White House doubles down on Trump’s claim about transgender mice

What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: 'Transgender Mice' Research

Last week, President Trump spoke for an hour and 40 minutes before a joint session of Congress to announce, among other things, that America was back. The nation's backness is too subjective to fact check, but other statements Trump made during the speech are less vibe-centric—like the claim that the U.S. has wasted millions of dollars on transgender mouse research. "Just listen to some of the appalling waste we have already identified," Trump s…

White House issues unhinged press release that could have been written by Trump

The boundaries between institutions and politicians are ‘collapsing’, Ian Garner says (Pictures: AP/Getty) An official White House news release has gained attention for the choice of language used in it. In a government website article titled ‘Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments’, the White House claimed former President Joe Biden spent millions on ‘making mice transgender’. ‘The Fake News losers at CNN immediately tried …

NIH Gave 8 Universities Over $12.5 Million to Study ‘Transgender’ Mice

Campus Reform worked with the White Coat Waste Project and utilized the NIH’s RePORTER to compile a list exposing 10 taxpayer-funded transgender university animal studies funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH). These studies administer transgender hormones to young mice to develop animal models that replicate transgender humans. In many of these studies, scientists inject young female mice typically 26-days-old, with testosterone that …

The ‘transgender mice’ lie: How Trump’s war on science is harming real people • Michigan Advance

Photo by Adam Gault | Getty ImagesThe latest manufactured outrage from the far right? “Transgender mice.” It’s the perfect viral talking point — designed to sound absurd, evoke outrage and make people believe that the government is wasting their money on nonsense. But it’s a lie. The real story? The National Institutes of Health allocated funding to study biological sex differences in the brain — research that helps us understand mental health c…

The ‘transgender mice’ lie: How Trump’s war on science is harming real people

Photo by Adam Gault | Getty ImagesThe latest manufactured outrage from the far right? “Transgender mice.” It’s the perfect viral talking point — designed to sound absurd, evoke outrage and make people believe that the government is wasting their money on nonsense. But it’s a lie. The real story? The National Institutes of Health allocated funding to study biological sex differences in the brain — research that helps us understand mental health c…

Trump calls out Biden administration for spending $8 million on 'transgender mice' experiments

Donald Trump blasted the transgender agenda during his address to Congress and infuriated the media by pointing out that the Biden administration spent ‘$8 million for making mice transgender.’