‘A huge waste of money’: trans Americans on weathering Republican midterms attacks

Republicans spent an estimated $183m on ads about transgender issues – and some Democratic candidates parroted anti-trans messaging, too Metal Hennessy, a 19-year-old trans man who lives in Kansas, quoted one of his state’s most enduring exports – The Wizard of Oz – when describing the defeat of Roger Marshall, the incumbent Republican senator, on Tuesday: “Ding dong, the witch is dead.” This US…