I don’t even know if any mainline party beliefs are actually beliefs rather than just “is it worth it to me to support this population”. They’ll throw trans people under the bus because they’re a small population with limited engaged support. They also didn’t make a big stink about the Hatian false accusations. Sure, they’ll do a “why are Republicans bothering with this unimportant issue”, but the thrust there is that these issues are foolish, not wrong.
Support for every minority population is a calculation, not a principle. And since they’re always waiting to see whether a Republican libel is resonating before deciding their stance, there’s never any messaging to stop them from resonating in the first place. It’s “I’m in favor of social justice the moment 51% of the voting population is in favor and completely agnostic until that point”. And really the percentage requirement is probably more like 60%-70%.
I don’t even know if any mainline party beliefs are actually beliefs rather than just “is it worth it to me to support this population”. They’ll throw trans people under the bus because they’re a small population with limited engaged support. They also didn’t make a big stink about the Hatian false accusations. Sure, they’ll do a “why are Republicans bothering with this unimportant issue”, but the thrust there is that these issues are foolish, not wrong.
Support for every minority population is a calculation, not a principle. And since they’re always waiting to see whether a Republican libel is resonating before deciding their stance, there’s never any messaging to stop them from resonating in the first place. It’s “I’m in favor of social justice the moment 51% of the voting population is in favor and completely agnostic until that point”. And really the percentage requirement is probably more like 60%-70%.