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Two Congressional Democrats have slammed the Democrat Party's views on transgender athletes in the wake of Kamala Harris' election loss to Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly made what he calls 'transgender insanity' a key plank of his platform on the trail, having said he would ban trans athletes in girls' sports. Congressman Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts representative who ran unopposed to retain his seat, and Tom Suozzi, who won and then kept George Santos' Long Island seat, are both speaking out. Moulton, who was also heavily critical of former mentor Joe Biden, said that the Democrats 'spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face.' 'I have two little girls, I don't want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I'm supposed to be afraid to say that,' he told the New York Times.
However, this appears to be a change of tune for Moulton, who briefly ran for president in the 2020 Democrat Primary.
He voted against passing a Republican-backed bill - the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act - as recently as last year. Moulton is also the co-sponsor of the Democrat-pushed Transgender Bill of Rights, which would allow trans participation in sports matching their gender identity. Tom Suozzi won reelection Tuesday in a race against Republican Mike LiPetri, a former state lawmaker, a victory possibly aided by tweaks to the district´s boundaries earlier this year that trimmed out a more conservative section of Long Island. The Democrat also slammed the party's kowtowing to the transgender lobby in an interview with the Times.
'The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left. I don't want to discriminate against anybody, but I don't think biological boys should be playing in girls' sports.' He added that 'Democrats aren't saying that, and they should be' but Suozzi's record also contains pro-trans legislation.
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