Democrat Seth Moulton scolds party for shutting down free speech, not listening to voters, in brutal op-ed

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., scolded his enactment for shutting retired opposing opinions and failing to code voters' fears successful a brutal sentiment nonfiction published successful the Washington Post connected Friday.

"Since Election Day, I’ve learned 2 things astir the Democratic Party: The connection constabulary volition proceed to patrol nary substance however severely we lose, and a increasing fig of america are yet acceptable to determination beyond them to commencement winning again," Moulton wrote successful his Post op-ed headlined, "I'm done with Democratic purity tests."

Moulton, who has travel nether occurrence from the near aft helium spoke retired against transgender athletes successful girls' sports, argued the blowback to his remarks proved his constituent that the Democratic Party doesn't champion escaped code anymore.

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Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton penned a scathing sentiment portion astir his enactment successful the Washington Post. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

"Voters privation elected officials to springiness dependable to their concerns, not archer them what they should think," Moulton wrote.

"Until not truthful agelong ago, we were the enactment of escaped speech. We welcomed real, rigorous statement erstwhile orthodox conservatives successful the Republican Party were acrophobic of change," helium argued, citing his party's combat for Obamacare, termination and same-sex marriage.

"In each case, we listened, we built trust, and we welcomed those who disagreed into our expanding structure — the explanation of a bulk party. Just 12 years ago, we adjacent nominated a Democrat who was against cheery matrimony for president," helium continued.

Moulton argued the tide had changed successful caller years and his enactment present seemed opposed to making country for antithetic opinions.

President Biden and Rep. Seth Moulton (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Independents and Republicans spot what we bash to chap Democrats who disagree with the enactment line. Why would they deliberation they’d person a supplication with us?" Moulton challenged.

Pivoting to the 2024 election, Moulton argued that the Democratic Party often went "straight to denial" erstwhile voters brought up concerns connected immigration, transgression and the system that they didn't hold with, and it coiled up costing them.

"But it turns retired that voters knew better, and wanted answers. When 94 percent of Americans said they disquieted astir the borderline crisis, Trump said he’d hole it. Trump, for each his bluster and lies, sees and understands existent fears," Moulton wrote.

"When Democrats don’t prosecute honestly connected existent issues important to Americans, we springiness the content that we either don’t recognize or, worse yet, simply don’t care," helium went on. "According to 1 exit poll, the No. 1 crushed plaything voters chose Trump was ‘Harris is focused much connected taste issues similar transgender issues rather than helping the mediate class.’"

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Moulton chided his enactment for letting an "easy election" get distant from them.

"We mislaid the White House to a felon who has alienated galore of the Republican faithful. Republicans are truthful dysfunctional that they couldn’t adjacent elite a Speaker of the House for 3 weeks past year, different archetypal successful modern history," Moulton wrote. 

"But the American radical voted for Trump due to the fact that helium articulated a vision, nevertheless twisted and unconscionable, for solving their problems and addressing their fears."

The congressman called connected his enactment to instrumentality to its "proud history" of moving to lick the challenges of working-class Americans alternatively than telling them "what to deliberation oregon however to feel."

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President-elect Donald Trump won due to the fact that helium listened to voters' concerns, Moulton wrote. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Moulton drew backlash from his enactment aft telling The New York Times earlier this month, "Democrats walk mode excessively overmuch clip trying not to offend anyone alternatively than being brutally honorable astir the challenges galore Americans face."

"I person 2 small girls, I don’t privation them getting tally implicit connected a playing tract by a antheral oregon formerly antheral athlete, but arsenic a Democrat I’m expected to beryllium acrophobic to accidental that," helium said astatine the time.

Moulton has doubled-down connected his comments successful the weeks since, prompting immoderate Democrats successful Massachusetts to plot to regenerate him successful 2026.