'Are you going to allow me to finish?!' CNN panelists clash over Trump ads
Raw StoryTensions boiled over on CNN on Friday night as a rabbi and LGBTQ activist clashed with a Republican strategist over GOP ads attacking trans people. Jay Michaelson, a columnist for Rolling Stone, butted heads with Shermichael Singleton on "NewsNight" during a discussion over whether Democrats' heavy losses in 2024 were partially due to the party's stances on culture issues. Michaelson replied that he found GOP anti-trans ads "absolutely deplorable" and said he's "terrified" for his trans friends and family members. Michaelson asserted that the language is transphobic, there's no such thing as "regular people" — which Singleton had insisted was at issue — and no consensus that trans women are actually boys. When Michaelson said the ads were effective because they used the same language, Singleton shot back, "What's the language?!"
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