Sunday, November 03, 2019

If You Can’t Win On Issues… Throw Dirt

That is what is happening down in Virginia, the Republicans can’t win on issues so they are attacking  Danica Roem on being trans.
Virginia lawmaker Danica Roem is facing transphobic attacks from lobby groups as she fights for re-election.
Pink NewsBy Nick DuffyNovember 2, 2019

Roem made history as the first out transgender state lawmaker in 2017, when she won a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Although she primarily campaigned on local issues, Roem’s opponents have sought to weaponise her gender identity as she seeks re-election.

The anti-LGBT Family Foundation Action has been targeting Roem online with Facebook ads that conflate Democratic healthcare policies with her own gender identity.
They are attacking her because she voted for healthcare coverage for us,
Above a photo of the lawmaker, the ad states: “Delegate Danica Roem (D – Dist. 13) sponsored a bill to force all insurance companies to pay for harmful and unnecessary ‘gender transition’ surgeries. Reject Roem’s EXTREME social agenda on Nov. 5th!”
Of course the organization uses derogatory language against us.
Danica Roem is taking the high roadRoem, who won election after campaigning heavily on local transport issues, bemoaned opponents’ tactics of targeting her gender identity.

She wrote: “I voted to expand Medicaid, raise teacher pay and pass the largest transportation funding bill in six years.

“So what do the groups who want to unseat me resort to? Transphobia – today included. #FlipTheScript on their bigotry. Donate today and let’s win big this Tuesday, Nov. 5.”
The opposition can’t win on local issues so they bring in the big guns…
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence is heading out on the campaign trail ahead of elections in the state on Tuesday.

Geoff Wetrosky of Human Rights Campaign said: “Vice President Mike Pence and the legislative candidates he’s in Virginia to support have demeaned LGBTQ people in an effort to dehumanize us and pander to an ever-shrinking bloc of anti-equality voters.
All politics are local.

The Republicans are running scared and have resorted to throwing dirt, is this what the national elections in 2020 will be like. Will the Republicans feel corner and come out scratching?

1 comment:

  1. it will be low and dirty. When cornered, animals attack

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