Nikki Haley provides a peek into just how transphobic the GOP’s presidential primary will be

Nikki Haley
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Transgender issues could take center stage in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, as former UN ambassador Nikki Haley (R) showed in a recent interview where she railed against trans-inclusive policies in schools and the military.

In an interview with Fox News Sunday, the former South Carolina governor spouted transphobia when responding to a question about her possible candidacy for president.

“I look at what’s happening with this woke culture, in our schools, wanting our kids to decide their gender. I look at the fact that we’ve got men playing women’s sports. I look at the fact that we’ve got our military focused on gender pronoun classes,” Haley responded.

“What I will tell you is we need to snap out of it,” she continued. “This is absolute craziness. We’ve got enemies trying to come after us, and America has been naive. It’s been weakened. It’s been asleep at the wheel.”

While it might seem odd that, considering all of the problems facing Americans, Haley would respond to such a question with transphobia. But her response seemingly falls in line with the election playbook of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA).

Youngkin won over Virginia voters in 2021 by capitalizing on voter fears about “woke” trans-inclusive policies and lessons about institutional racism in schools. He said that such policies and curricula override parents’ wishes of how they want their children to be educated.

Youngkin also supported the banning of LGBTQ books from school libraries and spread disinformation claiming that one district’s trans-inclusive bathroom policy led to…

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