Thank you, @BlackWomxnFor! Black trans and cis women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy and I don’t take this endorsement lightly. I’m committed to fighting alongside you for the big, structural change our country needs. https://t.co/KqWsVoRYMb

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) November 7, 2019

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Well, that’s clarifying. “Backbone of our democracy.” That’s about what you would expect a Harvard faculty member to say. I’m old enough to remember when Democrats talked that way about folks like this:

Well, maybe they’re trans, and it’s okay for Liz to love them.