School Officials to GOP Candidate: Stop Spreading Bogus Claim Students 'Identify as Cats'

[Ohio Joe]

School districts in Colorado have clapped back at bizarre claims from a Republican gubernatorial candidate that students across the state are identifying as cats. Heidi Ganahl has repeatedly made the assertion during her campaign to unseat incumbent Gov. Jared Polis next month, saying in one radio interview last week that “schools are tolerating” pupils “identifying as cats.” She later told Fox31 she’d been sent over 100 messages from concerned parents “across Colorado” about how the issue was affecting their school. But after checking with large school districts and two statewide organizations representing teachers and administrators, the Denver Post only found officials contradicting Ganahl’s claim. Randy Barber, the spokesman for Boulder Valley School District—which Ganahl’s campaign included on a list of districts where students dress like animals—said he’d never heard of the issue. “The concerns being generated by the Republican gubernatorial candidate are baseless,” he added.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-candidate-heidi-ganahl-is-wrong-about-students-identifying-as-cats-colorado-school-officials-say

So... I have questions... Is she lying on purpose? Is she simply a crazy person? Who votes for a loon like this?

The truth is, if a Dem candidate started spouting non-sense like this, I would not vote for them. I really don't get how repugs put up with this crazy shit from their candidates. People that are reality impaired do not belong in office.

[Ocelot II]

1. The GOP candidate for governor in MN is making the same ridiculous claim.

But when asked, he couldn't cite any actual incidents.

"What are we doing to our kids? Why are we telling elementary kids that they get to choose their gender this week? Why do we have litter boxes in some of the school districts so kids can pee in them, because they identify as a 'furry'?" asked Jensen, a family physician and former state senator, during the Sept. 29 stop in Hutchinson, Minn. "We've lost our minds. We've lost our minds."

Asked multiple times to identify which schools Jensen was referring to, his campaign declined, responding instead, "The campaign has no comment."

https://www.startribune.com/campaign-check-do-minnesota-schools-have-litter-boxes-for-furry-students-as-jensen-claims/600212763/

[lindysalsagal]

2. gqp Tabloid campaign strategy: confuse with random, irrelevant crap

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[Salviati]

3. After someone is called out in public for something like this...

... the media should have the reponsibility to report any future repititons of the claim as lies.

"heidi ganahl lies to the public once again"

"Another lie from heidi ganahl"

"heidi ganahl won't stop lying"

These are the headlines we should be seeing.