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.
I don’t even get why democrats are releasing anti-trans ads (I mean, I do, and it’s because all the political advisors say it’s a divisive issue despite having no evidence of that). Like, even if they don’t care about trans rights at all, they can just make ads that don’t mention it. It can only hurt them for taking a diet republican side on an issue because it can alienate their more left voters. If AIPAC can be smart enough to promote a progressive and split the progressive vote in a primary, why can’t democrats be smart enough to realize that anti-trans ads can only hurt them?
It’s because establishment Democrats are just as bought as Republicans, and the oligarchs are currently more interested in establishing fascism than maintaining detente between the two parties.