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.
Unfortunately, not transphobic democrat is capable of putting out that fire. Saving democracy requires moral conviction and the willingness to pass unpopular laws for the greater good. Transphobe dems lack moral conviction. They’re simply not the saviors of democracy you’re hoping for.
I don’t recall hoping for a savior. A system that can lead to situations, like this house fire, should not be saved.