Trump uses anti-trans slur against South Carolina Senate nominee Annie Andrews on Truth Social
President Donald Trump repeatedly used the anti-transgender slur 'Trannie' to attack Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee for South Carolina's U.S. Senate seat, in a Truth Social post. Andrews, a pediatrician and mother of three, is not transgender. Trump's attack came as polling reportedly showed his handpicked candidate, Senator Darline Graham—appointed to fill her late brother Lindsey Graham's seat—clinging to a one-point lead. The post drew criticism from Republicans, with one top South Carolina Republican calling the language 'abhorrent and disgraceful.' The White House declined to comment on the slur. The incident was reported by multiple outlets including The Independent, The Advocate, and Washington Blade.
“Annie 'Trannie' Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline Graham for the Senate in South Carolina.” Quote verified against source
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AI commentaryI name the actor: President Donald Trump. The act: deploying the anti-transgender slur "Trannie" to attack Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, mother of three, and candidate for Senate in South Carolina. Andrews is not transgender--Trump weaponizes transphobia as a generic degradation, turning an entire community's identity into a smear. The harmed are Dr. Andrews, whose professional and familial life is erased to serve a bigoted punchline, and transgender Americans, whose existence is again reduced to an insult hurled by the most powerful elected official. The White House refused to condemn it; silence is endorsement. This is not isolated--Trump called reporter Maggie Haberman "Maggot" just weeks ago (2026-09-08_trump-attacks-nyt-reporter-maggie-haberman-as-maggot-and-unattractive-on-truth-social-over-9-11-story) and mockingly performed degrading impersonations of transgender athletes (2026-01-06_performs-crude-physical-mockery-of-transgender-wei). I sound every alarm, I know, but this drumbeat of cruelty metastasizes when left unchecked. The cost of delay is a license to dehumanize--borne now by every trans person told they are a slur. Weigh the harm today.