{"id":2569183,"date":"2026-02-12T07:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:49:24","slug":"democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Embrace Trans Madness Like Ahab Chasing The Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2569183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article,written by Chris Bray for The Federalist,argues that Democrats are reviving a 2023 push to adopt a Transgender Bill of Rights,a measure Bray describes as highly controversial and originally dead in committee. It notes that Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen.Ed Markey are reintroducing the resolution, presenting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">trans rights<\/a> as a core national issue, while Bray treats the effort as performative politics rather than a serious legislative agenda in a Republican\u2011controlled Congress. The piece outlines the proposed provisions\u2014such as protecting a trans child\u2019s identity in schools, access to inclusive curricula, participation in sports, and funding to prevent violence\u2014arguing that some language coudl amount to compelled speech. It cites media clips and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a>, including a YouTube clip of Jayapal and a TikTok post by Markey, to illustrate the public messaging surrounding the measure. Bray contends that the reintroduction is largely meaningless in the current political landscape, framing it as theater rather than policy, and closes with a brief bio of the author.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mass-sen-markey-lawmakers-renewed-203139567.html\">Senator Ed Markey, YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/12\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Democrat%20Fanatics%20Embrace%20Trans%20Madness%20Like%20Ahab%20Chasing%20That%20Whale&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/12\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Democrat%20Fanatics%20Embrace%20Trans%20Madness%20Like%20Ahab%20Chasing%20That%20Whale&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/12\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/12\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Democrat%20Fanatics%20Embrace%20Trans%20Madness%20Like%20Ahab%20Chasing%20That%20Whale&amp;body=Trans%20people,%20Rep.%20Pramila%20Jayapal,%20D-Wash.,%20declared%20this%20week,%20'hurt%20absolutely%20no%20one.'%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/12\/democrat-fanatics-embrace-trans-madness-like-ahab-chasing-that-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Democrats introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-resolution\/269\/all-actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resolution<\/a> in 2023 to declare the vital importance of developing a &ldquo;Transgender Bill of Rights,&rdquo; and reality quickly proved that it was about as popular as throat cancer or a family vacation in a sewer. The resolution was referred to committee, where it wandered in the desert until it ran out of water and died.<\/p>\n<p>Not taking a hint, the lunatics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mass-sen-markey-lawmakers-renewed-203139567.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just resurrected the ridiculous thing<\/a>. Trans rights, trans rights, TRANS RIGHTS, Democrats helpfully explain to a country that&rsquo;s just trying to avoid eye contact. Imagine being stuck on an elevator with them, pressing yourself into the corner while they lay out another important thought about the <em>actual<\/em> meaning of your genitals, which they&rsquo;d be happy to help you remove.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-117845226\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"sVLYed0rxnRl1SAm8yIojgbUCED576c9OwWaiNtvZzpPB4KG\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trans rights are human rights. Join live with Rep. Jayapal to reintroduce the Trans Bill of Rights.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yflpBSx8-w?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trans people, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/3yflpBSx8-w?t=144s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> this week, &ldquo;hurt absolutely no one.&rdquo; She said this before the bodies had cooled down from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/ten-dead-after-shooting-canadian-province-british-columbia-cbc-news-reports-2026-02-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest mass murder<\/a> by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sick-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-lashes-out-at-prayer-in-catholic-school-shooting-press-briefing\/\" title=\"Sick: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Lashes Out at Prayer in Catholic School Shooting Press Briefing\">transgender shooter &#038;mdash<\/a>; what Canadian police <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2021422026024681595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> a &ldquo;gunperson.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You can dial up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-hollywood-celebrities-who-actually-back-the-blue\/\" title=\"8 Hollywood Celebrities Who Actually Back The Blue\">time machine<\/a> to go look at <a href=\"https:\/\/jayapal.house.gov\/2023\/03\/30\/jayapal-markey-introduce-landmark-trans-bill-of-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">what was in the Transgender Bill of Rights<\/a> the last time Democrats cued it up to be completely ignored. Some of the measures clearly express an intent to compel the speech of others: &ldquo;Ensuring every child has the right to grow up in a supportive environment by having their authentic identity respected in the classroom, ensuring they can participate in school sports with their peers, and ensuring access to an inclusive curriculum.&rdquo;&nbsp;So teachers, for example, would be forced to perform coerced submission in their use of language before a &ldquo;trans kid,&rdquo; and schools would be forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >adopt trans-affirming curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other language just gestures, inevitably, toward more free money: &ldquo;Promoting the safety of trans and nonbinary people by investing in community services to prevent violence against trans and nonbinary people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The leading sponsors of Dr. Frankenstein&rsquo;s re-alived trans rights resolution are Jayapal and the relentlessly cringe Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the king of &ldquo;how do you do, fellow kids&rdquo; politics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"fN2ys\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ed_markey\/video\/7406140809138949419\" data-video-id=\"7406140809138949419\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@ed_markey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ed_markey?refer=embed\">@ed_markey<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Thank you for teaching me about the seasons @Jack Schlossberg <a title=\"dnc\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dnc?refer=embed\">#dnc<\/a> <a title=\"brat\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/brat?refer=embed\">#brat<\/a> <a title=\"democrat\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/democrat?refer=embed\">#democrat<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"&#9836; original sound - Senator Ed Markey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7406140719716617006?refer=embed\">&#9836; original sound &ndash; Senator Ed Markey<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The re-introduction of this resolution is meaningless, or somewhat less than meaningless, in a Republican-majority Congress. They&rsquo;re not legislating &mdash; they&rsquo;re performing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We intend to continue this fight until we win this fight,&rdquo; Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>So they intend to continue this fight until never.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Chris Bray is a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army, and has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Chris Bray<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/chrisbray\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/cringe\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">cringe<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ed-markey\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Ed Markey<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jamila-prayapal\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Jamila Prayapal<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/legislation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">legislation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/performative-politics\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">performative politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trans-bill-of-rights\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Trans Bill of Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trans-rights\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">trans rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/transgender-ideology\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">transgender ideology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paraphrase:<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Democrats first introduced in 2023 a resolution to stress the importance of creating a \u201cTransgender Bill of Rights,\u201d but it stalled in committee and faded from attention. Undeterred, they have brought it back. The piece argues the proposal would push specific policies that could amount to compelled speech in classrooms, require schools to adopt trans-affirming curricula, and earmark funds to improve safety for transgender and nonbinary people. The main sponsors are Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Ed Markey, depicted as engaging in performative, cringeworthy political theater. Jayapal is quoted as saying the measures \u201churt absolutely no one,\u201d a claim the author suggests is ill-timed in the wake of a mass shooting carried out by someone who identified as transgender. The article references a prior version of the Transgender Bill of Rights that included language critics say would force teachers to use particular language and impose inclusive curricula. It argues that, in a Republican-controlled Congress, the resolution would be largely symbolic rather than lawmaking. The piece is written by Chris Bray, a former Army infantry sergeant with a PhD in history, who also publishes on Substack.<\/p>\n<p>55-character teaser (for a header or caption):<br \/>\nDemocrats revive push for a Transgender Bill of Rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":2569184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-11-at-4.10.11-PM-1024x586.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[71196,3685,4188,5894,71834],"class_list":["post-2569183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-culture-war-2","tag-democrats","tag-media","tag-politics","tag-transgender-rights-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-11-at-4.10.11-PM-1024x586.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569187,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569183\/revisions\/2569187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}