{"id":2367341,"date":"2024-11-11T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-democrat-receives-swift-backlash-from-own-party-for-transgender-comments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T14:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:29:26","slug":"massachusetts-democrat-receives-swift-backlash-from-own-party-for-transgender-comments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-democrat-receives-swift-backlash-from-own-party-for-transgender-comments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Democrat receives swift backlash from own party for transgender comments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassachusetts-democrat-receives-swift-backlash-from-own-party-for-transgender-comments-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2367341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is facing backlash from\u200b within \u200bhis own Democratic Party \u2063following comments he made \u200dregarding transgender athletes. In an interview with the *New York Times*, Moulton expressed concern for his daughters competing against male or formerly male athletes, \u2062suggesting that he feels pressured to avoid expressing such views as a Democrat. \u2064His\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">remarks prompted\u200d swift\u2062 condemnation<\/a> from party\u2064 officials, including\u200b Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Steve \u200bKerrigan, \u2062who stated that Moulton&#8217;s views do\u200c not represent\u2064 the party&#8217;s stance and emphasized\u2064 their\u2063 support for the\u2063 LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Local leaders in\u200b Salem, part of Moulton&#8217;s district, also denounced his\u200c comments, stating they do not align with\u200d the community\u2019s\u2063 values. Despite the fallout and the resignation of his campaign manager, Moulton defended his statements, \u2063asserting that\u2064 his perspective reflects the concerns of many voters and\u200c that\u2062 discussions \u200con such topics should not \u2064be silenced within \u200bthe party. He highlighted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-harvard-president-claudine-gay-defends-calls-for-intifada-revolution-as-free-speech\/\" title=\"Harvard President Claudine Gay Supports &#039;Intifada Revolution&#039; as Free Speech\">broader debate\u2062 occurring<\/a> among some Democrats about the \u200dparty&#8217;s approach to transgender issues in sports,\u2064 citing another Democratic representative, Tom Suozzi, \u2064who also\u2063 questions the party&#8217;s current stance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Massachusetts Democrat receives swift backlash from own party for transgender comments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1878989\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seth-moulton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Seth Moulton <\/a>(D-MA) is receiving heat from his own party after he commented about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> transgender athletes<\/a> during the Democratic Party&rsquo;s upheaval following the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Moulton said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/democrats-kamala-harris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> with the <em>New York Times<\/em> he has two daughters and doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I&rsquo;m supposed to be afraid to say that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats quickly rebuked Moulton&rsquo;s comments, with Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Steve Kerrigan saying they &ldquo;do not represent the broad view of our party.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Kerrigan also said the party is &ldquo;proud to stand with the LGTBQ+ community, especially our transgender friends, neighbors, and loved ones across the Commonwealth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220424\/how-democrats-can-adjust-to-avoid-future-defeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS WEIGH CHANGE IN STRATEGY TO AVOID MIDTERM AND 2028 DEFEATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Salem, which is in Moulton&rsquo;s district, has especially taken concern.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Salem School Committee and district leaders denounce, in the strongest possible terms, the comments made by Congressman Seth Moulton regarding children&rsquo;s athletic participation,&rdquo; Mayor Dominick Pangallo and Salem School Committee members said in a message to families about his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congressman Moulton&rsquo;s comments with respect to trans and non-binary children do not reflect our values,&rdquo; the officials added.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the criticism and the resignation of Moulton&rsquo;s campaign manager, Moulton has defended his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was just speaking authentically as a dad about one of many issues where I think we&rsquo;re just out of touch with the majority of voters, and I stand by my position,&rdquo; Moulton said Sunday during an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/weekends-with-alex-witt\/watch\/rep-moulton-stands-by-controversial-transgender-athlete-comments-amid-democratic-backlash-224073285910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC appearance<\/a>. &ldquo;The backlash I&rsquo;ve received proves my point that we can&rsquo;t even have these discussions as a party.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And we&rsquo;ve got to be able to have these debates,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;But, instead, we have a wing of our party that shames us, that tries to cancel people who try to even bring up these difficult topics, and, frankly, shames voters.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moulton isn&rsquo;t the only Democrat questioning whether the party should realign its stance on transgender people in sports. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY), who represents a Long Island swing district, told the <em>New York Times<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2024\/11\/suozzi-says-democrats-lost-votes-supporting-biological-boys-playing-girls-sports-teams\/400930\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">  last week<\/a> that the party should change its stance on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to discriminate against anybody, but I don&rsquo;t think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-nfl-player-calls-for-separate-transgender-category-of-sports-after-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"Retired NFL Player Calls For Separate Transgender Category Of Sports After Biden Executive Order\">biological boys<\/a> should be playing in girls&rsquo; sports,&rdquo; he said, adding that &ldquo;Democrats should be saying this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added the next day that &ldquo;we failed as a party to respond to the Republican weaponization of anarchy on college campuses, defund the police, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-ducks-questions-about-protecting-girls-from-trans-athletes-its-complicated\/\" title=\"Jean-Pierre avoids answering questions on safeguarding girls from trans athletes, citing complexity.\">biological boys playing<\/a> in girls&rsquo; sports, and a general attack on traditional values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other lawmakers have pointed to the fact that the party may not understand working-class voters the way they thought they did. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said, &ldquo;It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-can-adjust-for-2026-elections-and-2028-presidential-race\/\" title=\"How Democrats can adjust for 2026 elections and 2028 presidential race\">abandoned working class people<\/a> would find that the working class has abandoned them &hellip;. Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1878989\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1878989\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Democrat faces backlash from party over transgender remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2367342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Seth-Moulton.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4265,4912,5610,4019],"class_list":["post-2367341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-backlash","tag-democrat","tag-massachusetts","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Seth-Moulton.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367345,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367341\/revisions\/2367345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}