Two blue state House Democrats slam party's stance on transgender athletes after Harris' defeat

Two blue-state Democrats are distancing themselves from the progressive helping of their enactment successful the aftermath of Vice President Kamala Harris' decision successful the 2024 statesmanlike election, saying their party's enactment for transgender athletes successful girls' sports was 1 contented that wounded Democrats.

"The Democrats person to halt pandering to the acold left," Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., told The New York Times successful a study published Thursday. "I don’t privation to discriminate against anybody, but I don’t deliberation biologic boys should beryllium playing successful girls’ sports."

"Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be," Suozzi added. 

The congressman narrowly held onto his Queens and Nassau plaything seat successful Tuesday's election, the Times noted.

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Two Democratic congressman from heavy bluish states distanced themselves from policies allowing transgender athletes successful women's sports pushed by the left.  (Getty Images)

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton besides criticized his party's stance connected the transgender jock contented arsenic out-of-touch with astir Americans.

"Democrats walk mode excessively overmuch clip trying not to offend anyone alternatively than being brutally honorable astir the challenges galore Americans face," Moulton said successful The New York Times report. "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." 

Nearly 70 percent of Americans don't judge that biologic men should beryllium allowed to vie successful women's sports, according to a Gallup poll taken past year.

Progressive lawmaker Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., besides came retired swinging against the Democratic Party aft Harris' defeat, saying its clasp of "identity politics" created a moving people elector exodus.

"It’s not conscionable Kamala," helium said successful the Times report. "It’s a Democratic Party which progressively has go a enactment of individuality politics, alternatively than knowing that the immense bulk of radical successful this state are moving class. This inclination of workers leaving the Democratic Party started with Whites, and it has accelerated to Latinos and Blacks."

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Many Democrats person been reckoning with Vice President Kamala Harris' nonaccomplishment to President-elect Trump connected Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

On Tuesday, President-elect Trump soared to triumph aft winning cardinal battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, and Michigan. He built connected his 2020 coalition, making gains with Black and Latino voters and flipping respective Democratic strongholds crossed the nation.

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Republican candidates crossed the state besides enjoyed large wins connected Election Night, with the GOP taking the Senate and coming within striking distance of taking the House, portion galore cardinal races stay excessively adjacent to call.