This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Andy Beshear knows he’s the Governor of a deep-Red state. He knows the Democratic elite in places like Washington, D.C. and San Francisco don’t fully appreciate the governing environment he has to navigate in Kentucky. Here’s what else Andy Beshear knows: he’s leading his Trump-loving state while remaining the most popular Democratic state CEO in the country, making him an automatic contender for the biggest promotion in politics in 2028 , though a less talked about one so far. Which is why it’s all the more striking that Beshear is leaning hard into his support for LGBTQ rights—and specifically the transgender community—as some others in the party are doing the exact opposite. “When people are attacked, I believe you stand up for them,” Beshear told me on Sunday in Washington. “That doesn't mean that's the only thing you talk about.…