Yep, I note that Schilling has been saying this since 2019. It keeps not working! So why have Trump and McConnell put tens of millions of dollars into anti-trans ads, suddenly? www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

I honestly don’t think they have any better ideas.

Stochastic terrorism. They run the ads because they want trans people to die via hate crime or suicide.

The obvious answer is because they are squicked out by the existence of trans people and desperately want them back in the closet.

He’s had to soften on abortion. This keeps the evangelicals worked up?

Desperation?

This has gotta be a factor bsky.app/profile/mtsw...

They’re sure trying in Ohio with Bernie Moreno. It seems like every ad on YouTube and OTA TV is a transphobic Moreno ad against Sherrod Brown.

Because they're desperate and hoping anything will work, no matter what. Spaghetti -> wall.

It’s a good question. My first thought is that as Kamala’s made up the polling deficit re: the economy, they’re searching for fresh wedge issues. This may be more “spaghetti at the wall” than “this is how we win.”