‘Preaching And Not Listening’: Dem Rep Calls Party Out For Trying To ‘Cancel’ Dissenters

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts criticized his party for “not listening” to Americans Sunday evening, days after a top campaign aide resigned following comments Moulton made regarding transgender athletes.

Moulton criticized Democrats for trying to “cancel” those with opposing viewpoints, specifically citing the issues surrounding males competing in female sports, shortly before Moulton’s campaign manager, Matt Chilliak, resigned late Thursday, according to The Boston Globe. Moulton said he had privately received support for his comments, which expressed opposition to biologically male transgender athletes competing against women, from fellow Democrats on the issue.

“There’s some public pushback while the vast majority of messages and emails, and texts and conversations I’ve been having on the street are actually incredibly supportive. And this is all from fellow Democrats, from colleagues in Congress, from some pretty senior members of the party and whatnot, who just say, you are exactly right, Seth. This is our problem. We try to cancel people rather than having debates about issues that Americans care about,” Moulton told “CNN Newsroom” host Jessica Dean. “And this is much bigger than just trans issues. This is about the economy. How is it that the Republicans are doing better on the economy, are more trusted on the economy, when Trump just wants to cut taxes for his billionaire friends and put massive tariffs in place that will raise prices, will increase inflation for everyday Americans. How is it when Trump wants to break up millions of families and communities across America by having these mass deportations, the Republicans are more trusted on the border?”

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“We’ve got to be willing to get in touch with the majority of Americans,” Moulton continued. “And we can’t do that if we do all this preaching and not listening. We have to listen to American voters, engage them in this discussion. What does it say to American voters if people in our own party can’t even have this debate?”