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In reply to the discussion: What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights [View all]iemanja
(57,780 posts)Is anyone really saying that? Isn't the critique about the party?
Trump tethered Kamala to an issue of taxpayer funded surgeries for undocumented prisoners, not because such a thing actually exists, but because Harris answered affirmatively to an ACLU quiz that asked that question. Why is the party cooperating with quizzes like that? Biden simply ignored the question by leaving in blank. It's not like that is an issue that actually affects trans people.
On Pod Save America, I heard today that 22% of Americans expressed trans matters as an issue that affected their votes. The Trump ads worked. We have to do something about our messaging on this and other issues or we will keep losing. We can't let Republicans control the narrative. Casting it in terms of individual rights, equal protection under the law, and just leaving people the fuck alone might work. Harris simply ignored those ads, and that proved to be a mistake.