Two House Democrats Oppose Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports

Two House Democrats this week criticized their party’s embrace of transgender athletes in women’s sports and blamed the party’s far-left pandering as the reason for Democrats’ setbacks on Tuesday.

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New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, who supported legislation strengthening transgender rights during his first term in the House in 2017, acknowledged that he does not believe athletes born male should play with athletes born male. women.

“Democrats must stop pandering to the far left,” Suozzi told The New York Times on Wednesday. “I don’t want to discriminate against anyone, but I don’t think biological boys should play girls’ sports. Democrats don’t say that, and they should.”

Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton agreed Thursday that his party is too concerned about offending people by being dishonest.

“Democrats spend too much time trying not to offend anyone instead of being brutally honest about the problems that many Americans face,” Moulton told the publication on Thursday. “I have two little girls and I don’t want them to get run over on the playing field by a man or a former male athlete, but as a Democrat I have to be afraid to say that.”

Moulton has joined fellow House Democrats in supporting transgender rights since 2015 and last spring voted against the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act proposed by Florida Republican Congressman Greg Steube. behind the Hill.

The Massachusetts Democrat also co-sponsored the Transgender Bill of Rights passed by House Democrats, which includes protections for transgender athletes who want to play on sports teams that match their gender identity rather than their birth sex.

Misty Severy is the evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.