A new poll suggests the transgender issue continues to be a liability for Democrats.

In this episode, we speak to the pollster tracking the issue about how much of a swing this one issue could have in 2026.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley.

It's Sunday, April 13th, and this is Morning Wire.

Joining us to discuss the new poll is Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles

Project. Terry, thanks so much for coming on.

Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here.

So I want to discuss this poll that you just did

with your organization, American Principles Project. You commissioned this looking forward to the

2026 midterms. Can you tell me a little bit about the poll and what you were looking to learn?

Yeah, so we wanted to find out where Americans are at in the debate over transgender ideology, especially

when it comes to federal government spending.

We wanted to see if Americans want more spending or if they don't want any spending at all.

And what we found was that a whopping 65% of America does not want federal tax dollars

to be going towards any type of transition surgeries or hormone

treatments at all. In fact, when they find out that a politician that represents them supports

taxpayer funding of these gender transition surgeries, even for children or adults, that they're

much less likely to support them, even 52% less likely to support them.

Now, what's the goal of the American Principles Project and how are you intending to use this data?

Well, we want to protect children. We want to protect parental rights. We call ourselves the NRA, but for families.

And then we want to be the special interest arm of the American family.

And so what we're hoping to do is cut all of these federal expenditures that are pushing

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