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Maryam Khanum

Dem Lawmakers in Deep Blue States Reject Trans Rights Just Days After Trump Election Victory

Tom Suozzi (left) and Seth Molton (right) (Credit: House.gov/Getty Images)

Democratic legislators from certain deep blue states have withheld their support for transgender athletes competing in sports with the gender they transitioned to just days after President-elect Donald Trump won his race campaigning on an anti-trans platform.

"The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left," Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) told The New York Times on Wednesday. "I don't want to discriminate against anybody, but I don't think biological boys should be playing in girls' sports."

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