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5. trump's ad that included clip where Charlemagne and his buddy yelled, "Hell No, I don't want my taxes going to
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 04:42 PM
Nov 2024

trans people" was especially vile and disgustingly bigoted. But it ran relentlessly in my locality and I'm sure it was effective among rube voters.

Like you, I think the number is really small, certainly not large enough for the slurs and distortions from trump supporters.


In any event, your post make me look up California. The Department of Corrections produced a very detailed report--

"As of Sept. 30, 2024, there were 2,107 incarcerated people identified as transgender, non-binary and intersex. (This number is based on incarcerated people who self-identify using the Gender Identity Questionnaire.) CDC created a report of the incarcerated population by gender identity. It can be found on CDC’s population reports web page."

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/prea/sb-132-faqs/#:~:text=As%20of%20Sept.,incarcerated%20population%20by%20gender%20identity.

It appears there are about 100,000 inmates in California for perspective. (Don't think this includes local jails, but not sure).

Honestly, I don't care if it were 10 million, these kind of ads are disgusting and red meat for bigoted rubes.

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