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Trump Vows To Ban Biological Males From Women’s Sports If He Wins In 2024

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Donald Trump vowed to ban biological males (transgender women) from competing in women’s sports should he run for and win the election as President in 2024.

At a Conroe rally, Texas this weekend, the ex-President made what many speculate was a campaign vow.

“We will ban men from participating in women’s sports,” Trump told the crowd. “So ridiculous.”

He then turned his focus to Lia Thomas, a biological male competing in women’s swimming at the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas has sparked controversy after shattering numerous women’s swim records at UPenn.

“Did you see the man who was in a swimming team that I know very well?” Trump inquired, refusing to refer to Thomas by preferred pronouns. “The record held for like 11 years, he beat it by 38 seconds.”

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In the race former President Donald Trump is referring to, Thomas beat the next closest rival in the 1,650 freestyle by a clear 38 seconds, setting a record for the event – not beating the record itself by 38 seconds.

Thomas previously competed for the school’s men’s swim team for three years before joining the women’s team.

Trump seems to be making the issue of transgender athletes a potential campaign platform, capitalizing on the outrage of those who feel it is destroying women’s sports.

“Young girls and women are incensed that they are now being forced to compete against those who are biological males,” Trump said at CPAC last year.

“It’s not good for women. It’s not good for women’s sports, which worked for so long and so hard to get to where they are.”

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Gallup Poll last year showed that the vast majority of Americans think transgender athletes should not be permitted to participate in sports teams that do not match their biological sex.

Caitlyn Jenner from Olympia, who is considered to still be Bruce Jenner’s greatest athlete, also spoke out on the matter recently.

“I’ve been pretty consistent. We have to protect women’s sports from something like this. Lia Thomas, first of all, I respect her right to live her life authentically — suffering from gender dysphoria is a horrible, lifelong struggle, and every story is different.”

Former Representative from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, introduced a bill to Congress in 2020 which would force Title IX to be applied based on a person’s biological sex.

“Our legislation protects Title IX’s original intent which was based on the general biological distinction between men and women athletes based on sex,” said Gabbard.

Title IX covers discrimination against sex in educational programs and activities for which Federal financial assistance is available.

Gabbard also criticized her party’s insistence on supporting transgender individuals to the detriment of women.

“It’s the height of hypocrisy for people who claim to be the champions of rights for women to deny the very biological existence of women,” she said.

As of October of 2021, ten states had enacted laws that ban transgender girls from competing in girls or women’s sports.

Trump also made news at the Texas rally when he appeared to make another campaign pledge, vowing to offer pardons to those arrested for the January 6 riot at the Capitol who have been treated “unfairly.”

“If I run, and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly,” Trump said.

“If that requires pardons, we will give them pardons, because they are being treated so unfairly.”