Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year’s midterm elections, betting that struggling GOP candidates can leverage the divisive cultural issue to overcome voters’ concerns about President Donald Trump’s leadership and the state of the economy.
The massive investment through Oct. 25 produced about 217,000 TV spots nationwide and exceeds the amount Republicans spent on similar ads in 2024, a presidential election year, at the same point before Election Day, according to tallies provided to The Associated Press by data firm AdImpact.
The spending campaign matched messaging from other Republicans on the campaign trail, led by Trump, who has played down surging gasoline prices and other rising costs, but highlighted what he described as an urgent threat to America’s children from Democratic policies.
Yes, who plays what sports is definitely more important than wide-ranging economic policies that affect hundreds of millions of people
Every time I get a call or text or see an ad like this for a political campaign, I try to respond in a way that even idiots like these might be able to understand, something like: “The country is pretty much on fire, people are hurting all over, and you idiots want me to worry about gender and sports?”
Putting aside all the important arguments about bodily autonomy and liberty, I think it’s best to meet these people with the argument that what somebody else chooses for themselves has nothing to do with the welfare of the country in any way, shape or form. Even if it were an issue, and it is not, we have far bigger fish to fry what somebody else chooses to do that affects no one else.
They’ve shifted their arguments to being against children recieving gender affirming care. They’re saying that minors can’t decide for themselves, and parents who allow it are harming their children.
Adults can do what they want except use the bathroom or play sports apparently.
The country is pretty much on fire, people are hurting all over, and you idiots want me to worry about gender and sports?"
See? He was mean to me! Now I have to vote for the Gang Of Pedos!"
The party of hurt feefees.
“The sounds of attack ads on innocent trans kids sure do help to drown out the sounds of my empty stomach and cancer cells teating my body apart as I miss a meal for the second day in a row and can’t afford healthcare!”
Bumfuck MAGAs, probably.
I’d just like to know where the schools that are performing surgery are at, since the wait lists for adults are long. Also is it the cafeteria workers or the bus drivers that do it? Everyone else seems busy all day long.
It’s the same schools that make kids use litter boxes. Just go ask Joe Rogan, his totally real teacher friends talk to him about this stuff all the time.
GOP as usual spending extravagant sums to desperately maintain the power to willfully ravage the populace & the planet with their devious schemes to blame The Other for the consequences of their own morally bankrupt policies
Republicans have nothing to run on, so they are trying to manufacture something to run against. Given what the polls look like at the moment, and some of the numbers from early returns, it hasn’t been working. Year after year after year, James Carville keeps being proven right:
It’s the economy, stupid.
I dunno if you wanna use James “Dems should roll over and play dead” Carville as a source of good advice.
Ya, he sucks as a person, but he was right on that point. People vote based on how they perceive the economy to be.
Broken clock that’s wrong 22 hours of the day. Really wish that guy would just shut up and go enjoy retirement.
James Carville keeps being proven right:
Hes currently saying the dems need to lose so 🤷. Weird guiding star using a senile old man who is expressing being anti progress
Ya, the rest of his advice is basically crap. But, the economy thing remains on point. I attributed the quote as that seems the proper thing to do, not as an endorsement of the guy.
It will bring out their base. Home schooled gun and bible toting yokels, whose truck is worth more than their singlewide, will always take time out from their busy cow tipping schedule to vote red and own the libs.
What it comes down to in my opinion, is the creeps so concerned with what’s in strangers’ and KIDS’ Pants.
Gross
It’s stupid as fuck, but this strategy has worked for them plenty in the past. It’s obvious that the political will of the USA is more focused on culture wars, and less on fixing societal problems.
