Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., appears to have been financially rewarded for taking a stand against it transgender athletes in women’s sports, but his critics aren’t giving up.
According to The Boston Globe, Moulton has raised $547,153 from Election Day in November through the end of 2024. That figure is ten times higher than what he raised during the same period in 2022, and 80% of donations were $100 or less.
“I think most Democrats want to put this issue aside so we don’t continue to lose on it,” Moulton told the newspaper.
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The congressman was one of the most outspoken Democrats to speak out against transgender inclusion in women’s and girls’ sports following his party’s major election losses to the White House, House of Representatives and Senate.
Moulton initially blamed his party’s stance on regarding transgender, and then repeatedly doubled down on that position amid backlash from those within his own party.
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Moulton’s comments prompted a pro-transgender rally outside his office on Nov. 17 and now a second demonstration is scheduled for Tuesday, January 28 outside his office.
Salem City Councilman Kyle Davis, who organized the rallies, previously told Fox News Digital that there is a significant Democratic contingent in Massachusetts planning to run for Moulton in 2026.
Even though Moulton has publicly rejected the inclusion of transgender people in women’s and girls’ sports, he voted against a bill last week that would help combat it.
Moulton joined the 206 Democratic representatives who voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on January 14. Moulton previously co-sponsored the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights, both of which would allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks during a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. (Getty Images)
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 voted against the bill on Tuesday, even though he now opposes the inclusion of transgender people, saying he does 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 that of many other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who maintained that it would allow child predators to conduct genital research in young children. girls.
The bill passed with bipartisan support in the House and heads to the Senate, and some Democratic voters have done so as well elected to leave the party in response to their representatives’ argument about child predators.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., questions Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
A recent one New York Times/Ipsos survey found that the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not believe 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 participate in women’s sports.
Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not compete against women.
Shortly after the November elections, a national exit poll Research from the legislative action committee Concerned Women for America found that 70% of moderate voters identified with 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 restrooms.” 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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