Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has earned praise for her response to a question on trans rights during a town hall hosted by the progressive campus group More Perfect University.
At the organization’s Students vs. Billionaires town hall in Maine on Thursday, a trans student from the University of Southern Maine asked for Ocasio-Cortez’s response to the fact that “a lot of trans people in America feel that we have been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it’s not worth defending us.”
The woman was referring to the fact that many trans advocates feel some Democrats have missed the mark on trans issues, or in some cases have actively made decisions that hurt the trans community in an attempt to defend themselves against Republican attacks. Since the 2024 election, Democrats have disagreed on the effect of the GOP’s anti-trans ads, with some suggesting the need to throw trans people under the bus in order to win future elections.
Without hesitation, Ocasio-Cortez responded, “They’re wrong.”
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What’s the disagreement? He won the election, that was their ad campaign. Trump catered to his base to get the vote out, it’s all pretty straightforward to me.
I don’t think Trump personally cares, he just took the “easy mode” option for him that won’t cost him any donors or voters.
Some Ds will use this issue to their benefit, some will distance themselves. it all depends on what their “market” is. If polling says drop _____________ to win, they will, ______________ being any issue. Trans is a popular issue in say New York City, not so much in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Democrats will drop trans if their donors say so, just like they abandoned labor. bOtH pArTiEs do what their “donors” want, they don’t have any actual bedrock issues other than “money”.