I just want to point out that Colorado went above and beyond to pass laws protecting trans kids this year and the result was them holding the House supermajority and keeping the Senate majority while losing zero seats (flipping one, and losing the one that was the guy who changed parties)
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the thing about people saying dems need to throw trans people under the bus is that they already did that when they refused to even offer a counter argument to the decade long dehumanization campaign waged by the right
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The Dems should have stuck to the narrative that the GOP is a bunch of obsessed weirdos who care more about culture war stuff than things that would make people's lives better
That puts the GOP on the defensive
Those policies were far fucking bigger winners than the centrist bullshit they've been clinging to for years.
The way they run things? It gets them more money and influence. That's been determined to them, so that's how they run it.
Greed's the primary thing that runs both US parties.
We are safely blue, but flipping our GOP rep seats was a concern. I’m glad we did the right thing.
So, if I have to take a guess, the Democratic party doesn't seem to gain any republican votes by being on the verge of throwing minorities under the bus, but they do demoralize their own base
Carry on, Democrats.
Enshrining rights for trans folk at state levels is going to become more politically important with the coming storm, as the antichoice engine has retooled for freedom of gender expression to be stamped out.
If you want change; get young leftists into local offices! Be an active member of your community.
Some real red lights flashing that they may be even more on the back foot in a less favorable environment.
Like standing for equality, even if it alienates some fascists, earns you respect or something.
I didn't know about it and got this when I asked GPT Search, in case others are as ill informed as I was...
I think she ran a great campaign, the best under the circumstances. There’s just something about her.🤷♂️
Sie hat nur 3 Handicaps:
Sie ist eine Frau,
sie ist farbig,
sie ist intelligent.
There is nothing wrong with her.
She only has 3 handicaps:
She is a woman,
she is black,
she is intelligent.
Of course this only reinforces .. there’s just Something about Her.
but I guess that's a tall order
If trans people come up, and usually only because of ads, their opinion almost always is “why is this a thing? It’s a weird thing to run ads about.”
I’m 100% convinced it was solely a “look over here!” misdirection
I’m sorry.
IMO the two biggest issues are 1) inflation tanking all incumbents worldwide and 2) sexism.
People’s fear of losing stature in society. When people see others climbing the ladder they feel it means they are sliding down. In my experience that is the most motivating factor for Trump.
The thing is in every swing state, a Dem got enough votes to win the state and if all those votes had also gone to Kamala, she should have won.