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In Trump vs. DeSantis 2024 culture war, Black and LGBTQ people will pay the highest price

The GOP race so far not only turns Michelle Obama’s high-minded advice on its head, it gives new life and meaning to the phrase 'punching down.'

Jill Lawrence
USA TODAY
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It was inevitable that less than two weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked a dozen colleges for detailed medical information on transgender students, his latest move to restrict care for transgender people, former President Donald Trump would feel the need to attack transgender rights and health care at a South Carolina rally, release a video bashing “Left-Wing Gender Insanity” and vow that “under my leadership, this madness will end. ”