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A polling agency has revealed that greater than half of registered voters view Republicans’ anti-trans advertisements as “mean-spirited.”

54 p.c of voters agree with the assertion that assault advertisements on transgender individuals have “gotten mean-spirited and out of hand,” in keeping with polling knowledge launched Thursday by left-leaning Data for Progress. 31 p.c of Republicans additionally agreed with the assertion, in keeping with the ballot.

Another 80 p.c of probably voters stated they “strongly” or “somewhat” agree each political events ought to “spend less time talking about transgender issues and more time talking about voters’ priority issues like the economy and inflation.”

52 p.c of probably voters additionally responded they’d vote for a candidate who helps transgender rights over one who doesn’t.

The Republican get together has boosted its funding in advertisements attacking transgender individuals within the lead-up to Election Day, in keeping with knowledge from AdImpact, an ad-tracking agency, launched this month. Donald Trump’s most-aired assault advert towards Kamala Harris in latest weeks, in keeping with The New York Timesends with the assertion: “Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.”

The get together has additionally aired a number of advertisements in Montana – the place Democratic Senator Jon Tester is in a decent race towards Republican opponent Tim Sheehy — attacking transgender girls in sports activities, the Times experiences.

Trump himself has vowed to ban transgender athletes from competing in sports activities and has made a collection of false claims about transgender healthcare within the US, together with the unfounded lie that youngsters are being provided gender transition surgical procedures in colleges.

Several Republican lawmakers on the state and federal ranges have additionally been outspoken opponents of transgender healthcare.

Many GOP representatives have added waves of amendments to authorities funding payments that may bar federal spending on gender-affirming healthcare, corresponding to gender transition procedures and hormone remedy, The Independent beforehand reported.

The US is affected by an “epidemic” of violence towards transgender individuals amid an increase in anti-trans rhetoric and legal guidelines, the Human Rights Campaign stated in a November 2023 report.

From November 2022 to November 2023, 33 transgender and gender-expansive individuals had been killed within the US. Now, in simply the primary ten months of 2024, not less than 27 transgender and gender-expansive individuals have been violently killed.