Democrats criticize Turek over ad on trans issues

Some Democrats are criticizing Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek over his recent ad on transgender sports and gender affirming care.

“As a kid in a wheelchair, I faced my share of bullying. That’s why I believe that no Iowan should face discrimination. As a Paralympian, I also know it’s important to have rules,” Turek says in the ad.

“It’s why I oppose males competing in female sports, something that is already illegal in Iowa. I’m against taxpayers paying for sex changes too. Anyone tells you any different, is lying,” he adds.

According to a Saturday report from The Washington Post, Osceola County Democratic Party Chair Kathy Winter said Turek’s position was against the platform of the Iowa Democratic Party, which does not support limits for transgender health care.

“At a time of unprecedented hate and bigotry being directed at transgender Iowans, I cannot in good [conscience] vote for a man who is promising to........

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