As “the Republican Party goes all out with their transphobia,” Laverne Cox fights back.

The trans actor and trans icon recently appeared on an episode of The Daily Show to address some of the GOP's most blatant misinformation ahead of the Nov. 5 election. She began by referring to a report by The New York Times Earlier this month, it was discovered that Republicans have spent more than $65 million on attack ads against the trans community since August.

“Seriously, $65 million for anti-trans advertising?” Cox said. “Do you know how disappointing it is to finally see someone spend $65 million on me just for this crap?”

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Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have released several television ads in the past two months that aired in battleground states that spread false claims about gender-affirming care and transgender athletes – often airing during college sports games. As politicians drive their supporters into a frenzy with lies, Cox noted that “it's no wonder we're seeing so much violence and suicide against trans people,” citing a report byThe lawyer This revealed that hate crimes against transgender people have increased sharply in recent years.

“This is straight out of the bigotry handbook: Using dehumanizing language toward marginalized groups provides a permission structure to attack them, because when people are made less human, you can strip them of their rights and commit violence against them with impunity,” Cox said. “But transgender people are people – people with real thoughts and feelings.”

The segment then played a clip of a completely made-up claim from Trump that children in public schools were undergoing gender-affirming surgery, which Cox expertly refuted. “Do you think teachers can convince children to receive gender-equitable care? Teachers can’t even make kids wear deodorant,” she said.

“We’re just trying to live our lives. “We just want to be who we are and not experience stigma, violence and discrimination for it,” Cox continued. “And most people understand that, but because it is such a simple and undisputed truth, Republicans have to flood the airwaves with made-up scaremongering.”

Cox then pointed out the “crazy” part — that releasing anti-trans ads “doesn’t even improve her chances of getting elected.” She noted that “Republicans tried anti-trans campaigns in 2022 and they were unsuccessful,” pointing to the several anti-LGBTQ+ candidates rejected by voters in recent years.

“So why are they doing this again?” asked Cox. “Is it perhaps because it is easier than actually solving existing problems? Yes, that’s the reason.”