Seth Moulton gets fundraising haul after slamming trans athlete inclusion, prompting second pro-trans rally

It appears that Ambassador Seth Moulton, D-Mass. transgender athletes In women’s sports, but his critics are not giving up.

Moulton has raised $547,153 from Election Day in November through the end of 2024, according to the Boston Globe. That figure is 10 times what he raised in the same period in 2022, and 80% of donations were $100 or less.

“I think most Democrats want to put this issue to bed, so we don’t lose on it,” Moulton told the outlet.

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The congressman has been one of the most vocal Democrats to speak out against transgender inclusion in women’s and girls’ sports after his party withdrew from the White House, House and Senate races.

Moulton initially made his comments lambasting his party’s stance on transgender inclusion in a New York Times op-ed on Nov. 7, just two days after the election, then repeatedly doubled down on that stance amid backlash from those within his own party.

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Moulton’s comments sparked a pro-transgender rally outside his office on Nov. 17, and now second rally He is scheduled for his office on Tuesday, January 28.

Salem City Councilman Kyle Davis, who organized the rallies, previously told Fox News Digital that there is a sizable Democratic contingent in Massachusetts planning a 2026 Moulton primary.

Although Moulton has publicly rejected supporting transgender inclusion for women and girls, he still voted against legislation that would have helped him fight last week.

Moulton joined 206 Democratic representatives who voted against protecting women and girls in the sports bill on Jan. 14. Moulton previously co-sponsored the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights, both of which would have allowed transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.

On Tuesday, two Democrats joined the Republican majority in voting in favor of the bill — Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas. But Moulton, despite his current opposition to transgender inclusion, voted against the bill on Tuesday, saying he did not want children to be “subjected to the invasive violations of personal privacy that this bill allows.”

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That argument was similar to one made by many other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Dn.Y., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dn.Y., insisting it would empower youth predators to give genital exams to young people. to give genital examinations for genital examinations for genital examinations for genital examinations for genital examination for genital examinations for genital examinations to young Girls.

The bill passed the House with bipartisan support and is moving to the Senate, and some Democratic voters have Chosen to leave the party In response to the child predator argument of their representatives.

Recent New York Times/IPSOS poll They found that the vast majority of Americans, including most Democrats, do not think transgender athletes should be allowed to compete 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 identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete against women.

Shortly after the November elections, a National exit poll The Legislative Action Committee of Legislative Action Concerned America found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls’ and women’s sports and transgender boys and men using girls’ and women’s bathrooms” as girls’ and women’s bathrooms” important to them.

And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was “very important.”

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