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It’s the same Supreme Court, so yeah. Also, another Republican is going to win at some point, and as Joe Biden kindly demonstrated, electing establishment Democrats does fuck-all to prevent the Republicans from killing even more people
The court cannot issue an executive order. And people live in the now, not the future. We’ll all die one day, but that doesn’t mean we should act like we are doomed. Even four years can be critical, especially for a trans kid looking for access to puberty blockers. Lastly, not all Republicans pursue the exact same policies. There is a reason Trump is among the lowest-ranked US presidents.
I’m not acting like we’re doomed, I’m acting like our decisions now impact future events. There is a future, and short-term harm reduction is not worth long-term harm multiplication. We cannot settle for another weak and ineffectual conservative democrat. Joe Biden gave the average nincompoop no reason to vote blue in 2024.
Trump is wildly incompetent and unpopular. Imagine someone with an IQ above room temperature in the Oval Office. You reckon trans people would be doing better under President Mike Johnson?