COLUMBUS, Ohio — An attack ad targeting U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown features a woman saying he supports transgender surgeries on minors. But here’s the catch: the woman, Soren Aldaco, isn’t from Ohio and didn’t have surgery until she was an adult. The ad, paid for by the Senate Leadership Fund, shows Aldaco claiming Brown pushes sex changes for kids ‘like her.’ However, records from a Texas court case reveal Aldaco lived in Texas and got her double mastectomy at age 19, not as a minor. Ohio law bans gender-affirming surgeries for under-18s, and doctors like Dr. Somani call the ads misleading. Brown’s team fired back with their own ad pointing out the law. Republicans argue it’s about medical choices, but critics say it’s a distraction from real issues. The truth? The ad twists facts to score political points.
