QuickTidal, on 26 July 2017 - 06:28 PM, said:
“This forces Democrats in Rust Belt states like Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin to take complete ownership of this issue,” said the unnamed official. “How will the blue-collar voters in these states respond when senators up for re-election in 2018 ... are forced to make their opposition to this a key plank of their campaigns?”
Which is scheming at a level I can't even comprehend.
So I feel like this is one part distraction - "Don't look at Russia or Healthcare! Look over here at my super bigoted stance on LGBT in the military!" and one part working the next election by appealing to his terribly bigoted base supporters. It's despicable all around.
Oh, the timing on this is very glaringly a distraction - he has had a(nother) shocking week. In some ways that just doubles down on the bigotry though. "let's use trans people as a distraction... By dehumanising them and devaluing their service to the country!" ugh.
Unfortunately it needs to be dealt with as a real issue, even if 45 thinks it's a devious distraction. Thankfully people can multi-task.