As I’ve noted innumerable times before, you would have great difficulty finding any prominent Democrat who supported defunding the police or accepts the more extreme claims made by trans activists. And yet, the GOP has succeeded in tarring the entire blue team with these extreme positions. The GOP, on the other hand, has never paid a similar price for the views of its extremists. What can the Democrats do about this?
Refusing to talk about culture wars isn’t the answer. Democrats at all levels need to make it clear that they don’t believe in using the state to oppress or discriminate against unpopular minorities, but that doesn’t mean they accept every argument made on X on their behalf.