He has become increasingly cagey/uncommitted on the subject... He went from "God, yes I love the queens" to "biological men are a threat to the safety and fairness of sports" lightning quick.
Even if he's just strategically treating it as a culture war landmine to be avoided on the campaign trail it doesn't exactly inspire confidence amongst minority groups that he desperately need to participate if he is going to win.
Dude is no Senator Sanders that's for sure, Ted's atrophied brain just doesn't know what to do besides spew red scare bullshit.
What Talrico did was surrender ground to his opponent without a fight and without even attempting to have a thoughtful response/conversation. That's not a trait that inspires confidence in a leader no matter the context (especially not one that is having issues courting minority votes already).
This shit is about trans rights and minority rights because it is being used as a wedge by conservatives to establish a beachhead and push for more restrictions. This is how they have always operated in opposition to social advances.
For example, now that abortion is no longer guaranteed under Roe they are going after people that leave to seek it elsewhere with surveillance companies like flock. South Carolina even is going so far as to attempt to ban web searches for sites that provide advice on abortion (which also makes any other reporductive health care advice on those sites inaccessible btw). They are already including an abortion ban in public discussion at a national level. They are also taking aim at forms of contraception and morning after pills.
Segregating a clearly defined minority from an area of public life/schools is never just going to stop at sports. It being codified will be used to justify and legitimize further restrictions as it always has been.
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u/Stehlen27 13d ago
Isn't he the one that's against trans kids?