Aide to moderate Democratic Party resigns after lawmaker's comments about “former male'' athlete

An aide to moderate Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton has reportedly resigned over his recent comments about transgender athletes and the left's tolerance for opposing views.

In an interview with the New York Times, Moulton came under fire from progressives when he brought up the issue of transgender athletes in school sports to illustrate complaints that liberals have little capacity for dissent. has been done.

Hours after the interview was published, his campaign manager, Matt Chiriak, resigned, according to the Boston Globe.

The report does not say why, and Moulton's campaign said it does not comment on personnel matters.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Chiriaku for confirmation.

“Today, millions of Americans hate immigrants and transgender people more than they fear fascism,” the Democratic operative told X early Wednesday morning, shortly after Trump won the election. I showed you,” he posted.

Moulton told the Times: “Democrats spend too much time trying not to offend anyone, rather than being brutally honest about the challenges facing many Americans.” spoke.

“I have two little girls, and I don't want them to get run over by a man, or a former male athlete, on the field, but as a Democrat you should be scared to say that,” he said.

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On Tuesday, President-elect Trump and the Republican Party won the White House and a majority in the Senate. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“I strongly believe in the need for competitive women's sports to limit the participation of those who have an unfair physical advantage due to being born male,” she said in a statement to Fox News Digital. I responded.

“I am also a strong supporter of civil rights for all Americans, including transgender rights. I will continue to fight for the rights and safety of all of our citizens, as I have always done. These two ideas are not mutually exclusive and may even disagree on them,'' Moulton said.

“But there are a lot of people screaming from the far left on social media who believe I have failed the implicit Democratic purity test. We will lose the 2024 election because of transgender people and issues.” We lost in part because we shamed and disrespected too many opinions held by too many voters. should be stopped. Let's have a debate now, decide on a new strategy for our party as the existing strategy has failed, and unite to oppose Trump policies wherever we are. It puts American values ​​at risk. ”

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LGBTQ rights group Mass Equality said Moulton's comments in the Times “further exacerbated our community's sense of vulnerability.”

“The congressman's comments were harmful and factually inaccurate,” the group said.

Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York also criticized the left after the Democratic Party's poor results this week. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Massachusetts Congressman John Moran said about That means you should find a job.” The weakest of us! ”

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But he's not the only Democrat to accuse the party of putting political blinders on after the 2024 election.

Rep. Richie Torres (D.Y.) wrote that X “has more to lose politically than to gain by pandering to the far left, which represents Twitter, Twitch, and TikTok more than the real world.” The working class is not buying the ivory nonsense being sold by the far left. ”