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Trump and Vance make anti-transgender attacks central to their campaign’s closing argument

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Donald Trump has used demeaning language and misrepresentations to paint an exceedingly narrow slice of the U.S. population as a threat to national identity.

The former president and Republican nominee’s campaign and aligned political action committees have spent tens of millions of dollars on advertising.

His running mate, JD Vance , alleged that white teenagers in the “middle class or upper middle class” can identify as transgender to more easily get into elite universities.

Trump ’s campaign has since Sept. 1 spent about $35 million airing three ads based on statements Harris made in 2019 as a candidate for Democrats2020 presidential nomination.

Clips show Harris affirming her support for federal policies that allow federal prisoners access to gender-affirming hormone treatments and, potentially, transgender surgery.