In campaign's final weeks, Trump airs anti-transgender ads during football games

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — Anyone who watches football has probably seen one of the most arresting ads of the campaign season in recent weeks, showing images of Vice President Kamala Harris superimposed with transgender members of the Biden administration and a scene lifted from the television show “Orange Is the New Black” of inmates in prison jumpsuits.

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s true,” the narrator says. “Even the liberal media was shocked. Kamala supports taxpayer funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.”

“Kamala is for they/them,” the advertisement concludes. “President Trump is for you.”

Former President Trump’s campaign has called the economy the central issue of the election and polls show most voters agree. But a message receiving prominent play in the campaign’s final weeks is aimed squarely at reigniting the culture wars, highlighting an issue that has little direct effect on most Americans’ lives.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-13/2024-election-trump-anti-transgender-ad

[groundloop]

1. I've been seeing one of those damned ads for weeks now..... fucking lying bastards.

Sadly, that sort of shit works on a lot of people.

[calguy]

2. Just saw that one during the Sunday night game

They must have scoured her record as a prosecutor, and this was the best 'Willie Horton' ad they could come up with. Can't say I'm surprised. Lacking a positive message, and trailing in the polls, you knew they'd go as low as they think they need to go.

[chicoescuela]

3. Disgusting ad from a disgusting asshole

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

4. I posted about shitty Trump ads last week

Totally put me off watching football for the season, I'll tell you that.

The political ads elsewhere then chased me over to PBS. Guess it's me and Bob Ross reruns until November 5.

At least I can stand watching the news on PBS.

[bahboo]

5. despicable....but likely effective with a certain population...

[Skittles]

6. yeah

the ones who would have already voted for him

think how fucking stupid you'd have to be to believe such utter nonsense

[hay rick]

7. I think it's repulsive but effective.

I have been waiting for an effective refutation or response from the Harris campaign and haven't seen it yet. I'm hoping there is some factual misinformation or obvious missing context in the commercial. An ineffective counter is probably worse than no response.

[AverageOldGuy]

13. It may be . . .

. . . that the Harris campaign feels that replying to these ads will call more attention to them.

[hay rick]

16. Agree. nt

[appmanga]

8. These ads are an indication...

...of the desperation of the Trump (and Ted Cruz, who's running these against Colin Allred) campaign. Without a doubt the Trump campaign is aiming these at bigots of all stripes, but they believe these will be particularly effective on black men. From my perch in GA/SC, it appears the Trump campaign has abandoned ads on any issue, including the economy and immigration in favor of this tripe.

This is what the they're hanging their hats on, which means their other arguments have been ineffective.

For those interested, factcheck.org has an extensive writeup on the veracity of the claims in the ad, which is, of course, an out-of-context distortion with a lie about undocumented immigrants (of course) thrown in. The bottom line on any care for federal inmates is this :

The U.S. Constitution requires that the government provide needed medical care for prisoners, according to a 1976 Supreme Court ruling. Transgender inmates in federal and state prisons have argued in court that this includes providing medically necessary gender-affirming care. Some federal and state prisoners have received gender-affirming surgeries following legal victories. So far, this has included two federal prisoners in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to an email from an agency spokesperson.

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/10/harris-position-on-health-care-for-transgender-prisoners-and-detainees/

[MichMan]

9. Appears to be based on an ACLU questionnaire Harris filled out 5 years ago

Snopes article

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fact-check-we-checked-the-claim-that-harris-supports-gender-affirming-surgeries-for-undocumented-immigrants-in-custody/ar-AA1rl41K#:~:text=Harris%20and%20her%20campaign%20have%20declined%20to%20say%20whether%20she

[AZ8theist]

10. "Kamala supports taxpayer funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens."

SO
DID
TRUMP!!!!!

The health care policy for federal inmates has been in place since 2016.

TRUMP SUPPORTED IT THEN, AND IS LYING ABOUT IT NOW.

Color me unsurprised at his pathology. But I'm sure he's working on his health care plan as we speak.
I heard he had a concept of a plan........

[Initech]

11. I saw that piece of shit ad last week.

Fuck Trump and his stupid conspiracy theory bullshit!

[DSandra]

12. History will look back harshly in this time period as when hate was allowed to be mainstream in history once again n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

14. saw that yesterday on the Colts-Titans game... are they trying to shore up votes in Indiana and Tennessee?

[LymphocyteLover]

15. It's a striking ad and paints the issue in the ugliest light... it doesn't really hold up to much scrutiny though