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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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[–] 4 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Where did I say that they were exactly the same? Why are you being disingenuous?

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (12 children)

    Your previous message said they want the same things.

    What are you going to do to prevent the republican from winning?

    What about all the people they will hurt with their policies?

    Do you think your life will honestly be better with them in power?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (11 children)

    Yea, they both want to strip my human rights away. I didn't say that they were exactly the same. Different words mean different things.

    My life will get demonstrably worse with either candidate, being trans+ myself. We are not your volleyball in the game of politics, we are people.

    I'm organizing unions, to build labor power in support of a general strike that CWA, UAW, and other unions are building towards.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    Okay so you agree that it would be worse if the republican wins?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    When the "good guys" are talking about taking away human rights, there is no better or worse. Only depths of depravity.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    Really neither could be worse? How very black and white your world vote is. Ignorance is bliss

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago* (6 children)

    What bliss you cretin? There is a trans genocide looming and you're ready to throw trans people under the bus to save your sorry ass 🦨💨

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Ah yes letting Republicans win will surely avoid Trans hate!

    If you think letting them win office won't hurt Trans and others you are delusional

    Yes the dem here is an ignorant asshole and this ad is terrible, but he's still better than his opponent and their views of Trans and others lives.

    If you honestly think a Trans genocide is looming, you should do everything you can to not let a republican win and prevent it.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    You people are so ignorant and short-sighted while lecturing everyone else and calling them ignorant, it's honestly baffling.

    What do you think other dem campaigns will look like if the transphobe manages to end an 18 year losing streak? Why do you think giving yards and miles to the fascists is acceptable in any form?? How do you hope to accomplish anything if you keep bowing your head and licking dem boot?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Having watched it happen over and over already when the right sounds it moves farther right each year. When the left winds out moves left.

    We have racists and nazis now because they keep winning because there is no perfect dem and people vote 3rd party or don't vote "to send a message". It doesn't fucking work.

    Stop the bleeding.

    A shitty dem is still better than a even more hateful republican. Start the process of moving the state left and reach year vote in more progressive people.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    We have racists and nazis now because they keep winning because there is no perfect dem and people vote 3rd party or don’t vote “to send a message”. It doesn’t fucking work.

    People aren't looking for a perfect dem, people are looking for a non-genocidal one. They were willing to support the palestinian genocide while preaching trans rights, now they are supporting the trans genocide while preaching something else, why does anyone still believe them??

    Stop the bleeding.

    That's up to the dems!!

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Fact is you have two real choices because of how elections work

    Fact is if you don't push for the lesser, even going as far as to push people to not vote for them, you are actively pushing for the worse person to win

    Fact is the more dems that win, the more power the whole party gets. That means more progressives have real power to change and can sway the more right members of the party.

    Fact is anyone pushing "they are the same" and not voting are responsible for the bad caused by the right winning more and more and helping to push their Nazi agenda.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago*

    Fact is people that are willing to throw minorities under the bus to appeal to fascists are not progressive.

    Fact is that if they win, other states will take note and copy.

    Fact is that if you vote for lesser fascism you are still voting for fascism.

    Fact is you have no plan, no clue and don't want to do anything hard so you just keep voting blue hoping things will turn around someday somehow.

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