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Democratic candidate for the senate, Josh Turek, releases an anti-trans campaign ad referring to trans women as "males competing in females' sports." (video.twimg.com)
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This got removed from politics because "Video links are not allowed" apparently? Pretty weird considering that most politicians say stuff on video nowadays and not really writing articles anymore since the invention of the radio pretty much lol. Hope it's a better fit here, this is the kind of stuff people should be aware of.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/73859928

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13118934

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet.

Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.

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[–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

most politicians say stuff on video nowadays and not really writing articles anymore since the invention of the radio pretty much

...what?

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    It used to be that politicians wrote articles for newspapers in order to communicate with the wider public. This practice has been obsoleted by radio somewhat but definitely by video and TV. Which is why I think it's odd for a "politics" comm to ban video, and focus on "only articles", since that way it's not really possible to post what the politicians are saying directly but only filtered through someone elses article.

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