Kathy Winter, chair of the Osceola County Democratic Party, released a statement slamming state Rep. Josh Turek’s ad declaring that he was against trans inclusion in sports and against “taxpayers paying for sex changes.”
“At a time of unprecedented hate and bigotry being directed at transgender Iowans, I cannot in good [conscience] vote for a man who is promising to make their lives worse,” said Winter, as reported by The Washington Post.
Winter also said she had already voted by the time the ad came out, but did not vote in the Senate race due to prior anti-trans statements from Turek. During a debate last month, he said he does “not believe that biological males should compete in female sports and this is something that has already been decided in Iowa,” referring to the state’s trans sports ban, passed in 2022.
“Dude could be talking about affordability, or data centers, or curbing executive power, or literally anything else,” one trans person on X responded. “But nah, go ahead, give legitimacy to the far-rights bullst boogeyman nonsense. Fking moron, stooping to their level.”
I gotta say, I’m kinda loving watching wheels start to come off of the Dem Establishment.
Bout damn time, but I’ll take it
The race between Hinson and Turek is extremely close. The latest polls reported by MS Now show Turek at 47.1% and Hinson at 46.8%.
The fact that it’s that close, makes me lose faith in voters. It’s like no matter who wins, someone loses anyways.
“biological males” is a dogwhistle, fyi
Turek should be expelled from the party like that fascist AIPAC traitor Haley Stevens.
No compromise on trans rights.
Kathy, girl, you a real one. All my respect
Spines? When did people get those?
How DARE she Not vote Blue no Matter who! We need to Vote Democrat FIRST so we can Fix things LATER!
-People voting for Mike Rodgers ®!
He NEEDED to say those things because that’s the only WINNING position! And if he loses because transgender people and allies don’t vote blue no matter who then it’s THEIR fault and certainly not his fault for taking a WINNING position that LOST him enough votes to LOSE the election.
-People voting for Mike Rodgers ®!
He’s going up against a MAGAt piece of shit. He literally only had to point out how people are getting crushed by inaffordability due to gop letting the pedophile in chief start wars.
I’m guessing he thinks all Iowans are fucking gross and this is what they want.
Seriously, we do not need any more people in government who cannot understand the concept of human rights or that they apply to everyone.
Good. Donʻt vote for bad Democrats. Donʻt vote against your interests.
