If there is one hallmark of the Trump era, one strategy that has been employed to force through a radical agenda, it might be this one, first articulated by Steve Bannon all the way back in 2018.

The Democrats don't matter, Bannon said. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with stuff.

He didn't stay stuff, but you get the idea.

Now Steve Bannon was overstating the role of the media

and understating the role of actual Democratic officials.

But that flood the zone approach,

that is something we have seen Trump do

to great effect over the years.

It's not that Trump is some kind of brilliant tactician,

but on some level, Trump does seem to realize

that the best way to avoid scrutiny

is to simply do a whole lot of bad things all at once

to keep everyone's attention divided.

Something that we are seeing play out right now, today, this hour.

Today, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced a bill that would ban transgender

people on Capitol Hill from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

It's clear that this bill was designed to stoke controversy about Congresswoman

elect Sarah McBride, who became the first openly transgender person ever elected to Congress in

this past election. Under Mace's bill, Congresswoman elect McBride would be forced to use the men's room

on Capitol Hill.

It's an obviously dehumanizing attempt to bully a new member of Congress.

It's a clear attempt to gain the spotlight given the fact that Representative Mace just three

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