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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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[–] 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What difference would it make to minorities if either of them come to power, if both of them are anti-trans. He will just be a blue MAGA. He will be a John Fetterman.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    The point is that the fettermans and the manchins stand out as spoilers precisely because they break party lines. The guy in this post is like them.

    The flip side is that any republican who doesn't act like a rabid fascist gets called a "RINO" and gets primaried.

    If that's "the same" to you then your worldview must be very tiny.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago

    Swinging the House/Senate control allows Dems to set congressional agenda, take more control of subcommittees, and (theoretically) extert expected pressure on the executive branch. Having duds isn’t a zero sum prospect and I’m tired of politics ratcheting right—let’s make progress in the other direction.

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