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applegrove

(131,804 posts) Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:12 AM Mar 2025

Trump: $8 million "making mice transgender." Reality: transgenic (genetically modified) mice. [View all]

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— dell cameron (@dell.bsky.social) 2025-03-06T05:02:15.731Z

Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.

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Trump: $8 million "making mice transgender." Reality: *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice. [View all] applegrove Mar 2025 OP

That's... I'm speechless. Dave Bowman Mar 2025 #1

Apparently there's a few of them that are like "effects of hormone replacement therapy on asthma" AZJonnie Mar 2025 #2

Transgenic means human cells are added to the mice DNA applegrove Mar 2025 #3

Yes, well I took the extra step of looking up what the studies were, since Trump listed them on whitehouse.gov AZJonnie Mar 2025 #5

Yeah I'm not about to believe anything Trump puts up on wh.gov. applegrove Mar 2025 #6

Okay, well, let me end this by vigorously stating my opinion AZJonnie Mar 2025 #8

I'm not into the games Trump plays. He was wrong and he lied. applegrove Mar 2025 #9

Mistaking "transgenic" for "transgender"--isn't that exactly... keep_left Mar 2025 #4

"This is the story about Bald Headed [Don]... He talks a lot, and it's usually wrong." JoseBalow Mar 2025 #7

Ignorance is bliss is malaise Mar 2025 #10

Back in the day it used to be funny. Beastly Boy Mar 2025 #11