Former U.S. presidential nominee Kamala Harris is the latest high-ranking Democrat to pivot from public allyship to throwing trans people under the bus.
In an excerpt of her forthcoming memoir, 107 Days, Harris noted her reservations about the “fairness” of trans athletes competing in girls’ sports and how it’s crucial for “biological factors” and “unfair athletic advantages” to be taken into account.
During her presidential run, the Trump campaign successfully mobilized against Harris for her pro-LGBTQ2S+ positions. But in 107 Days, Harris seems to take the opportunity to play both sides.
Harris’s comments are the latest in a recent trend of Democrats “just asking questions” about the fairness of trans women in sports, from Gavin Newsom, to Rahm Emanuel and Pete Buttigieg.
But let’s be clear. This hand-wringing about the “fairness” of trans girls in sports is not based in reality, but in a right-wing moral panic that Democrats keep falling for in an effort to be more “electable.”
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