Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.

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    3 hours ago

    OH JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

    I NEVER SAID TO LEAVE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BEHIND.

    WHEN WILL YOU AND THE OTHER PERSON GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEADS?

    I SUPPORT FULLY PROTECTING TRANSGENDER RIGHTS!

    I SUPPORT FULL RIGHTS TO TRANSITION INCLUDING CHILDREN HAVING ACCESS TO PUBERTY BLOCKERS!

    I SUPPORT GOING TO THE MAT AND FIGHTING FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS!

    READ WHAT I ACTUALLY WROTE, NOT WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO HAVE WRITTEN!

    I AM NOT A LIBERAL AND I DO NOT SUPPORT PEOPLE LIKE HAKEEM JEFFRIES OR CHUCK SCHUMER!

    I AM WAY THE HELL LEFT OF THEM!

    LITERALLY EVERYTHING I SAID WAS THAT THE RIGHT-WINGERS OBSESSED WITH TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY ILL, NOT THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OR THEIR FRIENDS ARE FAMILIES ARE MENTALLY ILL!

    FOR GOD’S SAKE, READ WHAT I SAID! YOU THINK YOU’RE ARGUING AGAINST SOMEONE WHO WOULD THROW TRANSGENDER PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING SO! I AM THE KIND OF PERSON WHO HAS BEEN OUT THERE GOING TO ACTUAL PROTESTS WEEK AFTER WEEK AND GETTING THE WORD OUT AND TRYING TO HELP! I AM FOR GIVING TRANS KIDS PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND LETTING THEM TRANSITION WHENEVER THEY ARE TELLING THEIR PARENTS THEY ARE TRANS. AND I AM FOR PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF KIDS TO TRANSITION IN SCHOOL WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS’ NAMES, BECAUSE KIDS ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND ARE NOT THE PROPERTY OF THEIR PARENTS!

    I DO NOT SUPPORT REMOVING TRANSGENDER PROTECTIONS FROM ANYONE’S PLATFORM!

    I AM PROBABLY A LOT FARTHER LEFT THAN YOU!

    READ WHAT I AM SAYING!

    READ WHAT I AM SAYING!

    READ WHAT I AM SAYING!

    READ WHAT I AM SAYING!

    READ WHAT I AM SAYING!