Sarah McBride Says Voters Didn't Respond To Trump's Anti-Trans Message

Source: Huff Post

Nov 11, 2024, 04:28 PM EST



The first openly transgender incoming member of Congress said Monday she didn’t think President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-trans TV ads were a major reason for his victory in last week’s election.

As Democrats reel from their losses, some moderates have suggested the party distance itself from messages supporting trans rights. But Sarah McBride said her own election to Delaware’s at-large House seat showed the anti-trans ads weren’t effective.

“I didn’t run on my identity, but my identity was not a secret, and in a state where two-thirds of the voters are in the Philadelphia media market, with a trans candidate on the ballot statewide, that candidate not only performed on par with other Democrats, but had the highest percentage of any Democrat running for major statewide office in Delaware this cycle,” McBride said Monday outside the U.S. Capitol.

McBride defeated Republican James Whalen by a comfortable margin and will be seated in January when the next Congress convenes. Democrats have held Delaware’s sole House seat since 2010; control of the House remains uncertain as votes are still being counted in some western districts, though Republicans appear likely to prevail. McBride spoke Monday at a press conference with other new members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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