{"id":506186,"date":"2021-02-18T19:52:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/terry-schilling\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:40","slug":"terry-schilling","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/terry-schilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Schilling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Launched a petition<\/a> to attack transgender student athletes, misgendering trans women and girls.<\/p>\n

\u2014Created ads<\/a> attacking the Equality Act and transgender participation in sports that were rejected by Facebook<\/a> for false and damaging content, suggesting that nondiscrimination policies would allow boys to join girls\u2019 sports organizations just because they want a win, not because they are transgender. The ads ran in multiple states<\/a>; none of APP’s preferred candidates were elected.<\/p>\n

\u2014Created false texts<\/a> making up quotes attributed to<\/a> then-Vice President Biden.<\/p>\n

\u2014Misgendered<\/a> transgender children, made false claims about transgender participation in sports and claimed to be \u201cbuilding the NRA for families\u201d (the NRA has filed for bankruptcy<\/a> after accusations of corruption and bilking members of millions).<\/p>\n

\u2014APP hired an actor who claims to be a former transgender American for false ads<\/a> attacking transgender people. The actor later participated<\/a> in the deadly siege at the Capitol and praised the extremist group, the Proud Boys.<\/p>\n

\u2014Organized campaign bus tour<\/a> during the pandemic to mobilize voters in the Georgia Senate runoff to include Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Mike Lee (R-UT), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Many of the senators also coordinated an attempt to contest President Biden\u2019s Electoral College vote certification days before the deadly siege at the Capitol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":506187,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138635],"class_list":{"0":"post-506186","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-commentator"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t