Sarah McBride

There's a story about how, see, this is proof that the Democratic Party has thrown trans people under the bus.

That's just not accurate.

And at a certain point, the facts demonstrate a different reality.

And the reality in this Congress is that because of a centrally near unanimity of my colleagues in the Democratic House caucus and the Democratic caucus in the Senate,

Not a single major anti-trans bill or provision has passed and been signed into law by the president.

And if you had told me that when I was coming in here in November of 2024, that not a single anti-trans bill or provision would have become law by this point in this presidency, I would not have believed it.

And that is a testament to the pragmatic principles of my colleagues.

I will also be honest, it is a byproduct of an approach to navigating these issues that has allowed space for imperfect allies, for people who have questions or concerns about trans people in sports consistent with our gender identity, for people who don't always use the right language, for people who fundamentally believe in the dignity and rights of transgender people.

And this Republican effort to fear monger and scapegoat around us is just

cruel and blatant bullying, who still believe that there are certain questions that need to be answered in public policy about funding and about participation.

If we create enough space for people to remain on the life raft, people will be able to remain on the life raft.

If we have an ever shrinking life raft and we push people off because they aren't with us 100% of the time,

We're going to find ourselves pretty alone on that life raft.

And I think that that's one of the things that people on our side don't always appreciate because there's there's this demand to fight, which is a reasonable demand and something we should do.

But any general who is going into battle would tell you, one, you don't battle on anything.

your opponent's terrain, right?

You don't die on every single little hill.

Yeah.

And you make sure that when you go into battle, you have as many people within your army as possible.

You don't go in with a tiny army that will be defeated in a matter of minutes.