“Democrats should be focusing on Trump’s tanked economy and our diminished standing on the world stage,” said Jeremy Comeau, president of the National Federation of Stonewall Democrats. “People are being hammered by the cost of living, and we have a president who’d rather rename a gulf like some deranged cartographer than deal with the realities of the world. Democrats should be running on that every single day.
“Instead, some candidates think the way to look moderate is to take a swing at trans people first. That’s not moderate; that’s just careless, and it’s not what’s going to win this election.”
"They have been standing against it, and it is quite clear that the Dems support it. End of story. "
Debatable at best. Ask the recently defeated Seth Moulton, or Acton in Ohio. Ask those twats over at Third Way. I wish you were right, I really do. Hard to forget those centrist fucks blaming us for them losing the election in 2024.
And I get your point about not allowing the right to dictate the discourse and I say the same all the time. I don’t have a choice about talking about this issue. It’s my life dude, I’m gonna talk about it.
YOU should talk about it, it’s your thing, but the party shouldn’t, because it isn’t even close to being the highest priority for most Americans. Not because it isn’t important, but based on the number of people it directly affects, it’s fairly low on the priority scale, and therefore not likely to attract many votes on its own. Therefore, it shouldn’t be at the front of the party’s campaign messaging.
OTOH, it WILL attract MAGA votes, so why should we indulge their bigotry, and help them get their votes, and hurt us, when we can spend the time on subjects that attract votes to our side, and demoralize them and repress their votes?
The first rule of politics is Get Elected, so we have to pursue that objective, over making sure every single person’s pet issue gets attention. Those people will have to hope that they are voting for the side that is most likely to serve their interests.