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Sandra's avatar

What I wouldn’t give to go back in a time machine to, say, 20 years ago, when it was neither acceptable nor common to run this kind of hate campaign. Being Republican back then was mainly about fiscal and tax policy and to some extent foreign policy. That not to say that trans people back then were universally loved and accepted, just that this kind of hate campaign wasn’t considered acceptable, or even something the GOP necessarily wanted to do.

I don’t know if the current conflagration can be turned around. I guess our best remaining hope is that the elections next week - not only presidential, but the many congressional and local races - turn out better than expected. Regardless of that, even being in this situation in the first place is dismal and utterly deplorable. I think it can ultimately be traced ultimately to the Obergefell SCOTUS decision in 2015 and the decision by the right wing bullies that they needed a new target going forward. Also the prevalence of right wing think tanks and legal groups that have had influence on policymakers.

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Brianna Amore's avatar

These ads prove that Republicans have nothing to offer the nation other than fear, demagoguery, hate, and division.

May the ENTIRE MAGA movement utterly fail at the polls next week and may we finally cast them into the dustbin of history.

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