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GOP Brands Trans Issues Nazi-Style, Cites Meatless Breakfast

6/10/2026

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Article likens GOP attacks on transgender to Nazi accusations.
Rep. Talarico is not transgender, gay or vegan and has no ties to Attorney General Ken Paxton, who avoided indictment for fraud and bribery and freed a predator after a day.
Republicans use Talarico’s meat-less breakfast to claim masculinity and transgender people are a threat, and condemn Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s displays and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s diet promotion.

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Article likens GOP attacks on transgender to Nazi accusations.
Rep. Talarico is not transgender, gay or vegan and has no ties to Attorney General Ken Paxton, who avoided indictment for fraud and bribery and freed a predator after a day.
Republicans use Talarico’s meat-less breakfast to claim masculinity and transgender people are a threat, and condemn Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s displays and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s diet promotion.