They aren’t exact coy about it:
The idea is to first force the Democrats to repudiate and vilify transgender people and then move on to the next “aberrant” group after that. The Republicans are finally in the position to effectively turn the ratchet of diminishing civil rights. They aren’t going to give up and they want you to join them. You might think that giving up ground today will help and once back in power you’ll reinstate those rights, but you’ll never give it back. In fact, the addiction to power will make many even forget they used to believe in these issues at all.