DeSantis PAC Launches New Attack On LGBTQ+ Community Days After Embarrassing Failure
Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, has just released an ad that attempts to paint Donald Trump as a staunch ally of the transgender community despite having been one of the most transphobic presidents in U.S.
history. The ad highlights Trump’s support for Jenna Talackova, a transgender Canadian model, who wanted to compete in Miss Universe Canada but was ineligible because only “naturally born” women were allowed to compete at the time.
Trump, who owned Miss Universe in 2012, was supportive of a rules change to allow Talackova in. “TRUMP: LET BIOLOGICAL MEN COMPETE AGAINST WOMEN,” the video declares while showing media clips from 2012.
The ad repeatedly shows on-screen quotes from Trump that cross out his usage of “she/her” pronouns and replaces them with “he/him” pronouns to refer to Talackova. “Why are biological men competing against women now?” Never Back Down captioned the ad on Twitter. “Because Trump sided with the transgender agenda.” However, the ad fails to highlight the anti-LGBTQ+ actions Trump took while in the White House, including banning transgender people from the military, denying asylum to trans people, removing all protections for LGBTQ+ students, appointing judges that would oppose LGBTQ+ rights, allowing homeless shelters to discriminate against transgender people and revoking visas of unmarried gay diplomats.
