""Running a congressional campaign across a district as large as WI-03 takes significant financial resources," Benjamin wrote in a statement. "Despite the incredible support we've received, the path to victory simply isn't there without the level of fundraising required to reach voters." Benjamin's decision to exit the race came just two day after the campaign began including criticism of Kirk in digital ads on Facebook. The digital fundraising appeals blasted Van Orden for criticizing the transgender Democrat's comments on Kirk shortly after his assassination."
""What kind of person blames me for violence just because I condemned Charlie Kirk's hateful rhetoric?" the then-candidate wrote in a series of campaign ads that ran on Facebook between Wednesday and Thursday. "Derrick Van Orden, of course." Two of the ads featured an image of the slain Turning Point USA founder hosting "The Charlie Kirk Show" and Benjamin's original comments posted on the social media platform Bluesky - a few hours after Kirk was pronounced dead."
Laura Benjamin, a transgender former city council member running for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, suspended her campaign due to insufficient fundraising. The campaign included Facebook fundraising ads that criticized slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and linked to donation appeals. The ads also criticized Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden for blaming Benjamin for violence after she condemned Kirk's rhetoric. Two ads showed an image of Kirk and Benjamin's Bluesky comments posted hours after Kirk was pronounced dead, asserting Kirk was hateful toward the LGBTQ community and called for eradication of trans care.
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