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Jilly_in_VA

(10,016 posts)
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 04:01 PM Mar 2023

Pence: IA School Dispenses Gender Transition Plans More Than Aspirin

Presidential wannabe Mike Pence is playing culture warrior with a baseless and probably second-hand accusation against a nameless school in some nameless city or town in Iowa.

During a speech, Pence said he was in Iowa recently because “our foundation” weighed in on a case. “There is a school in Iowa that you have to have a signed note from your parents to get an aspirin but the school health office can give you a gender transition plan without notifying your parents or gaining their permission,” he claimed.

Really? Heartland Signal tweeted, “There is no evidence of this.” It speaks volumes that Pence did not name the school, did not say where in Iowa this school is, did not say how he “knows” this, did not say he visited the school nor whether he spoke to anyone in the school administration to find out why such a policy exists.

The whole thing smacks of some right-wing anecdote that Super Duper Christian Pence regurgitated, without bothering to verify any of it, in order to smear (undoubtedly public) schools and transgender acceptance for the sake of political gain.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/03/pence-ia-school-dispenses-gender

Gimme a break, Q-Tip!

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Hekate

(90,867 posts)
1. Didn't he and Mother pray the gay away back in the day? Or do I have him confused with...
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 04:07 PM
Mar 2023

… the nutball Michelle Bachman?

Docreed2003

(16,883 posts)
3. Bet this same school has litter boxes for the kids too!? Right Mike 🙄🙄🙄
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 04:12 PM
Mar 2023

This anonymous, "I heard", "some people are saying" crap is so annoying and should have no place in our civil discourse. Every time a politician screams about some outrageous anonymous source, the press should immediately ask for sources or facts.

Initech

(100,108 posts)
5. Did the whole right wing start taking crazy pills or something?
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 05:32 PM
Mar 2023

I mean what the actual fuck is going through their minds that makes them say this shit?

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