Elon Musk is reusing Trump's anti-trans strategy. It's unlikely to work.
2026 Midterm Elections,Politics,Elon Musk,Campaign Rhetoric,Transgender Issues,LGBTQ Issues,Campaign Ads
The world's richest man is spending at least $100 million on the midterm elections to support the Republican Party and his far-right agenda. But it looks like Elon Musk's focus won't be the economy, or the war in Iran or artificial intelligence. It won't be his repellent ideas about race and his advocacy for "white solidarity." Instead, Musk has come out of the gate with a barrage of ads targeting Democrats for not being sufficiently supportive of discrimination against transgender Americans...
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