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in the last two months leading up to the election, the GOP spent more on anti-trans lies than on all other issues combined, including immigration. at least in s

in the last two months leading up to the election, the GOP spent more on anti-trans lies than on all other issues combined, including immigration. at least in so-called battleground states.

fastball 2y ago
Do you have a list of the anti-trans lies they were peddling that I could peruse? Also how do you know how much they spent?
- fazeirony 2y ago
  i'm sure you can do your own homework because i'm guessing nothing i offer will be good enough or that you are not living in a battleground state... https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-goes-all-in-on-anti-trans https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-goes-all-in-on-anti-trans "In the past five weeks, Trump’s operation has spent more than $29 million on TV ads criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for supporting transgender surgeries for inmates and illegal immigrants in detention, according to data from the media tracking firm AdImpact. That makes the topic, by far, the biggest focal point when it comes to Trump’s ad spending" https://michiganadvance.com/2022/11/11/michigan-gop-finger-pointing-underway-following-tuesdays-historic-loss-at-the-polls/ https://michiganadvance.com/2022/11/11/michigan-gop-finger-p... "There were more ads on transgender sports than inflation, gas prices and bread and butter issues that could have swayed independent voters. We did not have a turn out problem — middle of the road voters simply didn’t like what Tudor was selling." https://www.wmur.com/article/chuck-morse-kelly-ayotte-debate-nh-student-genders/62049823 https://www.wmur.com/article/chuck-morse-kelly-ayotte-debate... in NH, ayotte wanted forced outing of transgender individuals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TSoTOuo9L0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TSoTOuo9L0 in ohio, moreno ran ads saying brown “would allow sex change surgery for young kids.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E73kKnbpAVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E73kKnbpAVw in WI, hovde said his opponent (baldwin) supported 'castration' for minors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1Y2dTzvAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1Y2dTzvAU and in PA, mccormick said his opponent (casey) wants to “force hospitals to perform sex change surgeries on kids.”
  - fastball 2y ago
    Fair enough, I would agree that those constitute anti-trans. Not sure I'd classify most (all?) of them as lies, but they are certainly misleading in some cases. The tactic used here of saying that their opponent "supports" something when in fact they voted against not having the thing is a particularly annoying method of misleading. Appreciate you citing your sources.

in the last two months leading up to the election, the GOP spent more on anti-trans lies than on all other issues combined, including immigration. at least in so-called battleground states.

fastball 2y ago

Do you have a list of the anti-trans lies they were peddling that I could peruse? Also how do you know how much they spent?

fazeirony 2y ago
i'm sure you can do your own homework because i'm guessing nothing i offer will be good enough or that you are not living in a battleground state... https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-goes-all-in-on-anti-trans https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-goes-all-in-on-anti-trans "In the past five weeks, Trump’s operation has spent more than $29 million on TV ads criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for supporting transgender surgeries for inmates and illegal immigrants in detention, according to data from the media tracking firm AdImpact. That makes the topic, by far, the biggest focal point when it comes to Trump’s ad spending" https://michiganadvance.com/2022/11/11/michigan-gop-finger-pointing-underway-following-tuesdays-historic-loss-at-the-polls/ https://michiganadvance.com/2022/11/11/michigan-gop-finger-p... "There were more ads on transgender sports than inflation, gas prices and bread and butter issues that could have swayed independent voters. We did not have a turn out problem — middle of the road voters simply didn’t like what Tudor was selling." https://www.wmur.com/article/chuck-morse-kelly-ayotte-debate-nh-student-genders/62049823 https://www.wmur.com/article/chuck-morse-kelly-ayotte-debate... in NH, ayotte wanted forced outing of transgender individuals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TSoTOuo9L0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TSoTOuo9L0 in ohio, moreno ran ads saying brown “would allow sex change surgery for young kids.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E73kKnbpAVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E73kKnbpAVw in WI, hovde said his opponent (baldwin) supported 'castration' for minors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1Y2dTzvAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1Y2dTzvAU and in PA, mccormick said his opponent (casey) wants to “force hospitals to perform sex change surgeries on kids.”
- fastball 2y ago
  Fair enough, I would agree that those constitute anti-trans. Not sure I'd classify most (all?) of them as lies, but they are certainly misleading in some cases. The tactic used here of saying that their opponent "supports" something when in fact they voted against not having the thing is a particularly annoying method of misleading. Appreciate you citing your sources.