Two Democratic congressmen criticized the Democratic Party’s views on transgender athletes following Kamala Harris’ election loss to Donald Trump.
Trump has repeatedly made what he calls “transgender madness” a key element of his platform along the way, having said he would ban trans athletes from women’s sports.
Congressman Seth Moulton, a representative from Massachusetts who ran unopposed to retain his seat, and Tom Suozzi, who won and then kept George Santos’ seat on Long Island, are speaking.
Moulton, who also sharply criticized former mentor Joe Biden, said Democrats “spend too much time trying not to offend anyone instead of being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face.”
“I have two little girls, I don’t want an athlete or a former athlete running them over on the field, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that,” he told New York Times.
Democrat Seth Moulton (pictured) criticized the Democratic Party’s views on transgender athletes following Kamala Harris’ election loss to Donald Trump.
Trump has been outspoken about what his plans are for transgender society in the US, saying he would “simply ban” transgender women from participating in sports.
However, this appears to be a change of tone for Moulton, who briefly ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary.
Last year he voted against the passage of a Republican-backed bill, the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act.
Moulton is also a co-sponsor of the Democrat-sponsored Transgender Bill of Rights, which would allow trans people to participate in sports that match their gender identity.
Tom Suozzi won reelection Tuesday in a race against Republican Mike LiPetri, a former state lawmaker, a victory likely aided by adjustments to district boundaries earlier this year that eliminated a more conservative section of Long Island.
The Democrat also criticized the party’s bowing to the transgender lobby in an interview with the times.
‘Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left. I don’t want to discriminate against anyone, but I don’t think biological boys should play girls’ sports.’
He added that “Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should,” but Suozzi’s record also contains pro-trans legislation.
Suozzi previously supported the Equality Act that makes gender identity and sexual orientation federally protected classes and sponsored a law to stop the harassment of gay and trans students. .
Tom Suozzi also criticized the party’s bowing to the transgender lobby.
Harris widely supported transgender rights, something Trump constantly criticized the Democrat on
Trump has been outspoken about his stance on transgender society in the United States, revealing his dramatic plan during an all-female town hall on Fox News with Harris Faulkner just weeks before he was re-elected.
Asked what he would do “about the transgender issue in women’s sports,” Trump said he plans to “just ban it.”
“It’s a very easy question,” he said while smiling.
‘Everyone in the room and you know that answer, we are not going to let that happen.
‘Just yesterday they had a volleyball game, did you see that? When a person made the transition, we have to be very careful because this can end his political career if he says it a little wrong, but he went from a man to a woman,’ added the president-elect.
The former president was apparently referencing Blaire Fleming, a volleyball player at San Jose State University (SJSU).
Fleming, a redshirt senior, has been cited as the reason four schools have lost games against SJSU so far this season due to safety concerns.
More recently they went viral for spiking a ball and forcefully hitting another player in the face. Even the announcer noticed the woman’s rosy face after the blow.
Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theater Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia.
“And I saw the slam,” Trump told the crowd of women. “I never saw a ball hit so hard, hit the girl in the head.”
“Other people, even in volleyball, have been permanently injured and very seriously injured,” he continued.
‘We absolutely stop it. You can’t have it. He is a man who participates in the game.
Faulkner then intervened and pressed Trump further on the issue.
‘So how can it be stopped? Do you go to sports leagues? Go to the Olympic council? the Fox News host asked.
‘You just ban it. The president forbids it, you just don’t let it happen,” Trump quickly responded.
The crowd of women burst into praise for the former president’s political proposal.
Kamala Harris expressed a contrary opinion during an interview that same day.
Donald Trump told a woman during a Fox News town hall on Wednesday that his plan to address the “transgender issue in women’s sports” is to “just ban it.”
Milton, Georgia, woman with nine grandchildren asked Trump about sports policy
Fox News host Bret Baier asked if Harris supports taxpayer-funded sex surgeries for trans inmates and illegal immigrants during his long-awaited interview.
“All transgender inmates in the prison system would have access,” Harris was seen saying in 2019, which the Trump campaign has repurposed in an ad attacking the Democrat.
Baier asked him if he still has the same beliefs.
‘So, you’re still in favor of using taxpayer money to help prisoners or detained illegal aliens transition to another gender?’ Baier asked.
Harris responded without saying what she personally believes: “I will follow the law, a law that Donald Trump actually followed.”
“You’re probably already familiar with a public report that under the Donald Trump administration, these surgeries were available based on medical need for people in the federal prison system,” he added.
The law she talked about concerned policy implemented under the Trump administration before she and Biden entered the White House.
The policy allows incarcerated transgender people to receive gender-affirming medical care if necessary based on individual needs.