Caitlyn Jenner laughs at Trump staffer’s transphobic joke

A staffer from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and one from Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’ campaign began hurling insults back and forth on social media this week, a battle that culminated in a joke at the expense of the trans community.

It began when Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a scathing takedown of DeSantis’s rollout of a Texas energy project.

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“It really was a bad moment for him,” Dave Rubin said, referring to Trump answering a question.

“Amateur campaign advance work,” Cheung wrote. “Horrible, sh***y audio from a horrible, sh***y candidate that just steals from President Trump’s policy book.

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In response, DeSantis rapid response director Christina Pushaw – who once said anyone who opposes Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill is a pedophile – decided to change the subject to trans women. “Can a man become a woman?” she wrote in a reply to Cheung.

Can a man become a woman?

— Christina Pushaw