Some Democrats blame party’s position on transgender rights in part for Harris’ loss
Desperate for answers on what went wrong on Election Day, finger-pointing among Democrats and media pundits has been swift.
Desperate for answers on what went wrong on Election Day, finger-pointing among Democrats and media pundits has been swift. Many — in private — are holding President Joe Biden responsible. Others are blaming the operatives who have run the party’s last several campaigns. But some are pointing to an issue with far less power in American politics: transgender rights.
“The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left,” Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., told The New York Times on Wednesday. “I don’t want to discriminate against anybody, but I don’t think biological boys should be playing in girls’ sports.”
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., shared a similar view, telling the Times on Thursday: “Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face. I have two little girls. I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”
Representatives for Suozzi and Moulton did not immediately return a request for comment.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images fileIn Texas, where the battle over transgender rights has become particularly fierce in recent years, then-Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa told a local radio station that “you can support transgender rights up and down all the categories where the issue comes up, or you can understand that there’s certain things that we just go too far on, that a big bulk of our population does not support.”
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