Two House Democrats said they oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s sports in the immediate aftermath of former President Trump’s decisive victory over Vice President Harris, shifting right of their previous policy positions and deepening fractures within a bruised Democratic Party.

Trump and Republicans bet big on anti-transgender messaging in the final stretch of the presidential election, pouring millions into ads aired during football games critical of trans athletes and gender-affirming care.

Among the campaign’s most effective 30-second spots was an ad featuring the on-air comments of Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God, which shifted the race 2.7 percentage points in Trump’s favor, the New York Times reported Thursday, citing an analysis by Future Forward, a super PAC supporting Harris.

Harris struggled to combat Trump’s attacks, skirting direct questions about transgender rights in interviews to the chagrin of some Democrats.

“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.”

“Democrats aren't saying that, and they should be,” said Suozzi, who........

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