r/politics • u/HyacinthFT • 7h ago

No Paywall Donald Trump says transgender people will "end" if GOP keeps Congress in midterms

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/donald-says-transgender-people-will-end-if-gop-keeps-congress-in-midterms/
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u/daward444 6h ago

My MAGA boomer aunt posts BS about Democrats performing surgeries on 6 year old boys on Facebook. That really gets the outrage a brewin'.

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u/HourActuary5324 6h ago

The stupidest person I’ve ever had to work with went on a rant once about how her son could go to the doctors and get his genitals removed. The rest of us asked her how a GP would manage complex surgery during a 15 minute appointment. She couldn’t answer, but pretty sure she still believed the lie.

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u/NDHardage 5h ago

So - I've had that surgery. As an adult, in her 30s, with money and full autonomy, who really really wanted it to happen, and it still took years to get to the point where it could actually be done. I say that because: since I know firsthand that it's something that cannot medically be rushed, so the idea that they're just performing it all willy nilly to minors is especially ludicrous to me.

And don't even get me started on how much my mom in her 70s was opposed to it, to the point where while I was on the phone with her she said, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it." To which the only possible response I could give was, "No, you can't."

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u/HourActuary5324 5h ago

One of my good friends had to jump through hoops for years as well.

It’s not like getting a skin-tag removed even though my dimwitted coworker kept comparing the two.

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u/Grey_0ne 3h ago

And if they cared about facts or experienced basic human empathy for anyone that isn't straight, white, christian and votes the way they do then I'm sure your story would resonate... But we really need to get away from the idea that there's this magical right thing that we can say or, fact we can point out or point we can make that will change their minds.

MAGA is a hate cult and hate is all they want or understand.

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u/allenahansen California 2h ago

The electrolysis alone would be enough to put me off my feed. Props to you, sister!

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u/NDHardage 1h ago

Thank you! Yeah that process was ...not fun, haha 😅

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u/skredditt Minnesota 2h ago

I wonder if she had her kid circumcised.

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u/supercabbageuk 29m ago

Was this in the UK, or is GP used in the states too?

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u/hammlanc 5h ago

I’m a teacher, and there have been more than a couple times when people have said: “So the boys are using the girls bathrooms now, right?” or “I heard they’re putting litter boxes in the bathroom for those furries.”

Of course I tell them that none of that is happening, that it’s much ado about nothing— but they still don’t believe me. One person said “Well, I heard that’s what’s going on,” all smug and self-satisfied that she has the inside scoop. You can’t counter some people’s beliefs with any amount of evidence.

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u/Asleep_Document9811 3h ago

Just tell them the truth, that the cat litter is actually because America has a bit of a gun problem at schools, and kids need to be able to hide in cabinets for extended periods of time.

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u/hammlanc 2h ago

Seriously, our school has put contractor buckets in every classroom— they are there in case we have a lockdown and can’t let kids out to use the bathroom. They’re stocked with wipes and a shower curtain to drape for privacy. One of the only reasons we would have such a long lockdown is because of an active shooter scenario.

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u/IAmPud 6h ago

How often do you push back on her?

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u/daward444 5h ago

I keep my distance from her and am not even friends with her in Facebook. I cut her off years ago when she spammed my email with evangelical Republican propaganda.

I recently discovered that she is a Republican precinct chair in Texas (of course) - something that she kept hidden from us all these years. That prompted me to check her Facebook briefly, and it was as bad as you could possibly imagine. She is not just some random crazy boomer aunt, unfortunately.

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u/Automaton_General 49m ago

Never mind her circumsized nephews who definitely consented to and had prior awareness of their genital surgeries.

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u/evilcatminion 31m ago

My family still thinks a local school has a litterbox in the classroom for kids that identify as cats.