Sarah McBride: State legislatures 'a Democratic safeguard' against Trump, conservative court
Delaware state Senate nominee and transgender activist Sarah McBride (D) is reminding voters that down ballot races matter too, touting state legislatures as a “safeguard” for the rights and values of all Americans.
“State legislatures are going to need to lead the way in defending our residents’s rights, and dignity, and opportunity, and to build on what we already have,” McBride, a spokeswoman for the Human Rights Campaign, said in an interview with The Hill on Tuesday.
McBride, who calls herself a health care and paid leave candidate, is set to make history in November. After defeating fellow Democrat Joseph McCole in last week’s primary for the 1st state Senate district with 91 percent of the vote, she is all but certain to become the first openly transgender state senator in the U.S. and America’s highest-ranking openly transgender elected official.
Her run is taking place during one of the most divided, tumultuous periods in U.S. political history, that has become even more so following last week’s death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the subsequent play Republicans have made for her seat less than 50 days out from Election Day.
“It has reinforced and compounded the stakes of this election,” McBride said.
“It’s also reinforced the importance of state legislatures to be a Democratic safeguard against a president who has little regard for Democratic values and a court that could seek to undermine our most basic rights and our most cherished principles,” she added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517626-transgender-activist-sarah-mcbride-state-legislatures-a-democratic
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