Who is Timothy Mellon, the super-donor funding Trump’s anti-LGBTQIA+ attacks?
In the last two years, Mellon has donated over $225 million to at least 30 Republican candidates, including a whopping $140 million to the pro-Trump super PAC, MAGA, Inc. THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON UNCLOSETED MEDIA A NEW INVESTIGATIVE LGBTQIA+ FOCUSSED NEWS PUBLICATION. WORDS BY TOM SAYERS ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SPENCER MACNAUGHTON AND SAM DONNDELINGER On 16 October, Kamala Harris was “grilled” by Fox News host Bret Baier about her position on healthcare for trans people.
In a gotcha moment, they played a recent Trump campaign ad that brought to the surface a clip of Harris discussing gender-affirming care for incarcerated trans people.
When pressed on what she might do in her presidency, Harris said she would follow the law. To show the scale of the issue, Harris told Baier that “Trump spent $20 million on those ads trying to create a sense of fear in the voters,” calling the issue “remote” to the public.
Analysis by The New York Times found that Republican candidates have spent over $65 million on anti-trans messaging since Aug.
