Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year’s midterm elections, betting that struggling GOP candidates can leverage the divisive cultural issue to overcome voters’ concerns about President Donald Trump’s leadership and the state of the economy.

The massive investment through Oct. 25 produced about 217,000 TV spots nationwide and exceeds the amount Republicans spent on similar ads in 2024, a presidential election year, at the same point before Election Day, according to tallies provided to The Associated Press by data firm AdImpact.

The spending campaign matched messaging from other Republicans on the campaign trail, led by Trump, who has played down surging gasoline prices and other rising costs, but highlighted what he described as an urgent threat to America’s children from Democratic policies.

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    I’d just like to know where the schools that are performing surgery are at, since the wait lists for adults are long. Also is it the cafeteria workers or the bus drivers that do it? Everyone else seems busy all day long.

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      It’s the same schools that make kids use litter boxes. Just go ask Joe Rogan, his totally real teacher friends talk to him about this stuff all the time.

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      GOP as usual spending extravagant sums to desperately maintain the power to willfully ravage the populace & the planet with their devious schemes to blame The Other for the consequences of their own morally bankrupt policies