ATHLETICS: Last News

Jen Psaki is lying about the challenges posed by trans athletes competing in girls sports, according to former Fox host Megyn Kelly, who cited this as proof that Democrats cannot grasp their 2024 election mistakes."My audience knows that's a lie," Kelly said on Tuesday, in response to comments made by Psaki on her MSNBC show on November 17, during which the former White House press secretary said that some Democrats had reached "the wrong sweeping conclusions" following Kamala Harris's defeat, and were following Republicans down "a path of anti-trans panic."Newsweek has contacted MSNBC for a response to Kelly's statement.Since Harris's loss, Democrats have engaged in a rigorous post-mortem of the vice president's campaign, some pointing to the party's focus on certain identity-based issues rather than the concerns that were foremost in voters' minds heading into Election Day.Shortly after Trump's win was announced, Democratic Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts told The New York Times: "Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face.""I have two little girls," he added. "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."Psaki, who served in the Biden White House before joining MSNBC in May 2020, addressed Moulton's statement in a Sunday broadcast, arguing that Democrats' post-election "soul searching" should not involve a reassessment of the party's approach toward transgender rights."Look, if that was actually an issue at thousands of schools across the country, then it would be worthy of a debate," Psaki said.