Sarah McBride Says Voters Didn't Respond To Trump's Anti-Trans Message

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Source: Huff Post

Nov 11, 2024, 04:28 PM EST



The first openly transgender incoming member of Congress said Monday she didn’t think President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-trans TV ads were a major reason for his victory in last week’s election.

As Democrats reel from their losses, some moderates have suggested the party distance itself from messages supporting trans rights. But Sarah McBride said her own election to Delaware’s at-large House seat showed the anti-trans ads weren’t effective.

“I didn’t run on my identity, but my identity was not a secret, and in a state where two-thirds of the voters are in the Philadelphia media market, with a trans candidate on the ballot statewide, that candidate not only performed on par with other Democrats, but had the highest percentage of any Democrat running for major statewide office in Delaware this cycle,” McBride said Monday outside the U.S. Capitol.

McBride defeated Republican James Whalen by a comfortable margin and will be seated in January when the next Congress convenes. Democrats have held Delaware’s sole House seat since 2010; control of the House remains uncertain as votes are still being counted in some western districts, though Republicans appear likely to prevail. McBride spoke Monday at a press conference with other new members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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1. Sure we're a lot of ads trying to get us worried

about kids coming home from school with a sex change and your pets being eaten. Didn’t work for many down ballot candidates.

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2. Lol easy to say from DE

Those ads ran non stop in swing states. They were terrible and lied, but they hit on the fears of the low info voter.

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4. "Those ads ran non stop in swing states"

PA is a swing state and Philly covers some of Delaware's media market (northern part) since that state is part of our tri-state area. Those ads weren't as prolific here out of Philly stations as they were in other areas of PA, and note that many ads, although appearing on "national" programming, are often more targeted in the local broadcasts of that national programming.

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3. Not so sure about that.

It was every other ad during the World Series. They would’ve pulled it if they didn’t have data to show it worked

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5. I mean it's a nice thought

I think in reality it was a major factor along with the perception of open borders for the first couple years of the administration and the perception that national Democrats policy on crime and punishment were the exact same as the Democrats in California and other such enclaves.

In all fairness the Democrats in California almost overwhelmingly kicked out the pro crime lunatics.

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6. The OP is wrong. These anti-trans ads were very effective

Link to tweet

83% of voters who broke for Trump in the final days think Harris and the Democrats support using taxpayer dollars to pay for transgender surgeries for undocumented immigrants in prison.

77% believe Democrats support allow minors to transition genders without informing parents.