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Inside the transgender rights fight injecting chaos into Democrats' midterm efforts

An intra-party debate over how best to deflect Republican attacks on transgender issues has Democrats angrily sniping at each other just weeks out from the midterm elections. Why it matters: This is not the position Democrats hoped to be in two years after their 2024 election loss , which many in the party attributed to being outflanked by GOP messaging…

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