and their first attempt (bathroom bills) was a flop so they pivoted to trans women playing sports and found the right wedge
Gavin Newsom admitted outright that the sports issue made him reconsider, meaning he got duped in exactly the way his opposition wanted

September 04, 2025 - 03:32 UTC

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Newsom wasn't duped, he's an insect with no soul.
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Nobody is "duped" on this unless they want to be.
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Children's sports are way easier to make up misleading statistics about since no one actually pays attention to them.
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We have a bathroom bill in the UK. So how was it a flop?
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It was a flop because they've been doing them for years and they were failing even in heavily right wing areas. Once sports opened the door for building support, bathroom bills could use that momentum to actually succeed.
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