Democrat David Jolly Thinks 'Trans' Athletes Have More Constitutional Rights Than Girls

David Jolly used to carry an R next to his name in Congress. Now he's out there arguing that boys who identify as girls have a stronger constitutional claim to compete in girls' sports than the actual girls do. That's not a paraphrase of some vague vibe, that's the substance of his position, and it tells you everything about where the modern Democratic Party has landed on this issue in a state that has already drawn a clear line against it.

Florida passed a law protecting girls' sports because parents, coaches, and female athletes said enough. Jolly wants to be governor of that same state while running against the very policy that most Floridians, including plenty of Democrats, actually support. He's also promising to blow up the agreements that let local police work with ICE, which means fewer removals of criminal illegal aliens and more headaches for the cops who have to deal with the fallout. Add in the gun control push and the Fauci nostalgia, and you get a candidate whose whole platform reads like a rejected DNC talking points memo rather than anything built for the state he wants to run.

The endorsement from the Florida LGBTQ+ Democrat Caucus isn't a scandal, it's just confirmation. Jolly isn't some moderate trying to find middle ground in a purple state. He's running as a full-throated progressive in a state that spent the last several years rejecting exactly that brand of politics, and voters will notice the switch even if he'd rather they didn't ask about it.