Washington Post Roasted for Rather 'Interesting' Language Used to Describe SCOTUS TN Trans Case Ruling

By Sister Toldjah | 4:35 PM on June 18, 2025

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down a big win for common sense and sanity in their ruling on the U.S. v. Skrmetti case, upholding a Tennessee law that was passed in 2023 and which effectively banned so-called "gender affirming" care for minors, including puberty blockers and transition surgery.

As RedState reported, in a 6-3 ruling, they determined that the law does not violate the 14th Amendment.

"Our role is not 'to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic' of the law before us, but only to ensure that it does not violate the equal protection guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. "Having concluded it does not, we leave questions regarding its policy to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process."

Naturally, the Usual Suspects in the mainstream media were not amused, including the Washington Post, which provided this pretty predictable hot take:

Breaking news: A divided Supreme Court cleared the way for states to ban certain gender transition treatments for minors, a polarizing national issue the Trump administration has seized on in initiatives targeting transgender rights. https://t.co/er1uhGQE0W
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 18, 2025

"Polarizing"? Er, no.

It's actually not polarizing.

The Washington Post's own polling found that overwhelming majority of Americans support banning sex change treatments and surgeries for children.

The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's right to take that popular action. https://t.co/fkABk7hlgP
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 18, 2025

Literally one of the least polarizing issues in America. No lessons learned. Ever, apparently. https://t.co/USNLOs9TBO
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) June 18, 2025

Just to put a finer point on it, so-called "transgender rights" was an issue that the Trump campaign successfully used to turn then-Vice President Kamala Harris' "pro-woman" messaging against her during the 2024 presidential campaign, which yours truly wrote about at the time:

But while Harris was leaning in on the women's vote, Trump was targeting disaffected men, specifically younger ones in black and Hispanic communities who the campaign knew through research were feeling ignored, abandoned, and insulted.
As it turns out, their strategy to emphasize masculinity, coupled with ads that included warnings about Harris' support for trans rights - including her prior push to pay for transgender surgeries in the California prison system with taxpayer money, ended up paying off big time with the exact voters he needed down the finish line.
It moved not just those younger male voters in his direction but more suburban women voters, too, a twofer that paid big dividends on Election Day.

This is one of the ads that is being credited with having the most impact in Trump's favor in 2024: