“Last year, a fellow state representative and someone I considered a close friend called me repeatedly, telling me not to run for Congress,” New Hampshire Rep. Alice Wade (D) wrote in a public Facebook post. “He told me our friendship would be over if I stayed in the race. He questioned my integrity. He tried persuading me with promises of future political support if I stepped aside. And, most painfully, he told me that because I’m an openly transgender woman, I stood no chance of winning higher office in New Hampshire. That person was [New Hampshire State] Rep. Heath Howard [D].”

With “allies” like these, who needs enemies?