Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton appears to be financially rewarded for standing up against transgender athletes in women's sports, but his critics aren't backing down.
Moulton has raised $547,153 from Election Day in November to the end of 2024, according to the Boston Globe. This number is 10 times the amount he raised during the same period in 2022, and 80% of donations were less than $100.
“I think most Democrats want to shelve this issue so they don't keep losing on this issue,” Moulton told the magazine.
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She was one of the most vocal Democrats opposing transgender participation in women's and girls' sports after her party suffered major losses in the White House, House and Senate races.
Moulton initially made comments in a New York Times article on November 7, just two days after the election, criticizing the party's position on transgender inclusion, but has since faced backlash from within the party. In response, he reiterated his position.
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Moulton's comments led to a pro-trans rally in front of his office on November 17th; second meeting It is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, outside his office.
Salem City Councilman Kyle Davis, who organized the rally, previously told Fox News Digital that there are a sizable number of Democrats in Massachusetts and plans to make Moulton a primary candidate in 2026. Ta.
Moulton last week voted against a bill to help combat transgenderism, despite publicly denying that he supports transgender participation in women's and girls' sports.
Moulton joined 206 Democratic senators who voted against the sports law's protections for women and girls on January 14th. Moulton previously co-sponsored the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights, which would allow transgender athletes to participate in women's sports.
Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) speaks at a hearing of the House Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee. (Getty Images)
On Tuesday, two Democrats joined the Republican majority in voting in favor of the bill: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas). But Moulton, despite his current opposition to transgender inclusion, voted against the bill on Tuesday and said he did not want children to be “subjected to the invasion of personal privacy that this bill authorizes.” said.
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This argument is similar to those made by many other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (New York) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), who say that child predators He claimed it would give him the power to conduct genital examinations on young people. girls.
The bill passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support and has been moved to the Senate, but some Democratic voters are leaving the party in reaction to the child-predation rhetoric of their members.
Rep. Seth Moulton, R-Mass., questions Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
recent New York Times/Ipsos survey It turns out that a majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be allowed to participate in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people surveyed, 79% said biological males who identify as female should not be allowed to participate in women's sports.
Of the 1,025 people who said they were a Democrat or Democratic-leaning, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete against women.
Immediately after the November election; National exit poll A survey conducted by the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee found that 70% of moderate voters said, It turns out that President Donald Trump's opposition to the use of the virus is viewed as follows. important to them.
Six percent said it was the most important issue, and 44% said it was “very important.”
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