Yeah, trans people are just new targets. DOMA wasn't that long ago, but regressives lost the battle against gay people, so trans people are just the next rung on the hate ladder for them.
As for movies from the 90's, Jurassic Park would be my pick, with Forrest Gump a close second, but points docked for not being based wholey in the 90's.
It worked so well for him against Elizabeth Warren that I think he assumes the same will work here, even though the situations are totally different. Hell, he might think they're both the same type of "Indian"
Probably 72 inches from seam to seam when it's uninflated. Once inflated, it shrinks in as it expands and ends up in the high 60's.