MSNBC, CNN, Rolling Stone, NBC, Rachel Maddow, and others Make False Claim About Transgender Mice

During his congressional address on March 4th, President Donald Trump stated that millions of dollars had been spent on studies in which transgenic mice were given transgender (gender-affirming) hormone therapy to examine the health effects of these treatments. Trump referred to this as "making transgender mice." Several media outlets, including NBC, Rolling Stone, CNN, MSNBC, and host Rachel Maddow, quickly claimed this statement was false. To their credit, CNN later retracted its original claim and revised its conclusion to "n…