Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed on Monday that a nationwide tampon scarcity is being fueled by tampons positioned in males's loos for transgender individuals.

Provide chain points and inflation stay an issue hundreds of thousands of Individuals are going through, and tampons have been affected as a result of rising value of supplies used to provide menstrual merchandise.

Nevertheless, the Georgia Republican claimed the scarcity is being brought on by tampons in males's loos throughout an look on the conservative Proper Aspect Broadcasting Community in her newest remarks towards the transgender neighborhood.

"Now there is a scarcity of tampons, and that is most likely as a result of males are shopping for tampons," Greene mentioned throughout a dialogue on the transgender neighborhood, denouncing what she known as the "battle on girls."

Greene claims tampon shortage men's bathrooms
Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, claimed on Monday that a nationwide tampon scarcity is being fueled by tampons being positioned in mens' loos for transgender individuals. Specialists, nevertheless, blame the scarcity on provide chain points. Above, Greene speaks to her supporters in Rome, Georgia, on Could 24, 2022.Jessica McGowan/Getty Pictures

Whereas some companies, faculties and different public venues have begun placing tampons in males's loos, specialists have pointed to inflation and rising manufacturing prices as as a substitute inflicting the present tampon scarcity.

Cotton and plastic, two supplies used within the manufacturing of tampons, have turn out to be dearer as a result of demand of constructing COVID-19 security gear equivalent to masks, based on a CNN report. The problem has been additional exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine battle, as each nations are key fertilizer exporters.

Inflation has additionally hiked the worth of menstrual merchandise. As of Could 28, costs rose 9.8 % for tampons and eight.3 % for a package deal of menstrual pads, Bloomberg reported, citing NielsenIQ knowledge.

Procter & Gamble, the corporate that produces Tampax, instructed Time journal earlier in June that an advert marketing campaign from July 2020 that includes comic Amy Schumer brought about demand to rise 7.7 % and that the corporate is working its manufacturing unit 24/7 to fulfill heightened demand.

Greater than 40,000 individuals seen a video of Greene's remarks Monday night on Twitter, the place she was met with pushback from many customers.

"She says they're being put in mens loos. What she ought to have mentioned, if she wasn't such an enormous liar, is the issue is a scarcity of supplies. However why let the reality spoil your narrative," tweeted @JanetJoTrueBlue.

"Uh...no they are not. There is a scarcity due to a uncooked materials scarcity brought on by, you guessed it, delivery points that resulted from the pandemic and have not recovered," wrote @RendarSelin.

Greene has beforehand confronted criticism for making statements towards the LGBTQ neighborhood. In February, she appeared to counsel the specter of violence is how individuals must "rise up" towards transgender and nonbinary individuals whereas talking on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars present. She has additionally spoken out towards laws meant to strengthen LGBTQ rights within the U.S., warning it could "put trans rights above girls's rights."

When reached by Newsweek Monday night, a Greene spokesperson wrote that it's "well-documented that tampons at the moment are being positioned in males's loos."