Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has warned leftists that they should drop transgenderism as a core policy issue if they want to win future elections.

Clinton made the comments during an interview with the Financial Times when she was asked, “Democrats seem to be going out of their way to lose elections by elevating activist causes, notably the transgender debate, which are relevant only to a small minority. What sense does it make to depict JK Rowling as a fascist?”

The former Secretary of State said that such issues were serving as a distraction to the priority of being successful at the ballot box.

“We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window,” Clinton said.

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“Look, the most important thing is to win the next election. The alternative is so frightening that whatever does not help you win should not be a priority,” she added.

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