Transgenderpeople have been used as fodder for the culture wars. Hundreds of bills have been filed around the country to undermine their existence. Dozens of these anti-trans bills have even become law, simply because Republicans realize that it’s a way to fire up the base.

Delaware Sen. Sarah McBride isn’t convinced this is a winning argument.

“The obsession we are seeing (from) far-right politicians does not resonate with voters,” McBride told me. “It is out of touch with what is actually keeping people up at night, is out of touch with the needs of working people and their families in this country.”

McBride is running for Delaware’s at-large U.S. House district. If she wins, she could be the first trans member of Congress.

It's looking likely, too – McBride is running unopposed in the Democratic primary after Eugene Young, the former director of State Housing Authority, dropped out of the race in mid-June. McBride faces Republican Donyale Hall in November.

At a time when transgender people have countless voices speaking for and against them, having actual political power is overdue.

“The reality is that you can't craft effective solutions for a diverse country or a diverse workforce or a diverse economy if you don't have the full diversity of that country, that workforce,........

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