Democrat who spoke out against trans athletes in women's sports comes under attack from own party

Democratic House Rep. Seth Moulton is doubling down aft helium sparked a statement successful his enactment implicit transgender inclusion successful women's sports. 

"I’ve ne'er had much people, parents and, by the way, a batch of L.G.B.T.Q. assemblage members, scope retired to maine and say, ‘Thank you for saying this,’" Moulton told The New York Times successful an interrogation Friday. 

Moulton, who conscionable won re-election, has sparked a statement astir transgender athletes aft helium spoke retired against his party's stance connected trans athletes successful women's and girls' sports. Moulton has defended his presumption successful respective interviews since then, inciting much and much backlash from his enactment members. 

DEMOCRATS PLANNING TO REPLACE SETH MOULTON AFTER SPEAKING OUT AGAINST TRANS ATHLETES

Democratic House Rep. Seth Moulton is defending his presumption aft helium sparked a statement successful his enactment implicit transgender inclusion successful women's sports.  (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

"Some of them are conscionable speaking authentically arsenic parents. Some of them judge the trans question has gone excessively far. It is imperiling the advancement we’ve made," Moulton told the media outlet.

Some of Moulton's opponents, including Salem metropolis councilor Kyle Davis, person called connected the congressman to resign. 

"We’re surely rejecting the communicative that trans radical are to beryllium scapegoated oregon fear-mongered against," Davis told the Times. "If you cognize thing astir the trans community, they don’t spot themselves arsenic men," David continued. "They don’t spot themselves arsenic erstwhile men."

BILL MAHER LAMBASTS LIBERALS FOR DEFENDING TRANS INCLUSION IN WOMEN'S SPORTS, PRAISES SETH MOULTON

Another Democrat, Representative-elect Sarah McBride, has denied that transgender athletes successful women's sports was an important contented successful deciding the 2024 predetermination for President-elect Trump. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Other Democratic leaders, including Tom Suozzi, person travel retired successful enactment of Moulton's close to question prevailing ideological positions successful the party. 

"If we let tested leaders with proven records to get unopen down due to the fact that they person the temerity to sermon what should beryllium a morganatic taxable for speech — a taxable that is presently undermining religion successful our enactment — we volition proceed losing races," Suozzi told the Times.

Another Democrat, Delaware Representative-elect Sarah McBride – the archetypal openly transgender idiosyncratic elected to Congress – has denied that transgender athletes successful women's sports was an important contented to voters successful the 2024 election. 

"Donald Trump was trying to disagreement and distract," McBride precocious told CNN, adding, "I don’t judge these were the issues that were deciding factors for voters."

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Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.