Harper Steele Doesn’t ‘Give a F—‘ About Politicians and Pundits Blaming Kamala Harris Loss on Democrats’ Support of Transgender Rights: ‘We’re Not Here to Be the Sacrifice’
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events As political pundits spent the hours and days after the election dissecting why they thought Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris so badly at the ballot box, some blamed the Democratic Party’s so-called “wokeness,” particularly its support of transgender rights, for the loss. “The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left,” New York Democratic Rep.
Tom Suozzi told The New York Times. “I don’t want to discriminate against anybody, but I don’t think biological boys should be playing in girls’ sports. … Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be.” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough also blasted the left for embracing trans rights because it was too scared of offending “some small subset of their base.” Harper Steele, whose transition and friendship with Will Ferrell was chronicled in the recent Netflix documentary “Will & Harper,” is having none of that. “I don’t give a fuck about those people,” she says. “Trans people are not the canary in the cave.
You know what I mean? We’re not here to be the sacrifice that we’re going to make so the rest of us can live. That’s fucked up…I can make compromises, but trans people are not a compromise.” “Will & Harper” followed Steele and Ferrell on a road trip they took from New York City to Los Angeles.
Steele had made the journey many times before, but the movie captures her first time crossing the country after her transition.
