Donald Trump slammed as “psychotic maniac” for spreading insane lie about trans kids

In his latest anti-trans rant, former President Donald Trump made the outrageous assertion that schools are forcibly transitioning kids on their campuses without parental consent. No part of this claim is true.

“Your child goes to school and they take your child: It was a he, and comes back a she,” Trump said at his Wednesday rally in Reading, Pennsylvania. “And they do this. And they do it, and often without parental consent. Can you even believe we’re saying this?”

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“It shows that Republicans are desperate right now.”

Trump has made various iterations of this claim before, including claiming that a child may return from school having undergone a “brutal operation” to change their gender.

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Trump: Your child goes to school and they take your child. It was a he and comes back a she. And they do this. And often without parental consent. pic.twitter.com/Ycm4bAMt1g

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024

He also once declared, “Your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child.”

The claims are so blatantly absurd that it almost feels unnecessary to explain why they’re wrong. Not only would surgical operations never take place in school, but gender-affirming surgery is almost never performed on minors anywhere.

The gender-affirming care trans youth do receive — in doctor’s offices and hospitals through puberty blockers and hormone replacement surgery — is often reversible. Study after study has also shown that trans youth mental health significantly improves when they have access to this critical care. Additionally, schools with inclusive policies are not encouraging students to be transgender, but rather are accepting kids for who they are and allowing them to be their authentic selves. No schools prescribe or independently authorize gender-affirming medical care.

A CNN fact-check of these claims said the Trump campaign “could not provide a single example of this ever happening.”

Trump’s latest anti-trans speech attracted the ire of conservatives like George Conway, who pondered on X “whether this guy has some sort of mental condition that makes him a pathological liar on a level that no one else in our political history has ever approached, and that maybe this goes to whether he’d make a good president?”

At some point perhaps the MSM should focus on whether this guy has some sort of mental condition that makes him a pathological liar on a level that no one else in our political history has ever approached, and that maybe this goes to whether he’d make a good president? https://t.co/tdEABarg6D

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 10, 2024

Another popular account called Trump a “deeply sick & twisted psychotic maniac” for telling this “ABSOLUTELY DEMENTED LIE, that no one remotely sane could think is true.”

For the 10th time, this deeply sick & twisted psychotic maniac tells this ABSOLUTELY DEMENTED LIE, that no one remotely sane could think is true. And none of his enablers apparently can tell him how off the charts insane and delusional this is.

And the MSM will pass over this. https://t.co/myGciaZSyE

— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) October 10, 2024

Some parents on X also pointed out how many hoops they have to jump through to permit schools to give their children basic medication.

My kids’ school wouldn’t even give them Tylenol for a headache — I had to leave work, drive some Tylenol to the school and give it to them myself. As is his tradition, nothing Trump is describing here is happening in real life. https://t.co/jHGyoFGDJY

— Jeanna Kelley 🏝️🥥 (@jeannathomas) October 10, 2024

They wouldn’t even give my daughter Motrin without my consent. I can’t count the times I had to leave work to go up to the school and give her some fucking Motrin, but sure, they can give her major surgery without consent.

You’re weapons-grade stupid if you believe this shit. https://t.co/II512jKTO3

— Jax Persists (@LadyJayPersists) October 10, 2024

Do youse have any idea how many pages of signatures and initials I had to do for my son’s school to give him a freaking flu shot this week? Nobody’s school is doing entire secret surgeries omg get a grip https://t.co/fN8Sx5CYwG

— Rachel Figueroa 🐝🐝🐝🌻🌻🍄 (@Jewyorican) October 10, 2024

One powerful and heartbreaking response stated, “I’m more concerned about my kids not coming home from a school mass shooting due to the cavalier approach of the GOP regarding lax gun laws.”

1) Name the schools where this is happening.

2) I’m more concerned about my kids not coming home from a school mass shooting due to the cavalier approach of the GOP regarding lax gun laws.

— Charli Huxley (@ImKnotTheOne) October 10, 2024

Many folks on X also questioned how anyone could possibly believe the lies Trump is spewing.

Teachers can’t even get funding for school supplies but he expects people to believe they have the surgical equipment to perform gender reassignment surgery?

— ThomasMichaelsAuthor (@TMichaelsAuthor) October 10, 2024

Why does he keep spewing this obvious ridiculous lie??
Does the cult actually believe him???

— Curly sue (@moocowsue) October 9, 2024

Damn. Where are the schools getting the money to pay for these surgeries? Most public schools can’t even give the students simple supplies like pencils and crayons.

— football fan 💙🇺🇸🌊 (@football_beth) October 10, 2024

Where are they doing sex changes operations in elementary schools, donnie? The cafeteria? Science lab?

It is really sad that people believe his hallucinations. #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

— Tired of trump being the dumbest MFer on Earth (@Tired_Nonsense_) October 10, 2024

It's amazing what incredible surgeons these school nurses are! Sex change operations in one afternoon! Those other dudes are way overpaid.

So, the next time you need brain surgery, or whatever, consult your nearest school nurse!

— Jeffrey Brendecke (@jbrend300) October 10, 2024

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