Rahm Emanuel Clashes with The New Yorker’s David Remnick Over Whether Democrats Should ‘Prioritize’ Trans Issues

Rahm Emanuel spars with New Yorker interviewer who grilled him for not emphasizing trans issues

Rahm Emanuel clashed with The New Yorker's David Remnick over whether the Democratic Party should prioritize transgender rights or focus on education reform and graduation rates.

Rahm Emanuel Clashes with The New Yorker’s David Remnick Over Whether Democrats Should ‘Prioritize’ Trans Issues

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Democrats lost touch with the American public by fixating on trans rights instead of issues like housing costs and education. Emanuel got into a polite-but-passionate exchange with The New Yorker editor David Remnick on the magazine’s Tuesday podcast. The ex-mayor said he supports trans issues, but argued it should not be one of the main topics Democrats campaign on. “You have to prioritize what’s an A and …