GOP group denies transgender youth texts role
The gist
A national Republican women's caucus fund denies sending texts about transgender youth to Texans before early voting.
A messaging company's deposition named the fund, leaving who sent the texts disputed.
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2026TENT said it did not send the disputed texts; recipients reported confusion on social media, several noting the messages had apparently gone to self-identified Republicans and their friends.
- Oct 20, 2026A mysterious group behind transgender mailers was reported to have formed weeks earlier in Wyoming.
- Oct 29, 2026A Travis County judge ordered that a deposition from messaging company Infobip be made non-confidential; Infobip named the Republican Women Caucus Fund and an individual named John Braun as the senders.