Biden is losing support among some Black voters, polls show, and some strategists see Trump's anti-transgender messaging as a way to further dampen his appeal.
A pro-Trump group’s radio spots attack Biden for calling transgender equality a civil rights issue. “It’s meant to be divisive,” an analyst said.
The one-minute spot also blasts Biden for failing to secure the border. It ends saying, “President Trump will protect our daughters’ sports teams and stop the sexualization of our children.”recalls past Republican attempts to use LGBTQ issues as a wedge to appeal to some more socially conservative Black voters.
Republicans have used socially conservative policies to appeal to Black voters before, including in the early 2000s, as the party targeted Black churchgoers in states trying to legalize same-sex marriage.Democratic nominee John Kerry, who did not, became an issue at the forefront of the campaign. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta , the first LGBTQ person of color elected to Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, criticized the messaging in the ads.
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