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A progressive candidate aiming to unseat a vulnerable Republican in a battleground House district is leaning into a politically fraught issue that has dogged the Democratic Party.
Tina Shah, an ER physician and former Biden administration official, appeared to back taxpayer-funded sex change procedures for minors in a video obtained by Fox News Digital.
When asked whether children should have the “right to transgender healthcare,” Shah replied, “This is a no-brainer.”
“Healthcare is a right, period,” the New Jersey Democrat added. “It includes transgender children.”
People gather in Union Square for the Together We Win rally supporting transgender youth in New York City on Jan. 10, 2026. (Jason Alpert-Wisnia/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Shah is one of four relatively well-funded Democrats vying to take on Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., in November’s midterm elections. Kean’s suburban swing seat is considered one of the most competitive House districts in the country.
Shah’s apparent embrace of “transgender healthcare” for minors aligns with the views of her former boss, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who denounced Republican-led states cracking down on child sex-change procedures during the Biden administration. Shah served as a senior advisor to Murthy in 2021 and 2022.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, sharply criticized Shah’s support for “transgender healthcare” for children in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Radical Democrat Tina Shah said it loud and clear: She’d be a vote for radical policies like sex changes for minors and taxpayer-funded drag queens,” NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole said. “Shah is completely out of step with Garden State families.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Shah’s campaign prior to publication.
Shah’s remarks come as some Democrats have…
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