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How the GOP weaponized trans issues and left Democrats searching for a strategy

At the Republican Party's midterm convention, President Trump said he would make his crusade against transgender rights a major campaign issue ahead of the Nov. 3 election — calling the message that "men should not be playing in women's sports" one of his party's "great sound bites of all time." During a recent campaign trip, Gov. Gavin Newsom, a…

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