Posted on 09/05/2025 2:48:47 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Democrats are facing looming decisions over how to advance their movement as President Donald Trump’s agenda at times appears to overlap with the party’s best interests.
Gun control is one of the fronts on which the Democratic Party is finding itself in a dilemma. While such measures are typically in line with the party’s ethos, the White House is rumored to be pitting gun control policies against another favored Democratic priority: the LGBT movement.
The ideological turmoil began with the recent shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church, in which a transgender-identifying biological male killed two young girls, which some conservatives argued mirrored five similar incidents since 2018 in which a transgender-identifying shooter opened fire. Should Trump’s Justice Department decide to pursue a possible ban on transgender people from owning guns due to mental health concerns, Democrats will be forced to choose between backing elements of firearm regulations that are in line with the party platform or painting the measure as anti-transgender policy.
The gun control debate is not the only one that has left Democrats vulnerable ahead of the midterm elections, in which the party hopes to make a political comeback.
The party’s outspoken opposition to Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has left it wide open to accusations from Republicans that it is ignoring data showing crime in the district has gone down since the president’s emergency order. And it places Democrats in a quandary of whether to continue putting a target on Trump for the order at the risk of appearing to dismiss crime in the country’s capital that has reached record highs in recent years.
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Gun control for “transitioners” is too good to pass up.
One path in, three or four paths out, every one of them a win for our side.
This is going to force the democrats to defend gun rights for trannies. The who isn’t important. It’s the what. They’re going to do a 180 on their position and argue that the 2nd Amendment applies to everyone.
Let’s see how this plays out.
When Clinton did something like this, the media was all congratulatory and amazed by his “brilliance” talking about “triangulation”.
Its called trolling...and it works. They fall for it regularly because of their TDS
Zackly right! Whoever thought up this strategy deserves a big bonus!
It’s a good feeling......thinking about “confused Democrats”
thwarted by Trump.........the man they love to hate.
It is likely the greatest weakness of the Left. The lack of retrospection. Rush Limbaugh (we are not worthy) was fond of saying, " Being liberal means never having to say you're sorry". This is why the Left will flounder and double down on stupidity for years.
What a dilemma for Democrats. They would have to argue that trans people are “normal” and can’t be singled out for being denied firearms. However, then all normal people should have the right to firearms too. The only other argument is that no one, except of course the police and military should have guns at all. All of these arguments are non starters with the voters.
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