Far-Left Lawmaker Ices Out Fellow Dem For Criticizing Party On Transgender Ideology

“I go back to the fact that we can have an economic agenda that allows people to feel good and safe about their lives, and that is inclusive, so that everybody gets to live their life out,” Jayapal continued. “I don’t think that… instilling fear in people for a tiny, tiny group of population, group of people that we’re talking about, is the right way to go about this.”

Moulton also faced backlash from professors at Tufts University and local Democrats, according to Boston Globe columnist Carine Hajjar, who wrote that the college’s political science department would not facilitate internships with Moulton’s office.

Local Democrats also condemned Moulton, with one elected official from Salem demanding the congressman’s resignation.

“I’m not looking for an apology from @sethmoulton,” Kyle Davis, a city councilman posted on X. “I’m looking for a resignation.”

The issue of biological males who identify as transgender competing in women’s sports became controversial after Lia Thomas won the 500-yard women’s final during the 2022 NCAA championships.

Multiple college teams elected to forfeit matches against San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball team due to the presence of a biological male on the San Jose State roster, according to the Los Angeles Times.

North Carolina high school volleyball player Payton McNabb, who suffered a career-ending concussion when a transgender player’s spike hit her in the face during a September 2022 volleyball match, described ongoing medical symptoms in legislative testimony given in April 2023, urging the legislature to pass a bill banning biological men from competing in women’s sports.