribe. If we find the content offensive, then we cancel and save a few bucks as well.

[chouchou]

14. "It offends me" So far this political year offends me 14,763 realities.

So, with a scientific answer for Josh. >>>> Fuck You.

[Firestorm49]

15. The reason he can't provide a source of his "information" is because there is none. Never has and never will.

[Aristus]

16. Imagine a guy so stupid, he doesn't know how to change the channel.

[bbernardini]

18. I bet I know what's on all of his open Pornhub tabs. nt

[lame54]

19. Then run away from it

[Midnight Writer]

20. "If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out."

[2naSalit]

21. Hey josh...

YOU offend ME!

Poor baby, why don't you go crawl back under your rock.

[Norrrm]

25. Josh, seeing you run away, like a coward, from 'peaceful tourists' offends me. Resign.

[Rebl2]

26. So don't

watch it you idiot. Why would you not be monitoring what your children watch, better yet you don’t like the content, get rid of Netflix.

[debm55]

27. Josh , change the channel.

[Initech]

30. White republican males who pretend to be religious are the biggest thin-skinned crybabies on the planet.

Fuck Hawley and his "offense", I'm more offended by the blathering shitbag who keeps calling himself president, yet nobody does anything about that.

[johnnyfins]

31. Well, Josh has never really been that smart...

[Bluestocking]

32. Only if they also remove Christian content

Because that offends me

[B.See]

33. Fuck you, Josh.

'Run away run away.'

[regnaD kciN]

34. "Today Netflix...tomorrow the world!"

[AZJonnie]

35. If you'd like to see what he said, in context

“On behalf of parents around the country, it offends me that Netflix is pushing this content at parents in what seems to be a very coordinated, thought‑through, planned out agenda in a way that frankly I think undermines parents.”

He repeatedly asks “Why does almost half of your children’s programming feature this highly controversial, highly sexualized material?”, saying he “can’t let [his] children watch anything on Netflix” without pre‑screening it.​

He frames it as a reason to question whether the government should allow Netflix to become a dominant streaming “monopolist,” saying he’s “concerned” that Sarandos doesn’t share his values and is promoting this content while seeking regulatory approval

Stops slightly short of a demand for removal, but anyways fuck this guy and his transphobic bullshit

[Johonny]

36. So he watches a lot of trans content

These guys are always outting themselves.

I'm sure Netflix knows what he watches. It would be a shame if that leaked out.

[WarGamer]

37. tsk tsk, Josh... what happened to Live and Let Live? Thought yall were big into that.

[Blasphemer]

38. WTF is wrong with these people? I'm offended by everything he says...

So do I also have the right to censor him? He went to Yale Law School and darn well knows better. So sick of the hateful MAGA-loving rhetoric.

[2MuchNoise]

39. Hey Josh...

Your boss is a pedophile.

[Clouds Passing]

40. Josh Howley-For-No-Good-Reason has personal values offensive to many. Please remove him from public life.

[sakabatou]

41. So... shall we see Josh's internet history?

[mr715]

42. Snowflakes gotta bitch and moan.

[durablend]

43. Meanwhile they're okay with diddling children.

[Bettie]

44. Wonder if he understands how Netflix works

because I only watch content I want to watch, you have to choose it, Josh, you fucking moron.

[GoCubsGo]

45. Anything to distract from the Epstein-Trump horrors, eh Joshie?

Never mind his "Keep the government out of my..." hypocrisy.