August 18, 2026 | Commentary | Natalie Baldassarre

Democrats Bet Big on a Losing Issue

Commentary

Democrats are going all-in on losing issues ahead of the midterms with hopes it will sway voters in their direction. 

 

At the DNC Summer Meeting in Texas, the Human Rights Campaign revealed its 10-year, $15 million plan to “push transgender ideology,” “gain sympathy” from voters, and make transgenderism “more visible.”

 

Despite the issue being political suicide for the left in 2024 and latest polls indicating most Americans are strongly opposed to men competing in women’s sports and taxpayer-funded gender-transition surgeries, Democrats are still making it a staple of their agenda.

 

Earlier this year, California extended benefits to illegal aliens, allowing them to undergo gender-transition procedures on the taxpayers’ dime. The policy exploded in cost, contributing to a massive budget deficit that Democratic leadership is still struggling to address.

 

“If Democrats want to keep lighting money on fire to push transgender propaganda, Republicans won’t stop them from torching it. Their woke gender ideology has already backfired, and another 10 years of ‘narrative work’ won’t change the fact that Americans don’t want sick freaks forcing this into classrooms, invading women’s sports, or exposing themselves in bathrooms.” – RNC National Press Secretary Natalie Baldassarre