This week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, has begun running an ad in South Carolina for Nancy Lacore, the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The ad appears to be the first instance of the high-level Democratic organization running an ad targeting transgender people. The 30-second spot, titled “SC-01: That’s Nancy,” went up on YouTube Oct. 19 and began airing yesterday in Charleston and Savannah as “part of the committee’s coordinated spending in key battleground districts.” It features Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie, “a lifelong Republican supporting a Democrat for Congress.” Specifically, it highlights Lacore’s support for a transgender sports ban, with Haynie stating she would “protect girls’ sports,” a statement that a campaign representative confirmed refers to barring transgender girls from girls’ sports.
Here is a link to the DCCC’s contact form, so people can let them know what they think of this betrayal. There’s also a phone number on the contact form if you prefer to verbally voice your disgust.
Their phone number is (202) 863-1500.
The only thing that happens when Democrats promote bigotry is that they lose people who would have voted Democrat with the value of being against systemic bigotry. They’re not going to pick up bigots from the Republicans, because the Republican party is made to serve bigots at every level. At this point everyone knows it. This can only be seen as acting as controlled opposition.
