Democratic rep calls on party to tolerate dissenting ideas on controversial issues

Rep Seth Moulton D-Mass urged the Democratic Party to be more tolerant of dissenting opinions on controversial issues such as transgender athletes competing in women's sports during a conversation with Bill Maher on Real Time on Friday Moulton argued that one of the Democratic Party s biggest problems is its intolerance of internal dissent which has led to Republicans winning over the general on hot-button issues The Massachusetts representative faced calls for his resignation last November after he challenged the left's stance on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports during an interview with The New York Times MAHER CALLS OUT LIBERALS BACKING HAMAS DESPITE TERROR GROUP'S EXTREMIST VIEWS Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges countless Americans face he commented at the time 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 Maher brought this up during his conversation with Moulton and praised him for speaking out claiming that Democrats need to stop taking the unpopular side of issues The late-night host also mentioned that Moulton's campaign manager quit over his declaration on transgender athletes and that people like his former campaign manager are the issue The point is we can't have disagreements in the party Moulton claimed That was in fact the latter half of my juicy quote to the New York Times I just disclosed I don t want my daughter getting run over ' but as a Democrat I'm not allowed to say that CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREHe continued saying That's the difficulty we can't even discuss these issues We can't even have a reasonable agenda on trans people in sports because we're not allowed to talk about it and Republicans just run away with the issue and they're very extreme Maher narrated Moulton that while he appreciates him taking that stance it's got to go further than that You have to be able to talk about it and also that guy's wrong and you're right How about that You're right about this he asserted Later on in the conversation the Democratic representative called out his party for slamming Republicans as weird while simultaneously requiring members to have their pronouns listed in their email signatures Look if you want to be trans go for it It's a free country and you can put your pronouns out there but don't put that on me Moulton explained He reiterated that Democrats need to stop taking the side of issues and expect to win over the majority of the country We got to authentically be real with the American people just be honest and it's okay if you disagree I'm fine with that Moulton stated But I get to speak as a dad that's legitimate Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this summary