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Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 3, 2024 in a campaign ad:

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”

By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024
Jesse Watters
stated on August 6, 2024 in a segment on "Jesse Watters Primetime":

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”

By Madison Czopek • August 13, 2024
Tommy Tuberville
stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference:

The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”

By Grace Abels • March 1, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:

In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.”

By Madison Czopek • January 12, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.":

“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”

By Grace Abels • December 11, 2023
Barbara Dittrich
stated on October 4, 2023 in Public hearing:

There are "about a half a dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools.

By Tyler Katzenberger • October 18, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post:

“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”

By Grace Abels • September 6, 2023
Will Cain
stated on April 24, 2023 in a Fox News segment:

Democrats “introduced a bill that would ban detaining gay illegal immigrants.”

By Grace Abels • May 9, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 4, 2023 in a TikTok:

Florida lawmakers danced “after passing anti-trans legislation.”

By Sara Swann • May 5, 2023
X posts
stated on April 5, 2023 in a Tweet:

New Kansas law will “authorize genital inspections of children in order for kids to play sports.”

By Grace Abels • April 13, 2023
X posts
stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet:

“Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.

By Grace Abels • April 7, 2023
Matt Walsh
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Tennessee State House Committee Hearing:

“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”

By Grace Abels • March 8, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:

“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

By Madison Czopek • January 17, 2023
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 8, 2022 in News release:

Says “Tim Michels doesn’t think gay people should be out in public.”

By Madeline Heim • September 2, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 10, 2022 in a TV interview.:

“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”

By Warren Fiske • July 15, 2022
TikTok posts
stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound:

"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."

By Daniel Funke • February 17, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which "paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers" with a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.

By Daniel Funke • October 25, 2019
Pat McCrory
stated on October 25, 2017 in a radio appearance:

The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."

By Paul Specht • November 22, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 in a letter:

Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."

By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2017
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 30, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"We would be just like North Carolina with HB2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. It actually passed our chamber and I vetoed it."

By Warren Fiske • December 5, 2016
John Skvarla
stated on October 24, 2016 in a speech in Charlotte:

Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.

By Will Doran • October 28, 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 20, 2016 in a news release:

Says Gov. Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Coffman "take the same positions on a number of things ... Coffman and Pence oppose equal rights for LGBT Americans."

By Alan Gathright • July 27, 2016
Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 in a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT:

Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded

By Will Doran • May 27, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2016 in an attack ad:

Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."

By Linda Qiu • April 25, 2016
Pat McCrory
stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The city of Charlotte passed a bathroom ordinance mandate on every private-sector employer in Charlotte."

By Linda Qiu • April 17, 2016
LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 in a tweet:

North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.

By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 in an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File":

There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."

By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015
David Ralston
stated on July 13, 2015 in an interview:

There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs.

By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2015
Ted Cruz
stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News:

Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2015
Ted Cruz
stated on June 29, 2015 in an interview on NPR:

The Supreme Court’s views "are radically out of step with public opinion" regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2015

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