Trans journalist Erin Reed has published a list of Democratic midterm candidates with anti-trans records, and the question she is forcing is one the party would rather not answer: if trans voters keep rewarding Democrats who harm them, what signal does that send? The calculation is real, the stakes are high, and there is no clean answer.
Do people not realize Republicans won in their messaging? Everything related to trans support is MUCH lower than it was before. The best democrats can do is dogwhistle support, because it’s very unpopular right now, which it’s horrible that’s the case but thats not the fault of the politicians who are trying to improve things.
They won in their messaging because no one defended it and instead caved to support it.
Dems have lost in all messaging. They won’t push the quality of living and problems of capitalism, instead they agree to attack trans people.
There are a few exceptions, and they do well in their respective places when they actually push back. But most are cowards.