Some Democrats Are Breaking With Their Party On Trans Rights

A slew of Democratic candidates running in states and districts won by President Donald Trump are breaking with the party on transgender rights issues, especially on the question of allowing transgender girls to play school sports, often in the face of criticism from the party’s base. The most recent was Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who is trying to win reelection in a northwestern Ohio district Trump won by seven points in 2024. Kaptur, an 80-year-old who has spent most of her career in Congress as a stalwart populist liberal, touts her vote for a Republican bill that would require schools to...