Are We Being Set Up As The Fall Guy?

Are we being set up as the fall guy in the elections if they go bad for the Democrats? Already, some are trying to distance themselves from us! A number of Democrats have backed away from us. Reuters reported that,

After being caught flat-footed on transgender issues in the last US election, Democrats in tight midterm races are pursuing different strategies, with some adopting more conservative stances and others trying to deflect, according to a Reuters review of campaign messaging and interviews with nine ​party strategists and insiders.

Ahead of the November 3 election, vulnerable Republican candidates have renewed their attacks over transgender rights, a message that political strategists say helped Donald Trump and his party win unified control of ‌Washington in 2024.

My answer... it is the economy!

Why Republicans are focusing on transgender issues in competitive 2026 campaigns

PolitiFact

By Caleb McCullough

August 28, 2026

A recent Kansas ad targeting Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor, shows him standing in front of footage of dancing drag queens and says he “preaches the gospel of woke.”

The ad, one of many using anti-transgender rhetoric to attack Democrats in competitive midterm elections, misleadingly stitches together clips to make the case that Hamilton is out of touch with voters on social issues. When the ad quotes Hamilton saying, “How we define gender… we have a whole array of sexualities,” it is combining separate sentences he said in an interview to create a quote he never said.

We can't take their bait! It is the price of food, it is the price of heating oil, it is the war, it is Russia... it is not us!

Democratic response is fractured

Although the Republican attacks are unified, Democrats’ responses are not.

Some candidates have publicly distanced themselves from Republicans’ most extreme accusations. Turek in Iowa and Talarico in Texas both said they oppose gender affirming surgeries for minors, without arguing for a broad ban on medical treatment. 

Now is not the time for education... now is the time to call out the Republicans on not wanting to talk to the farmers in Iowa about imported beef! Not wanting to talk to truckers about the price of diesel! Not wanting to talk about Trump getting palsy-walsy with Putin.

Anti-trans ballot measures are a political test run for the 2028 presidential election

LGBTQ+ movement leaders warn that anti-trans ballot measures in five states could become a testing ground for a broader political strategy in the 2028 presidential election.

The Advocate

By Shelby Chestnut, Sarah Kate Ellis, Kevin Jennings, Andy Marra, Kelley Robinson

Oct 05, 2026

In 2004, a coordinated wave of ballot initiatives against marriage equality swept the country, leaving a trail of political wreckage for our community and the entire nation. That same playbook is back for the 2026 midterm elections, and just like more than two decades ago, it’s not about public safety or protecting children, it’s about political power.

As LGBTQ movement leaders with decades of advocacy experience, we need to loudly sound the alarm because transgender people face a coordinated assault on this year's ballots in five states.

We are going back to the 1950s! After the elections, we need to educate! We are born this way! But our #1 focus is November 3^rd!