During the July 28 edition of the news program Morning Edition, host Steve Inskeep brought up former President Barack Obama’s Democratic Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who agreed with the transphobic talking point that “a man cannot become a woman” during a recent interview with conservative pundit Megyn Kelly.

O ut former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg weighed in on Democratic infighting around the issue of trans athletes, emphasizing the need for the conversation to be eradicated from political discourse and returned to schools and athletic associations.

Asked whether a parent concerned about their child facing a trans kid in girls’ sports “has a case,” Buttigieg said, “Sure.” But he rejected blanket policies like the fe