How wildly successful anti-trans ads fired up Texas' Republican voters
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/08/transgender-ads-motivate-texas-republicans

* barrage of attack ads, focus on trans kids playing youth sports
* Democrats struggled to respond
* fact that Texas’ senate candidates argued about youth sports rather than economy, immigration, future of democracy was a Republican victory

Comment - that's the plan:
* social media attacks go viral amplifying hate
* "trump" weak, reactionary responses

#transphobia #AttackAds #GOP #TX #hatred #Trump2

#Oregon #school asks #TedCruz to remove #transgender #sports #ad featuring #students without #permission.

An #Oregon #schooldistrict requested that #Senator #TedCruz’s #campaign pull two #attackads on #transgender #athletes. Cruz alleged that the ads showed a #transgender athlete. But both students pictured are #cisgender #female #students.

The #district states the #minors' #images were included without #parent or #schooldistrict approval.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/ted-cruz-transgender-sports-19869568.php

#Transgender #wrestler #MackBeggs plans to take #legal #action against #misleading #Texas #Republican #ads.

The #Republican #attackads falsely depict Beggs as a #trans #boy #wrestling #girls. In reality, Beggs is a #trans #man (assigned female at birth) who wished to compete against other #boys. However, he was compelled by the #Texas #School #Sports #regulator (#UIL) to wrestle #girls due to the #female #sex recorded on his #birthcertificate at that time.

https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/10/transgender-wrestler-mack-beggs-to-take-legal-action-over-misleading-texas-republican-ads.html

#Senate #GOP #doublesdown on #antitrans #attackads

#Republicans have wasted $82 million in the last few months to #slam #Democratic #lawmakers and #candidates over #support for #transgender #athletes and #genderaffirmingcare for #kids.

— Most people just don't care enough about trans people for these ads to motivate them to vote, the ones that will care are overwhelmingly trans allies.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/29/republicans-senate-trans-rights-ads

#Trump #campaign's #obsessive #hate may not boost him, but it will cause #longterm #damage.

A #deluge of #swingstate #AttackAds suggest #trans #people cannot #coexist #peacefully with #cisgender #people

All of the Trump ads are #vicious #garbage, I spent a lot of time pondering why the #hatred against #trans #people stands out. It's the #tagline: "Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you."

https://www.salon.com/2024/10/28/campaigns-obsessive-hate-may-not-boost-him-but-it-will-cause-long-term-damage/

New #Poll: #LikelyVoters Are #Tired Of #AntiTrans #Ads.

A new poll run by #DataForProgress found that #voters are more likely to #support #candidates who #support #transrights.

People also believe #political #attackads have gotten out of hand.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-likely-voters-are-tired

#Majority of #voters view #Republican's #antitrans #ads as ‘#meanspirited’.

More than half of voters surveyed this month by #DataForProgress said #political #attackads #targeting the #trans #community have gotten “out of hand”

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4949915-gop-campaign-ads-trans-rights/