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Republican state legislators are backing 30 bills in 21 states that would ban transgender students from participating on sports teams that conform to their gender identity. In Washington D.C., Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) tried to attach a similar provision to Democrats’ COVID-19 relief bill in the midst of last week’s “vote-o-rama.”
The slate of anti-transgender legislation comes as a part of a GOP campaign to win back suburban voters in the 2022 midterm elections, according to Stephen Miller, a former aide to President Donald Trump.
“It’s a cross-cutting issue,” Miller told Politico. “Biden’s activist staff are clearly making him embrace policies that alienate non-ideological voters.”
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Last week, Susan B. Anthony List and American Principles Project announced a $5 million “Election Integrity Campaign” led by former Department of Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli. Their stated aim is to “restore confidence in election outcomes for social conservatives” by opposing H.R. 1 and “going on offense” at the state level around election reforms. Days later, former President Trump’s speech at CPAC in Orlando picked up on many of the same themes, and those polled at the political conference listed “election integrity” as their top issue.
With confidence in our democratic institutions at a dangerously low point, the first step toward restoring confidence in our elections is to tell people the truth. With Christian-led “Jericho Marches” calling for overturning the 2020 election, prominent pro-life Christian leaders speaking at the Stop the Steal’ rally, and a Jesus Saves sign and Christian crosses and iconography held high by individuals s