Donald Trump had recently finished a familiar riff about banning gender transition surgery for children when the former president, speaking to an audience of Evangelical voters, moved on to something new: a policy that would affect transgender adults.

“I will ban all taxpayer funding for sex or gender transitions at any age,” said Trump, receiving thunderous applause at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington last month. The Republican leader, who moments earlier had also pledged to reinstate a ban on transgender men and women serving in the military, paused for several seconds to soak in the crowd’s adulation.

It’s the kind of moment — and the type of policy — increasingly common on the GOP presidential campaign trail this year.

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    1 year ago

    Elon’s hairplugs. Joe Rogan’s roids. Trump’s hair-replacement surgeries and shoe lifts. Andrew Tate’s beard. Tim Pool’s beanies. Little blue pills in every nightstand.

    Right-wing men love to address their own dysphoria.

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      Well, if you’re a loser you have to peak at some level. Still loser but you have more of something. Those people are heroes to them

      You can be utterly stupid, annoying, ignorant, and revolting but there’s a place for you to succeed. Losers need loser heroes