The only thing that happens when Democrats promote bigotry is that they lose people who would have voted Democrat with the value of being against systemic bigotry. They're not going to pick up bigots from the Republicans, because the Republican party is made to serve bigots at every level. At this point everyone knows it. This can only be seen as acting as controlled opposition.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AL2tkObnoro
Here's the ad
And one again the Unusable States of America shows exactly why it's the Unusable States of America. 200 million people are fucked.
From the Erin the Morning comments:
Here is a link to the DCCC's contact form, so people can let them know what they think of this betrayal. There's also a phone number on the contact form if you prefer to verbally voice your disgust.
Their phone number is (202) 863-1500.
If you fill out that contact form they will use the info to contact you 153,467 times a year. They will not stop even if asked, never give them your info, you will regret it.
This week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, has begun running an ad in South Carolina for Nancy Lacore, the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The ad appears to be the first instance of the high-level Democratic organization running an ad targeting transgender people.
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What’s more alarming for transgender people, however, is that the DCCC is behind the ad. Whereas a candidate’s political ad is the candidate’s choice, an ad paid for by the DCCC is the Democratic Party’s choice. That makes this ad the first known instance of the party itself choosing anti-transgender messaging to win an election, a notable development for those watching for signs that explicitly anti-transgender positions, once rare in the Democratic Party, might be gaining steam across the party as a whole.
Democrats are officially embracing transphobia as their campaign.
Dem Party more willing to be paid what to say than to stand up for what's obviously right.
Dems are going to embrace whatever the polsters tell them.
This escalation comes as more and more evidence emerges that anti-transgender ads are ineffective, suggesting that embracing anti-transgender messaging is a policy choice rather than a political calculation designed to win an election.
Dems are going to embrace whatever their polsters corporate donors tell them.
This week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, has begun running an ad in South Carolina for Nancy Lacore, the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The ad appears to be the first instance of the high-level Democratic organization running an ad targeting transgender people.
[…]
What’s more alarming for transgender people, however, is that the DCCC is behind the ad. Whereas a candidate’s political ad is the candidate’s choice, an ad paid for by the DCCC is the Democratic Party’s choice. That makes this ad the first known instance of the party itself choosing anti-transgender messaging to win an election, a notable development for those watching for signs that explicitly anti-transgender positions, once rare in the Democratic Party, might be gaining steam across the party as a whole.
Democrats are officially embracing transphobia as their campaign.
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