Well, howdy there, internet people, let's bow again.

So today we are going to talk about political advertising and how much money gets spent

to reach out on specific issues. We're going to talk

about one in particular because I saw some reporting on it and it was really

hard to wrap my mind around.

So we're going to talk about the money and what it gets used for and why it gets used

the way it does. Reporting suggests that elements within the Republican Party

spent a minimum of 50 million dollars in the run up to the midterms. A minimum. This is just the

stuff they tracked. 50 million dollars to reach out on one specific issue. Can you guess what that issue is?

The advertising was anti-Lg LGBTQ, specifically going after kids, going after trans kids.

Going after trans kids.

50 million dollars.

And this is just the advertising buys.

This is just money spent on advertising that they tracked. This doesn't include all the times

they tweeted about it. This doesn't include the times they talked about it and some sympathetic

outlet put in on the news.

50 million dollars to tell people who to hate,

who to look down at.

Take a guess as to how many kids started hormone therapy last year. Just off the top of your head. About 4200. I want to say the exact number is 4,231. 4,200. Less than 100 kids in each state, 50 million dollars on this issue.

It's wild. The way they talk about it, you would think those numbers

be a whole lot higher. And it's funny because we've actually seen people quote

numbers that are way higher than this because of how much they've talked

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