It's one thing to abandon trans people as people, it's another to do simple things like say XX and XY sports leagues exist for a reason. If trans sports participation is so very very important, then create a co-op league for anyone and everyone who wants to compete without limitations on sex or gender.
Are we trying to win elections here, or are we OK continuing to lose "regular" people by demanding extraordinary things? Does losing another 6 or 7 Senate seats and 10-15 House seats worth it if we both cannot "legalize" trans women in women's sports leagues and give Republicans enough of a majority to rewrite the constitution?
Or do you believe that if we continue demanding that 17 trans women across the country should be entitled to play in XX sports leagues, Democrats are going to pick up Senate seats, House seats, and state/city/local seats?
I don't believe that advocating that trans women should be able to continue playing in XX leagues is as important as maintaining enough of an electoral presence to actually prevent Republicans from doing way fucking worse things than banning 17 trans women form playing in the XX sports league.
Or maybe I'm a secret Republican who wants trans people to die because I don't fucking care about which circuses trans women are allowed to perform in.
Jesus Fucking Christ.