That's Nice Caitlyn Jenner

[ideologyhunter]

If she does get into the statehouse, her party will have unending nightmares over which bathroom she's using. I think they'll need a new state law. Trained counselors will be needed for the emotional trauma. Also, she's at the intersection of sport and transgender, which makes today's "conservatives" foam at the mouth. More counselors, more laws.

 

[Keith&Co.]

If she does get into the statehouse, her party will have unending nightmares over which bathroom she's using. I think they'll need a new state law. Trained counselors will be needed for the emotional trauma. Also, she's at the intersection of sport and transgender, which makes today's "conservatives" foam at the mouth. More counselors, more laws.

I just hope there's a 'greatest hits' YouTube of how they try to introduce her at rallies...

"And now, a...person...who needs no introduction, our next governor!"

 

[lpetrich]

Caitlyn Jenner Says GOP Leaders Were Embarrassed to be Seen With Her in Public - YouTube - I'm noting this YouTube video because its source, a USA Today article, is paywalled.

I OCRed that video's text:

Caitlyn Jenner said that, during her failed California gubernatorial campaign, some Republican party leaders and elected GOP officials refused to be seen in public with her, despite supporting her in private.

"I had elected officials and party leaders who would gladly take private meetings with my campaign team and me, but would balk at the mere notion of being seen publicly with me," Jenner wrote in a recent USA Today column. She would nave been the first transgender governor in the U.S. had she won.

"To a point, I understand they have to protect themselves from their voters and the base who might not be as open-minded as they are," she explained, noting that the problem "for someone like myself" is "partly generational."

"But leadership means standing up for what is right, and if you thank me privately for running for office, you should be able to do it publicly."

Despite association with her being treated like a dirty secret, Jenner assures readers that she is still a Republican and will "fight for inclusivity in the Republican Party." She even complains that "coming out as a Republican was more difficult than coming out as transgender."

What did she expect?

2021 California Recall Election Results - The New York Times - of the replacements for Governor Newsom, she ranked 13th, with only 1.0% of the vote.

So her celebrity got her nowhere.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Must be tough to lose out 30 to 1 against a radio personality who also has no experience in politics. It'd be nice if Jenner went back to pushing for LGBT rights and moved on from politics.

 

[Keith&Co.]

"To a point, I understand they have to protect themselves from their voters and the base who might not be as open-minded as they are," she explained, noting that the problem "for someone like myself" is "partly generational."

"But leadership means standing up for what is right, and if you thank me privately for running for office, you should be able to do it publicly."

HAHAHA! She thinks they thanked her (privately) because they're open minded.
Bullchip. They wanted all the possible voters drawn out to vote against Newsom, and if Jenner could draw any Single Issue voters, that's a plus for their side. Nothing at all to do with public or private support for her as a person or as a transgender.

 

[Toni]

I'm totally down with Ms Jenner. Why vote if you're a Republican? The Dems have already cancelled you. Just go home, or play golf.
Do ANYTHING but vote. Don't support fraudulent elections. Your candidate is going to lose. If there's a chance you can overturn the fraudulent election we will call you to action.
It's possibly illegal to tell you to bring your AR with you next time, but wink, wink.

We need to move away from the idea that simply being famous is a qualification for public office.

It has always been so. It's just that in recent decades, it has gotten easier and easier for stupider and stupider people to become famous.

Or to have their stupidity laid bare before everyone. Seriously. Now every stupid thing that someone does or says is recorded for all eternity---and traceable.

 

[lpetrich]

I think that Caitlyn Jenner's gender identity was a turn-off for much of the Republican base. Her association with Hollywood celebrities may also have hurt her with that base.

Larry Elder, however, could easily appeal to that base.

 

[Politesse]

I think that Caitlyn Jenner's gender identity was a turn-off for much of the Republican base. Her association with Hollywood celebrities may also have hurt her with that base.

Larry Elder, however, could easily appeal to that base.

Oh, Elder likes to brag about his celebrity buddies too. Republicans actually love unqualified celebrities. *cough cough Schwarzenegger cough* But they do have to be celebrities who hate the same people you do in order to qualify.

For fascists, the "problem" with Jenner is that she exhibits no sign of shame or apology for her trans-gendered state. If she identified with a male pronoun and talked tearfully about her "struggle" with gender dysphoria, she would be much more popular with the religious right. What they can't stand are people who are not just different than them, but ask no apology for continuing to be different.