Trying to stand up for marginalized communities such as transgendered kids and migrants. They got burned.
This is not the first time. The party stood up for civil rights for black people and lost the South. They are still paying the price for it. Their gains elsewhere have not made up for the loss. The South is a solid GOP stronghold. Only a handful of states are Democratic strongholds and they have been losing ground there. The southern strategy is no longer southern because it doesn't have to be. It continues on.
Good thing my community didn't face this when I moved here and took advantage of several government benefits. It could have been, "They are eating the dogs, they are eating the cats, Kimchi smells. Their breaths stink"
Maybe our women kept us shielded from the racists? After all, a lot of conservatives have Asian wives. Only if they had the migrant and trans fetishes, it could have been different.