Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is on the defensive over her direction of $400,000 federal dollars to a youth services organization that gave chest binders to young girls who identify as boys.
A new ad from Baldwin’s campaign claims that the senator, who is locked in a tight race with Republican challenger Eric Hovde, “didn’t give funding to a transgender clinic,” but rather secured funding for “a youth homeless shelter.” The ad also claims that children do not undergo sex change surgeries in Wisconsin.
The defensive ad is a clear sign that Baldwin is nervous Hovde could topple her using her support of transgender ideology. It’s also inaccurate.
The “youth homeless shelter” in question is Briarpatch Youth Services, for which Baldwin earmarked $400,000. At the time she secured the funding, Briarpatch ran the “Teens Like Us LGBTQIA2s+” program, which included a…
