Republican presidential hopefuls Ron DeSantis & Nikki Haley traded barbs and touted their anti-transgender positions
While voters have registered their relative lack of interest in trans policy, the former Fox News host has made it a personal priority
“Transgenderism is a mental health disorder,” Vivek Ramaswamy said, before pledging support for bans on gender affirming care until age 21
"I think the voters who are the most remarkable people on the planet have been really clear that they’re telling me, ‘Not now, Tim’”
Trump was not present. According to polling averages, as of Nov. 7 he has 56.5 percent support from likely Republican primary voters
The former vice president under Trump is an evangelical Christian & has an anti-LGBTQ, socially conservative record
The seven Republican hopefuls gathered on stage at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's Air Force One Pavilion in Simi Valley, California
LGBTQ comments largely focused on school policies and athletics- Other references to LGBTQ issues were more ambiguous
"I don’t think that somebody who’s a woman that respects her bodily autonomy should be forced to change clothes in a locker room with a man”
Should he secure the Republican nomination, Trump would square off against President Joe Biden, who already beat him in 2020
