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JD Vance falsely accuses Algerian Olympic boxer of being transgender & weirdly blames Kamala Harris (www.advocate.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18340810

In a contentious and misleading post on social media, JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, launched an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Vance falsely accused Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of being transgender, causing widespread condemnation and backlash from human rights advocates.

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[-] NoiseColor@startrek.website -1 points 3 months ago

They counted on that not happening? 🤣

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wouldn't surprise me tbh. The stereotypical Republican voter isn't known for reading 900+ pages of ANYTHING, let alone policy and strategy proposals 😄

[-] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

Works for the Bible 🤷

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

The tend to like the Sparks Notes Jesus who was born and then immediately killed off. There's a whole lot of "liberal talking points" in between those two events and it's just easier to pretend those parts doesn't exist.

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