Democrats just can’t quit identity politics

“Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face,” said Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), who twice co-sponsored the Transgender Bill of Rights in the House. “I have two little girls. I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.” 

Moulton’s effort to better align his party with the commonsense view of most voters did not go over well with his staff or other elected Democratic Party officials. After the comments, Moulton’s campaign manager immediately resigned, his former staff and interns penned a letter denouncing his statement, and Salem City Councilor Kyle Davis called for Moulton to resign. 

“I’m not looking for an apology from Seth Moulton, I’m looking for a resignation,” Davis wrote in a post on X. 

To his credit, Moulton has not backed down.

“The backlash I’ve received proves my point that we can’t even have these discussions as a party,” Moulton said Sunday on MSNBC. “And we’ve got to be able to have these debates. But, instead, we have a wing of our party that shames us, that tries to cancel people who try to even bring up these difficult topics, and, frankly, shames voters.” 

Cable news echo chambers, such as MSNBC, are a big part of the Democratic Party’s problem on these gender matters. Just days after Moulton’s comments, conservative author Shermichael Singleton was interrupted by fellow panelist Jay Michaelson after Singleton had the temerity to suggest that, “I think there are a lot of families out there who don’t believe boys should play girl sports.”

“They’re not boys. I’m not going to listen to transphobia at this table,” Micaelson thundered from across the table. “I am not going to listen to you call a trans-girl a boy. That is just not how it is. When you use a word that’s a slur, I’m going to interrupt. That’s not how it is. They’re not boys. They’re not boys, they’re not playing girls softball. I’m not going to sit there and listen to that.” 

The host of the CNN panel, Abby Phillip, then interjected to take Michaelson’s side. She insisted that Singleton change the words he was using because “like let’s try to talk about this in a way that is respectful.”

However, there was nothing disrespectful about Singleton’s comments. The word “boy” is not a slur, especially when it is used to describe biological males playing youth sports. That people, such as Michaelson, think they have the right to police the speech of their fellow citizens and that a CNN host would side with this censorship says everything you need to know about the mind virus that has infected the elites of the Democratic Party and their media fellow travelers.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 

For decades, the Democratic Party has feasted by slicing and dicing the electorate into different supposedly oppressed minority groups and then pitching itself as the lone savior of each group. However, as this year’s election results show, voters are tired of this divisive messaging. Americans want a government that is going to put their interests first, regardless of their skin color or sexual orientation. They want their borders protected, they want criminals to be punished, and they don’t want to be wasting taxpayer money on elective surgery for illegal immigrant inmates.

Until more Democrats are willing to take a brave stand, as Moulton did, and until CNN anchors stop censoring the commonsense language of their guests, it is going to be a long road back to a majority for the Democratic Party.