Over the last several weeks, a slew of Democrats have staked out anti-trans positions in anticipation of the 2026 midterm elections. Many of these Democrats have capitulated on sports, using terms like “biological males” and “boys” to refer to transgender girls. Some have gone further, such as Marcy Kaptur in Ohio, who released an ad boasting that she voted “to keep transgender ideology out of our schools.” But one red-state Democrat has been known for his relatively stalwart opposition to anti-trans laws: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who famously vetoed a sports ban in 2022 in a state Trump would go on to carry by 30 points, fiercely defending his veto at the time. Now, in a CNN interview, Beshear had one message for Democrats taking part in anti-trans hate: “We don’t throw anybody under the bus.”