Democrat Annie Andrews Responded to Trump’s T-Slur Tirade by Calling Trans Women “Biological Men”

In the continuing race to see who can throw transgender people under the bus most quickly, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Annie Andrews has released a new direct-to-camera campaign ad in which she states that she does not support trans athletes playing in sports that affirm their gender identity. The 30-second TV spot, released Thursday, features Andrews in a lab coat responding to Trump’s depiction of her as a trans ally in a fearmongering attempt to bolster support for her Republican opponent, Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham. “Politics can get pretty ugly,” Andrews says at the top of the ad. “And when it does, you deserve to hear the truth. My career as a pediatrician has always been about taking care of kids and I’ve got three of my own, so I want you to hear me loud and clear.” She continues, “I don’t support biological men playing women’s sports and I don’t support and haven’t ever performed gender surgery for minors.” Andrews’ ad comes just three days after Trump used an anti-trans slur to refer to Andrews in a post on Truth Social. “Annie ‘Trannie’ Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline Graham for the Senate in South Carolina,” Trump said at the top of the post. He continued, “Darline is a High Quality person, maybe the Highest, and Annie Trannie is not, in particular, as it pertains to representing the Values of the Great People of South Carolina — She is in favor of Transgender for Everyone, Open Borders, Defunding the Police, High Taxes, a Weak Military, and will absolutely fight to take your guns away.” He used the T-slur one more time in the post, saying that Andrews is “not for South Carolina.” Andrews’ ad reaffirms her previous public stance on trans athletes in sports. In September, Andrews told Forbes that she doesn’t “support biological men playing in women’s sports and I also don’t support and have never performed gender surgery on