Democrats learning the wrong lessons again

I've been looking at autopsies of Harris' campaign all over, and I'm seeing a very frustrating and worrying thing continue to pop up.

Since some anti-trans ads were seen as persuasive, there's a lot of people, including sitting congressman, pointing the finger at "wokeness," identity politics, and trans issues for Harris' loss. Despite the fact that none of this was even mentioned on the campaign.

In fact, the only time it was ever mentioned is in regard to Tim Walz, who had the "weird" line that actually disabled a lot of those talking points by pointing out how ridiculous they were. But the main people talking about trans issues and wokeness was the Trump campaign. The Democrats have mostly sidelined LGBTQ issues in their messaging since Biden's term, even as conservatives ramp up attacks against trans people in 2022/23.

It's so frustrating that the lesson people are learning is that they weren't conservative enough on certain issues, and that the Dem's answer is to potentially throw LGBTQ people to the wolves to pursue the mythical GOP vote they crave. LGBTQ people represent 8% of the population, and were one of the strongest parts of the Democratic coalition this year. Yet, if some of these losers within the Obama/Clinton camp have their way, they'd cut them off for a voting block they lost votes with from 2020.

I'm tired, upset, and generally done with politics. The Democrats could have been taking the past year to counter the bullshit anti-LGBTQ messaging from the right, but instead slinked back and let conservatives control the narrative.

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