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John Oliver slams Democrats who think transgender people lost them the election (www.advocate.com)

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[–] ramenshaman 40 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Are there seriously people who believe that transgender people made democrats lose the election?

[–] MirthfulAlembic 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. The Republicans ran a ton of anti-trans hysteria ads at all levels, including Trump. The Democrats didn't significantly address the issue, so the belief is everyone just believed the nonsense from the anti-trans ads.

I am skeptical of this theory until there's good data to back it up (not holding my breath). I doubt it convinced anyone who wasn't already transphobic; it may have helped turning out transphobes.

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