GOP West Virginia Candidates For Governor Battle Each Over Which One Hates Transgender People The Most

CBS News reports:

Leading up to Tuesday’s West Virginia primary, three of the Republican candidates for governor have been trying to outdo each other in proving their opposition to transgender rights. In TV ads running in West Virginia, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Chris Miller and Moore Capito have been accusing each other of harboring transgender sympathies while touting their own efforts to restrict LGBTQ rights.

A super PAC supporting Morrisey released an ad targeting Miller, claiming Miller “looked the other way as pro-transgender events happened on his watch” while he was a board member at Marshall University. Miller hit back with an ad accusing Morrisey of previously lobbying for a transgender clinic. Capito released an ad called “Girl Dad” that portrays a fictional race. In it, a runner who appears to be a less athletic male “mid-pack finisher” easily outpaces harder-working female runners.

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Moore Capito [photo above], who is the son of Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, appeared here in March 2024 when a far-right activist collaborated with a West Virginia hate group to plant a unfounded claim that Capito is secretly gay.

Of note, state AG Patrick Morrisey, who is named above, was linked to that claim. Morrisey, who was first elected attorney general in 2012, appeared here multiple times in 2014 during his battle against same-sex marriage.

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— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 11, 2024