"One of the funny things about running for office is you get inundated with a bunch of questionnaires from organizations asking what your positions are, considering whether they'll endorse you or whether they will campaign actively against you, including some of the strangest, most goblin-y people on Earth,"
"For example, the Illinois Family Institute, which is 'boldly bringing a biblical perspective to public policy in the Land of Lincoln,' which I guess to them, means opposing abortion and LGBT interests," he continued. "It means withholding federal funds from schools that allow trans people to participate in sports. Actually, very specifically, that 'allow biological males to participate in female sports.' So they oppose trans people, but only if it's male to female, and not the other way around.'"
"He then proceeded to dump several vials of glitter into the envelope before sealing it."
Reed Showalter, a 32-year-old Democratic candidate for Illinois's 7th congressional district, received a questionnaire from the Illinois Family Institute that pressed on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues with an obsessive focus on transgender participation in sports. The form repeated a question about trans women competing in women's sports. Showalter recorded an Instagram video criticizing the group's stance, calling out their opposition to abortion and LGBT interests and mocking their repeated question. As an act of allyship and protest, Showalter inserted several vials of glitter into the questionnaire envelope before sealing it, invoking the protest tactic known as glitter bombing.
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