Are transgender people no longer an effective scapegoat for the GOP? One Texas Republican leader says attacks on gender identity are falling flat in Lone Star State elections.
Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan told Texas Monthly that Republicans focused too much on culture war issues this election cycle and are paying the price. “We’re just not paying attention to the issues that matter,” he said.
I was always wondering why they had such an emphasis on this not problem. I understand that some backwards people are uncomfortable with the idea, because it vastly exceeds the limits of their minds, but would any woman actually notice when a transgender woman was sitting in the next toilet stall? Has any transgender woman in sport actually made a noticable difference there, at least at the top?
Meanwhile centrist Democrats were certain Kamala Harris lost because she wasn’t anti-trans enough and the future of the party was piling onto bathroom and sports bans.
They were?
Yes. Some Democrats are just as much our enemy as Republicans. Not everyone running under the D label is actually a Democrat.
At some point, maybe you’ll recognize the party itself is the problem, and the good democrats are bound to serve the party by backtracking on their positions and dragging their supporters right with them.
The democrat party is a capitalist neo-liberal fascist party, they’re just not open about it and like to cosplay as opposition.
It goes without saying that he would be 100% on board if it did work.
These pricks don’t care about right and wrong, they only crave power; he’s only upset that jingling keys in front of reactionary voters isn’t as successful when people are 20% poorer than last cycle.
Good. Most normal American don’t GAF about all this. Most of us are like…um, trans rights are human rights, no shit, time to move on.
It’s not normal for people with no skin in the game to constantly obsess endlessly about another group like the trans. The type of person that does just comes off like gigantic losers and so very unserious.
The rich have a long list of other marginalized people they will con stupid people into hating as a smokescreen for them to raid this countries treasury and future.
Who do you think will be the next scapegoat? I hope it’s people that wear sandals and socks.
Relentlessly attacks the rights of subset of US citizens.
Criticized for ‘not resonating’.
“Yo Hittler, could you ease up on the whole murdering Jewish people thing? The rest of the globe isn’t really vibing with it.”
He’s criticizing the target, not the tactic. Maybe something more racist since his constituents have actually seen and been scared of a black person.
I would venture a guess that the Republican base for the most part hasn’t encountered a trans person, but they have encountered $120+ refueling of their giant monster trucks and grocery bills being twice what they were 10 years ago. But hey those 1% raises at work make them grateful to have a job. Sure is surprising their message is resonating.
Classic fascist playback. Blame an outsider to distract…that’s us, folks! falling for it since…well forever.
Their rabid hatred knows no bounds. I doubt they care if it resonates, they’re drunk on that sweet, sweet hate dopamine.
Then again, only one tepublican is saying it, probably to see the respone.
I wasn’t anti-trans but then Ken Paxton sent seven (yes, literally 7) mailers about how Talafreako likes them and now I hate them!
