In the 13 months since the Democratic Party reached its modern electoral low point in the 2024 Presidential election, a crowd of centrist Democratic consultants have proclaimed that they have a simple answer to the party’s woes: abandon support for transgender rights. “It’s what the polling says,” they insist while ignoring everything the polling says about the economy. “It’s just too extreme,” they say, as if that’s a normal way to frame a discussion of human rights.
Voters surprised the entire country on November 8, and upsets piled up in Colorado as well. The Colorado Times Recorder interviewed two Democratic state House candidates — widely considered the deepest of underdogs — about their unexpected wins.
The rally began with a preemptive apology: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wouldn’t have time to do her customary post-rally selfie session; she had to rush to catch a plane to South Carolina ahead of next week’s primary.
