The issue, IMO, is the "fuck you, got mine" attitude from so many Americans.

Sure, someone who identifies as a "Liberal" may not want trans people be victimized but if they themselves are not trans (or maybe a close loved one), it's really someone else's problem not really worth doing anything about... maybe a post online

Fascism has taken over in the USA because of decades of dumbing down the public and rage farming... but the actual cause at the moment is that the raging idiots are willing to take action while the rest, unless personally affected, "can't be bothered"