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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

Trump’s blitz of anti-trans ads probably worked – but not for the reason you might think

A screenshot from one of Trump’s ‘Kamala Harris is for they/them’ ads - (Trump campaign via AdImpact)

Gabrielle Ludwig of Reno, Nevada was not blindsided when images of herself playing basketball 12 years earlier at community college suddenly appeared on her TV screen during the ad break in a Philadelphia Eagles.

That's because friends and co-workers across the country had already tipped off the 62-year-old that she was one of several transgender Americans unwillingly conscripted into a massive Republican advertising blitz, depicting Democrats as woke extremists for supporting trans rights.

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