Donald Trump just admitted what the GOP’s anti-trans agenda is all about

It's no secret that Republicans love riling up hateful culture wars. But in a recent campaign speech, Trump spelled out the cynicism behind that strategy... and, Mehdi says, he channeled past bigoted politicos to do it.


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Donald Trump just admitted what the GOP’s anti-trans agenda is all about

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[ianreed]

Those who take freedoms away from others don't deserve them for themselves.

[nbenefiel]

Trump appointed Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. She opposed public schools.

[anic]

"It was never about economic anxiety or ... or globalization ... never about public policy; it was about being given public permission to hate."
Nicely said!!

[ronnyskaar]

To hate gives them energy. To be hated makes them cry.

[larryj]

Trump isn't smart enough to disguise the strategy.

[TerryB]

The tone of the country always starts at the top. The president is supposed to magnify the positive, not the negative. Otherwise, everyone just gets thrown in the ditch.

[TheWorld_]

They don’t want policies, they want prejudice.
One sentence that sums them up.

[WeirdBarbiesBoyfriend]

It's hard to believe this hatred is being normalized. After Trump, it has been ongoing and relentless. Trump really deserves to go to prison. He has earned it.

[Muttinchopsforever]

Trump will keep men out of womens sports. But only prison will keep Trump out of womens changing rooms.

[NOSEBLOB]

The clown was also known for walking into women's dressing rooms.

[stephentresca]

Giving public permission to hate. Donald trump's campaign slogan.... Let's Keep America TRUMP-LESS

[milosterwheeler]

Trump believes in two things: He gets to do whatever he wants and people give him money. Everything he says and does is to those two ends.

[byecatsstacey]

We, the non-cult members, have been saying this since 2016 - Trump gave the bigots a hate-filled, hate-fueled platform and they will follow him anywhere because of that, regardless of anything else he does or says. Open carry hate is all they are after and Trump will mandate that into law for them. His cult believe 1930's Germany was too soft on those carried away in rail-cars and applaud far too loudly the Trumpian plans for internment camps. Deplorable never was a strong enough word.

[j.f.fisher]

As a former GOPher prejudice has been the core of the party all along. Sad but true.

[soulesslemming]

People don’t cheer when he talks of cutting taxes because they know he doesn’t mean for them.

[peterdeij]

"Trump gives public permission to hate" the fact that this works for GOP voters is telling and we foreigners are not impressed. I feel truly sorry for the Americans I remember during my 20 years plus career with an American multinational.

[nospam]

People sometimes don't want things to get better; they just want to feel better than someone else.

[stratman]

That Wallace segment is really compelling. People are so blind.

[marvinsmith]

I was there listening to the George Wallace’s of the time. When Tennessee kicked the 3 dems out and tried to keep the 2black dudes out I told a friend that those republicans sound like the 60s racists a little bit softer.

[Pssybart]

Gotta give Trump credit. He's basically the only politician who can tell his own supporters in their faces he's just manipulating them, and they still cheer him on.