Trans People Shouldn't Be Scapegoated for Democrats' Failures
Briefly

"Donald Trump's election victory foreshadows an administration that will likely seek to not just dismantle but destroy the regulatory state while promoting a narrow vision of what America should be..."
"Instead of thinking about how this unexpectedly small mandate could be used for their advantage, a subset of Democrats have decided to spend their time saying that the true reason for the 2024 election loss lies with some of their coalition's most vulnerable members: transgender Americans..."
"Their statements all seemed to feature two main points: first, that the 'far left' had captured the Democratic machinery's stance on social issues, leading to alienation from voters, and second, that Democrats need to distance themselves from support for trans kids..."
"Ultimately, Democrats 'have a choice as a party,' in what kind of issues to champion and which kind of issues to distance themselves from..."
Read at The Nation
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