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Why didnt the Democrats block this bill and accuse the Republicans of trying to abuse it to pass their bigotry, rather putting millions of people well being on the line?
If you always play the bad game instead of standing up from the table and calling it out, it is because you do like playing the game and you are fine with the consequences.
Of course Democrats called them out on it and tried to pass an amendment to strip it out: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/democrats-stand-up-for-trans-kids-during-senate-debate-on-military-health-care-provision/
My OP point is, stop reacting to click bait headlines in just the way they meant for you to, Actually read enough to get an understanding of what the bills are and what's in them, what happened during the process they went through, and why various people acted how they did before jumping to conclusions. Stop falling for dirty political tactics designed to keep magats in power and promote their christian nationalist agendas while keeping the rest of us fighting with each other so they can keep getting reelected.
Some Democrats did. The amendment didn't even get a vote. Biden is a Democrat who very much did not stand up to it.
They didn't fucking stand up for people like me, they capitulated. Biden could have vetoed.
But they still passed it, no? They made the compromise towards bigotry, without getting compromise towards center positions back from the Reps. So step by step the country moves further to the far right, as the Democrats don't put their heels in and block the move over red lines.