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.
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?
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/democrats-blame-partys-position-transgender-rights-part-harris-loss-rcna179370
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/dem-chair-apologizes-after-shameful-comments-blaming-trans-people-for-harris-loss/
https://www.transvitae.com/democratic-autopsy-revisits-anti-trans-ads-after-2024-loss/
https://theconversation.com/democrats-distance-themselves-from-trans-rights-close-midterm-races-may-show-whether-that-pays-off-293173
Not gonna read all of them, but I see it saying “some”. Also, what I’ve read from the first one seems like it’s the 80/20 thing again.
Yes, some. That’s why I said “centrist Democrats”, not just “Democrats”.
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.