You have a luxuriant myopia. You’re so wrapped up in red vs. blue that you don’t realize that one election does not make or end the world. We’ve just had three “world-ending” elections, and the world just keeps turning. Also, there is something particularly cringe about the cliche condescending liberal clapping. Got to internally reinforce that team sports feel. I’m not just worried about 2026. I’m worried about 2028, 2030, and the dozen elections after that. And the more we normalize terfism in the Democratic party, the more the infection will spread. After you let enough slide, soon kicking people out of the party due to it becomes unthinkable. People like you would say, “what, are we going to kick out a half dozen sitting Senators?” Plus have you thought two seconds about what you’re actually suggesting? Elect the terf, and then try to run a long-shot primary against them due to their terfism in the next election? You would be right here complaining about such a campaign, whining that we can’t gamble an incumbent seat in a purple state off what you consider to be irrelevant issues. You’re asking trans people to sit down, shut up, and just let the party degenerate into a terfism that will be impossible to unroot for generations. I know trans issues aren’t a big deal to you, but for many of us, this is our lives. You can afford to ignore trans issues. We can’t. You clearly do not understand my point. “your premise that somehow a republican would be better than a dem for trans rights” is such a bad-faith take of my position that it just illustrates your hubris. Obviously a Republican would be worse in the short term. But I’m more concerned with the long term than the short term. And long term, for trans rights, a Republican winning a Senate seat is a much better outcome than a Democratic terf winning it. And you’re too damn prideful to realize that minority groups might know how to advance their own interests better than you do. People like you are why Trump made such inroads among even Hispanic groups. Liberal hubris is insufferable.