Mark Teixeira discusses political divide, says he can’t talk to people that believe ‘men can get pregnant'

Mark Teixeira talks about the political divide plaguing the U.S. after announcing his plans to run for Congress during an appearance on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich."

World Series champion Mark Teixeira said he can’t have a conversation with people who say men can get pregnant, citing how the political divide in the United States has grown. 

Teixeira, who launched his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives last week, said he has "no problem" talking to Democrats about tax rates or national security, but not about men getting pregnant.

"I have no problem talking to you about tax rates or national security or things that are maybe going to make our country better. But when you say that men can get pregnant, where do I go with that?" Teixeira said in an appearance on OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich."

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New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 18, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports)

"I can’t have a conversation with you if that’s what you truly believe, and I think that so many people on the left have gone off the map that it creates this huge divide, that it’s tough to bridge that gap."

The former New York Yankees star said people have asked him why he chose to go into politics when it’s so divided. Teixeira said that conservatives haven’t moved that much further right, while Democrats "have moved completely off the map to the left."

OutKick’s Dan Dakich said the shift to the left has created a distraction from what’s real, and Teixeira agreed with that assessment.

"Dan, one of the reasons I’m running is because people are real. People that need better jobs,