MS Today: “Based on Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign rhetoric and how he spends his campaign funds, it is reasonable to think he believes transgender issues are the state’s No. 1 problem.
A Reeves campaign commercial is airing statewide, claiming his Democratic challenger Brandon Presley “supports sex change and puberty blocking drugs for children.”
Reeves does not appear in the ad. Instead, there is a voice-over narrator talking ominously about Presley’s alleged position on trans issues.
Presley, apparently, felt he needed to quickly respond. In Presley’s response ad, he looks directly into the camera and proclaims, “Tate Reeves’ latest TV ad is a lie. Here’s what he’s not telling you: I’m on the record saying I don’t support gender surgery for minors or boys playing girl’s sports. Never have.
“And that won’t change when I am governor. Truth is, Tate Reeves will say anything to protect his good ol’ boy network and hide the fact that he’s caught up in the largest corruption scandal in the history of Mississippi. Those are the facts, and Tate Reeves lying to you won’t change them.””