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/TripleJess 5h ago

I saw the collapse coming, I did not see the hatred towards trans people being so central to it all, or that I would be one of those hated.. but here we are.

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u/Its_Pine New Hampshire 3h ago

It was a pretty big topic during Hitler’s rise as well. It tends to be a convenient group to target for hatred to grow.

For those not aware, the early Nazis framed gender nonconformity and homosexuality as "sexual Bolshevism" and a plot by the Jews to destroy traditional family values, lower white birth rates, and cause whites to be replaced.

You know, the same stuff many prominent figures in the US government now espouse

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u/TripleJess 3h ago

Yeah, the German Institute of Sexology was one of the first places burned, and they were the leading group for transgender care and research. History loves to repeat itself.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 3h ago

only because idiots can't learn from it.

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u/Cryowulf 2h ago

I find it explains a lot that November 11th here in Canada is Remembrance Day, where down there in the states it's Veterans Day.

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u/Vaperius America 1h ago

Notably: it was specifically the first place the Hitler Youth raided and conducted the first mass book burning following the rise of the Nazi Party into power. Its notable that its the Hitler Youth that did it, because its important to contextualize that their attempts to infiltrate colleges and public schools (the GOP) are not random, but following the same playbook as the Nazi party to construct loyalist youth groups in order to sustain the movement long term; and its notable it was the first mass book burning, because it showcases how large of a pillar anti-LGBTQ actually was for the Nazi regime.

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u/sabedo 13m ago

And people learn nothing

This country was founded on racism and treachery and being destroyed by the same hate.

People are weak, base and petty. Blame the other instead of themselves. Black people and transwomen are the most hated people in the country today. They are erasing black history as I type and talking about physical eradication of transgender people.

This country needs to fall. I am just saddened I'm trapped here in the collapse like many others

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u/bottlebabycatfeeder 4h ago

Well, not all of us are insane. And i hope all us non insane people protect you when it comes down to it .

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u/TripleJess 4h ago

Thank you. I truly appreciate that sentiment.

But.. it has already come down to it. It's happening, as we speak. Violence and murder against trans people is high right now, justice for us is nonexistent most of the time. Being victimized can land us in jails that institutionalize our rape, torture, and murder. Hundreds of laws are pushed every year to strip away our rights and criminalize our very existence. Hospitals are preemptively refusing us care out of fear of what -might- happen to them if they give us medical care.

We're already dying.

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u/DesecratedPeanut 3h ago

And they're already doing nothing about it right now of course.

I'm sorry this is happening to you (from the UK) and similar is happening to trans rights where I am. Disgusting ignorant fools in charge everywhere. Though no where near as disgusting or ignorant as the US for some reason anti-trans is just as strong in the government here. I don't understand it other than the obvious culture war misinformation anger cycle gets clicks that turn into votes I guess. I'm just figuring out I'm non-binary during all this and it feels like the worst time for that too. It's insane that we'd both have been much safer and accepted 20 years ago.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 3h ago

well the thing is if you have trans people they aren't going to make babies. if they don't make babies then the free supply of workers dries up. if the free supply of workers dries up they can't live their extravagant lifestyle anymore.

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u/TurnipGirlDesi 2h ago

Ironic people genuinely think this even when so many trans people are parents. Ig when that happens we’re just accused of being groomers though

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 2h ago

pretty much. I forgot to include the /S because this is what they actually think.

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u/crimson23locke 2h ago

At the risk of sounding like an idiot preaching to the choir - if you haven’t already please check your area for mutual aid groups / other organizing. All the online discourse pales in comparison to physical community that has your back however they can. You’re absolutely right, you deserve none of this, and I hope you get a crowd of amazing people around you, shit has indeed already hit the fan.

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u/bottlebabycatfeeder 43m ago

Is there anything I can do for the community now?

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u/proteannomore 3h ago

Yeah, I didn't have "becoming a part of a highly politically persecuted minority" on my transition radar. Kind of ironic given how desperately I'd try to fly under everyone's radar while I was in the closet.

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u/TripleJess 3h ago

Right? I know exactly what you mean.

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u/ShirtStainedBird 2h ago

Man it’s wild. I tried to explain this to a fella, in Canada mind you.

All riled up about non existent litter boxes and ‘transing’ kids. Like buddy I have 2 school age kids these things are not happening lol.

Meanwhile there’s like 100 people in town that have nowhere safe to sleep to night.

But a kind of person you’ve never even met doing something near as I know they have never done is what gets all your attention.

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u/Chaiyns 1h ago

Good ol' Alberta lol

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u/istoomycat 3h ago

More projection from him?

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u/TripleJess 3h ago

Hmm?

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u/istoomycat 2h ago

Maybe he doesn’t like it about himself so wants others hurt.

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u/Recipe_Freak Oregon 1h ago

They're running out of new groups to fear and hate. Just casting about, hoping something lands with their idiot base.

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u/Automaton_General 51m ago

That's what they do. Vilify small groups with no meaningful way to resist, and then scale up once the water is boiling.

Nazi playbook.

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u/Stuwey 41m ago

I thought there were enough adults in the room to keep him contained, but that only lasted until the end of his first term.. I knew then that the lesson he learned was that the entire system is built on gentlemen's agreements and flimsy negotiation. Biden could have thrown the weight of the justice department at him, but thought the system was sound, only to realize the depth of trump's depravity in his last week and pardoned people and family.

susan collins' quip was right, and he learned that loyalists and co-conspirators are easy to manipulate and that if you just do what you want first, by the time anybody addresses it, you have already done five other things for them to look at.

he has no desire to fix anything other than 'fix'ing them to his favor. he will never be culpable and his narcissism has determined his warpath of destruction.

republicans are traitorous scum, absent their elected duty, and should be tried for treason.