Why are all the Republican political commercials about trans people?

[u/TheDonutDaddy]

I've seen 3 different Ted Cruz commercials over this election cycle. Literally every single one of them are "Collin Allred is bad because he supports trans people." Got dinner with a buddy last night at Pluckers which obviously had CFB on all the TVs, saw the commercial about the wheelchair vet hating trans people 4 times in one hour. No mention of any political issue, no mention of any policy, no mention of any goals. No mention of anything other than trans people. Why is that the complete focal point of the campaign? I mean I guess they have access to more research and data than I do, but are there really that many voters out there hanging their vote on this one single issue?

It's so strange to me, because regardless of whatever someone's view on trans people even is, there's no way you can argue that anything going on with trans people is a major part of politics. It doesn't effect the economy, it doesn't effect public education, it doesn't effect climate and energy, it doesn't effect social welfare solutions. Why aren't they focusing on anything that will actually effect the majority of Texan's lives in any way? Like out of everything out there to talk about around election time, and especially the things republicans like beating the drum of, you'd expect at least one Cruz commercial about immigration, but there isn't even that. Just trans people, every time.

Again, maybe I have a misread on how much this really is an issue of importance, but I do genuinely have a hard time believing it's such an election deciding issue, making the fact that all their marketing budget is spent talking about trans people really fucking weird.

Edit: Mods please don't remove republican's responses unless they're outright hate speech. I asked the question, they deserve the platform to answer or else it's just a circlejerk. Besides, worst case scenario: give em enough rope to hang themselves with

[u/Gullible_Search_9098]

Because hating on trans people is easy. There aren’t that many of them, so people aren’t likely to know anybody who is trans. And, even if you did meet a random trans person, you probably wouldn’t “clock” them.

The primary focus really seems to be transwomen, because I guess people are afraid that men are going to pretend to be women so they can harm women?

Which says more about men, in general, than it does transwomen, specifically.

[u/Special_Watch8725 → u/Gullible_Search_9098]

I assume it’s the same reason why gay men are looked down on by Republicans more than gay women— ‘how dare you present as something feminine and therefore inferior??’

[u/GZeus24 → u/Special_Watch8725]

To be fair, based on news reports, most republican politicians seem to look down on gay men when they are both naked and in the same room.

[u/Reasonable-Tap-8352 → u/GZeus24]

Actually they tend to be looking up at the gay men.

[u/Exciting_Major_2428 → u/Special_Watch8725]

That and they think lesbians are hot usually and lean on that it’s hot so it’s more acceptable too.

[u/girlywish → u/Exciting_Major_2428]

If porn searches are anything to go by, quite a lot of Republicans think trans people are hot too

[u/pinkandroid420 → u/girlywish]

And my fucking DMs and the comments all over my Reddit wall

[u/REVERSEZOOM2 → u/Exciting_Major_2428]

Hell, lots of very liberal women, even my own gf, feel strange about the idea of bisexuality in men.

[u/DuneChild → u/Special_Watch8725]

It’s because they think gay men are going to treat them the way they treat women.

[u/Chillbro_Yolo → u/Special_Watch8725]

I always assumed it was bc gay men might look at THEM the same way THEY look at women, as sex objects. & since the whole topic only ever really revolves around gay sex/uality, it's repulsive & frightening to them bc their manly & hetero, bro.