E! Channel’s ‘I Am Cait’: ‘Democrats Destroying the Country’

Dylan Gwynn | March 7, 2016
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>> Jenny: So you’re telling me Republicans support rights for transgender people? You're telling me that the people--
>> Caitlyn: I think they believe in the Constitution and the freedom of the Constitution.
>> Jenny: So who overturned--?
>> Caitlyn: The-the public! Because they're uninformed! The politicians didn't even vote on it. They just put it on the ballot.
>> Kate: Wait, there was an ad that was put forward by the former head of the Republican party in some county in Texas, and it's a horrible ad about a man who's standing outside the bathroom waiting for a little girl to go in.
>> Caitlyn: Oh, yeah, I know, yeah, they, they use the fear, he may have been Republican, I don't know, he might've been a Democrat. I don't know and so--
>> Jenny: No, it was not a Democrat. "No men in women's bathrooms."
>> Caitlyn: Yeah, I agree. It just so happens he happened to be a Republican. If he was a democrat that would've made my argument much easier.
>> Chandi: It would've made your argument a lot easier.
>> Candis: Yeah, but there's never been a Democrat who's really stuck her neck out like that to take a stand against trans people. It might not be a coincidence.
>> Caitlyn: This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is a humanity issue and it's been--
>> Jenny: It is, but so far, it's been a Republican issue to-to turn people--
>> Caitlyn: It has not.
>> Jenny: We have 15 Republicans running for president, none of whom had stated publically that they're for trans rights and many whom have stated that they are against us.
>> Caitlyn: They're just not talking about it. For the Republicans, it's not a big issue. The economy's the big issue. They're just worried about $18 trillion of debt. Those are all those, much bigger issues.
>> Jenny: There is a faction of people who uses fear of trans people, fear of gay people to bring people to the polls and-and it's generally--
>> Caitlyn: But the Republicans, I don't feel like they're out to get us.
>> Jenny: The Constitution.
>> Caitlyn: Every conservative guy out there believes in everybody's rights.
>> Jenny: That has never happened! That is a lie! That has never happened!
>> Candis: I mean, it is frustrating to me that Cait doesn't see the obvious. I mean, it's not like we're saying, "No, the sky's pink. No, really the sky is pink." I don't know how to show her without demeaning her or making her feel less than, because her party that she represents doesn't believe in who we are as trans people.
>> Jenny: You said you wanted to know what is, uh, your life as a woman gonna be like? What does it mean to be a woman besides hair and make-up? It means support for a woman's life. It means women's health care.
>> Caitlyn: No, uh, the Republicans just look at it very much differently. They're just worried about much bigger issues than the trans issues.
>> Jenny: The stakes are very high. If she doesn't listen to the rest of the community, I think she's gonna find herself isolated and irrelevant. As a leader, you need to embrace the fight for women's, for women's lives.
>> Caitlyn: Yes, but we're 18 and a half trillion dollars in debt-- our economy is going to collapse. The Democrats are destroying the country. They should be really careful.
>> Kate: Oh, dear.
>> Caitlyn: Okay?

This is rich. There’s nothing better than the party of inclusion and acceptance, threatening “isolation and irrelevance” simply because someone dares to think differently. However, this is by far the best ever episode of this show that I have been contractually obligated to watch.

Congratulations I Am Cait, it took you until the first episode of the second season to do it. But you have my attention.