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Nancy Mace tried to sell transphobic wrapping paper & failed miserably (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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she tried to get wrapping paper made, presumably to sell to raise campaign funds.

the wrapping paper and it had a pattern that alternated between a graphic that reads,

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“No [picture of balls] in our stalls,” and her campaign logo.

“My team just informed me that no company would make this wrapping paper for us because it’s too ‘offensive,'” she wrote.

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“What I find offensive is men in women’s bathrooms.”

“A sitting Congresswomen using a disgusting and bigoted slur about Americans who staged a nonviolent protest,” responded Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL). “People who use this type of despicable language should not be leading anyone.”

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[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 49 points 4 months ago

Why would anyone think this was a good idea?

Even hateful people aren't looking to adorn gifts with messages of hate unrelated to the actual gift giving. So bizarre

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