For over a decade now, the issue of trangenderism has gained increasing prominence in American politics, which is natural when personal choices begin to intersect with public policy, and for Vice President Kamala Harris, it has risen above the surface at the worst possible time.
There have always been policy concerns around the idea that men can simply decide they are women. There were questions about women’s shelters and prisons, locker rooms and bathrooms, but nothing puts quite as fine a point on the issue as men competing in women’s sports.
For his part, former President Trump has a clear and concise answer to the troubling phenomenon, telling a Fox News town hall this week, "It’s such an easy question. Everybody in the room and you know that — we’re not going to let it happen."
And of course, he’s right. Very few people can see pictures of male swimmer Lea Thomas towering over her female competition or watch men in volleyball matches slamming the ball into women’s faces without instinctively seeing that it is wrong and unfair.