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Joseph Mangano's avatar

In my district in New Jersey, it's a different PAC (American Action Network), but it's the same line about taxpayer-funded sex changes for children. As if gender-affirming care were a bad thing. The GOP has nothing meaningful to offer constituents, so they insist on these blatant scare tactics. Pathetic.

celeste k.'s avatar

...and musk, who has enough money to be benevolent and helpful to every person living on earth, is a scourge instead. He should be ashamed.

Stevens's avatar

When a person doesn't have a soul, its impossible to feel shame. You can't be ashamed if you have zero human decency and think empathy is a weakness.

Kathy Koblik's avatar

oops - see you got there first.

empathy is a key ingredient for humanity, isn't it?

NPGardener's avatar

He should be shunned by all of society.

Linda Slater's avatar

It is always a shame when a person exhibits behavior that is so abhorrent that sane people are repelled and horrified. That does not mean that abhorrent behavior should be tolerated. Musk seems to think, like Trump, that being very rich will protect him from the consequences of his behavior. It is up to us to disabuse both of them of that idea.

Katy Bolger's avatar

His shame is so deep and buried and has his father's hands all over it.

VALERIE MELUSKEY's avatar

Yes, his father's sadistic cruelty overwhelmed Elon as a boy. And he had no perspective to differentiate that his father's behavior was insane, and that he did not deserve that treatment.

Kathy Koblik's avatar

!!!

he lacks a soul, maybe??

Linda Slater's avatar

Musk’s mind should be a subject of scientific exploration. He is obviously very twisted…..one might say insane. It is obvious that he has many phobias, sex and race” purity” being just a couple.

DR's avatar

Keep calling out the lies and constant propaganda. If their $ doesn't give us lower food price, healthcare for all, affordable housing, it is trash propaganda!

Katy Bolger's avatar

It is not these politicians that Musk is targeting but the transgender diverse children, isn't it? And when I say target I mean a big red bullseye on the back of children who dress differently, wear non-conforming clothing, maybe paint their nails or cut their hair short. Fuck all of these men who would harm children like this. Stay out of the bedrooms of children, Musk and GOP. You have already earned your Epstein Class moniker, do you need to be caught in a young person's closet as well?

Stevens's avatar

That's yet another reminder that hasn't been pointed out enough: Musk and the Epstein class. He's a member!

Katy Bolger's avatar

Musk and his ilk just serve to remind me why I am an atheist. Once again, in this election season, we see their ugly heads rear back with their discriminatory, misogynist, entitled and corrupt methods of winning. And we are so vulnerable to their propaganda and lies, aren't we? American citizen: Give me something to hate that I can hold onto and feel better about my miserable life. Oooh, trans children, good, get me one medium rare.

TC Hardenbergh's avatar

The Repulsicans through Musk are targeting the worst beliefs of some people. I don't believe that all people who vote Republican fall for distortions like this. However, vast amounts of Muskmoney are being spent to change their minds. The Repulsicans may not care because the funds are not from their coffers. In any case, the ads are disgusting and Muskmelon is reprehensible.

Suki Herr's avatar

A ridiculous Republican ad is running in Ohio saying Sherrod Brown supports sex change surgery in Schools.

Sherrod Brown doesn’t support sex change surgery that is illegal in Ohio.

Also, I don’t know how one has a secret surgery suite&staff in a school even if there were anybody willing to do that surgery there. They’re not.

NPGardener's avatar

Only claimed by someone who has never been in a public school.

Linda Slater's avatar

The fortunate thing is that these ads are so ridiculous that only the hard core, knuckle dragging idiots would believe any of it.

Musk may be doing Brown a favor as these lies backfire on him and the GOP.

Joseph McPhillips's avatar

Trump & Co attempts at voter fraud & insurrection are without precedent. Resist Trump & Co corruption.

Bring on a Blue Tsunami. #VoteBlue!

Stevens's avatar

They are the epitome of waste, fraud and abuse. It would be great if Dems took that phrasing and relelentlessly hit them with it. Because its true.

Zoe's avatar

SOoooooo, how are Dems fighting back???? Disgust at lies doesn’t get results! Billboards, door to door with one to one conversation, pamphlets, ads contradicting this such as:

Do you actually know anyone who has had a gender change operation? If so, who paid for it? Then stress economics. Dem‘s knew republican PACs were going to do this. How did they plan to contradict and to counteract it?

Outrage is NOT an effective or useful strategy.

Joan F (make a plan to vote!)'s avatar

Meanwhile, Hegseth is destroying the American military with his obsessions about increasing stereotypical gender markers for men.

Stevens's avatar

Dems could do well to point out that yet again the immensely unpopular white nationalist is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on lies to buy an election. It didn't work in Wisconsin. Running against billionaires, their influence, corruption and the Big Billionaire Benefits Bill, etc. is smart.

I don't think the N@zi-platforming billionaire immigrant will influence much in November. if you're prone to believing the usual lies about trans people its likely you weren't going to vote for a Dem anyway. Overall, I think there is a shift underway as to how much billions of dollars in unregulated and dark money campaign can influence...Hopefully.

William McCann's avatar

This sick obsession with demonizing trans folks reaches its ghastly apotheosis in Elon Musk, a racist misogynist grifter with way too much money. He's already a mass-murderer after Doge, but now he freely trashes trans people because money talks. Shame on us for letting his hate poison us.

Brenda's avatar

I personally think something has to be done to stop ads like these that blatantly lie to the people!!! I wish these folks would get together and sue Musk for slander or something!!! This is ridiculous and normally I’d think that people wouldn’t believe it but obviously that’s completely wrong bc many of our population are so gullible!!!

Justin Eldridge's avatar

How is this not defamation? Sue. Get an injunction. Hell, make the damages claimed be $10B - the $ number a certain politician likes to claim.

Kathy Koblik's avatar

I was wondering about that...is it a special category?

Kathy Koblik's avatar

Thank you so much for this thorough information. Hoping it will spread.

SCOTT BRIZARD's avatar

Here we go again- divide and conquer. If people fall for these disgraceful bait and switch attacks on a vulnerable population (that needs our help and support not our scorn and fear) like they did in 2024, then they deserve Trump and his gop minions

JDinTX's avatar

We all got it, deserved or not.

Wildwynde's avatar

If it were not for lies and cheating, Republicans could not hope to win. They have not won a fair election since Richard Nixon, and even that may be doubtful.

David Shible's avatar

This may seem out of left field, but it all comes down to hate. Hate being another word for fear, although you will never get a Maga-ite to believe that they fear anything. Harumph Harumph! "Hey, I didn't get a harumph out of you!". ;-) Geez, who knew Rock Ridge could be a metaphor. Thanks Mel Brooks!

It is so obvious that they fear anyone who is "different". It boggles my mind that today, we, the apex species, can still be influenced to hate, especially when minding ones' business is a better and more successful alternative by far.

I have never seen a Presidential administration use and inflict hate as much as Trump's has. Yes, Nixon had his enemies, but he didn't hold a candle to Trump. They actively look for people or things to hate. And Maga falls in line. What is worse is that most Republicans in congress fall in line.

Their fear is not limited to a fear of different people. Lets list their other irrational fears:

Insects - They fear that the government will force us to eat insects.

Faux meats or lab grown meats - They fear that the government will force us to forego real meat

Electric Cars - They fear that the government will force us to drive small powerless vehicles.

mRNA - They fear that medical technology based on mRNA is a government tool to pacify us.

Chem Trails - They fear that the government is pacifying us with chem trails.

Socialism - In this case, Socialism is a metaphor for financing and investment by anything other than Musk and other oligarch controlled corporations

etc etc etc

This is so freakin ridiculous and sad.

Murray Smart's avatar

MORE examples of why we MUST get rid of Billionaires and Dark Money!!! Too much money in too few hands being used for their own purposes and NOT for the good of the people. Just in - another example of this that will only make this WORSE and growing - the AG's CAVED (they got "concessions" ya right, just like Neville Chamberlain) to the Billionaire Ellison's. So now the Billionaire Ellison's can pump their propaganda poison over even more media......