For the second election cycle in a row, the rights of transgender people have taken center stage politically, despite their accounting for only about 1% of the U.S. population and many voters identifying other issues as far more important — splitting Republicans and Democrats, but also Democrats among themselves and putting the party on the defensive.
FFS they do this every election cycle, and have for decades.
Question isn’t anything about the GOP, the question is about the media.
In the 80s it was about “urban” issues. Then gay issues. More gay issues. Some tepid “terror” issues. Gay marriage issues. Now its trans issues.
They do it because it’s worked every time.