"Trump did not say who he would endorse in the primary, but he did say 'the good news' is that Talarico 'is whacked out, with his six different forms of gender.' Trump continued, 'The insult to Jesus... such an insult... He is so woke. He's beyond woke. He's actually, I think he's grossly incompetent.'"
"Republicans have already shown that they are likely to rely on their opposition to transgender rights in the 2026 midterms, hoping that voters will look past economic and other substantive issues and vote to take away rights from trans people. Conservatives in three blue/purple states have pushed to put transgender rights on the November ballot."
President Trump called into a Fox News radio show and attacked Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico for his support of transgender people. Trump referenced a 2021 speech where Talarico stated that God is both masculine and feminine and nonbinary. Trump characterized Talarico as 'whacked out' with 'six different forms of gender' and called his statements an insult to Jesus, describing him as 'beyond woke' and 'grossly incompetent.' Republicans are strategically positioning opposition to transgender rights as a central issue for the 2026 midterms, with conservatives in multiple states pushing transgender rights onto ballots while red state Republicans advance increasingly extreme anti-trans legislation.
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