Hope Waltz, daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz, went viral this week due to a series of tichtoxes criticizing the president's executive order banning President Donald Trump's executive order from women and girls' sports.
Waltz posted her first video on the issue on Saturday when she called the order a “dangerous precedent.”
“It's dangerous for the trans community, women, minorities, people who aren't straight white,” she said in the video. “We're talking about humans, so the US president is targeting them because I think he'll get political points and so.”
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Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, Democratic vice presidential candidate, wife Gwen Waltz, son Gus and daughter Hope took the stage at the Democratic National Convention held at the United Center in Chicago on August 21, 2024. It's there. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
She proposed that the problem with transathletes in women and girls' sports is “not real.”
“I've never felt unsafe around trans people. I felt unsafe around men, so let's deal with that,” she said.
Walz posted a follow-up Tiktok on Wednesday addressing the issue. In the video, she suggested that members of Trump's cabinet had “claims.” She also argued that more of Trump's 15 cabinet members had “trustworthy allegations” than high school sports trans athletes. Walz did not clarify which member or she was referring to, or which member or claim.
“Transphobia and Transfobe say, “Yeah, we're protecting women, because we need to protect women. But they turn around and vote for a literal felon. He's Many of the people closest to him have credible claims,” she said. “The number of people who have been trusted in the cabinet is more than trans kids trying to play high school sports.”
How transgenderism in sports changed the 2024 election and sparked national counterculture
but, united nations They published research finding that nearly 900 biological women were defeated by transgender athletes and lacked victory.
the study, “Violence against women and girls in sports“According to information obtained up to March 30, more than 600 athletes said they had not won medals in more than 400 competitions in 29 sports.
“By replacing the women's sports category with mixed categories, we are seeing an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities to include medals when competing with men,” the report states.
Tim Waltz was a defender of transgender and LGBTQ+ rights voices as Kamala Harris' running buddy in the 2024 election.
The issue of trans athletes competing with girls and women has proven to be an issue that influenced the outcome of the elections where Harris and Waltz lost in a landslide.
Immediately after the November election, National exit survey Women involved have been conducted by the US Legislative Action Committee, which found that 70% of moderate voters had “using Donald Trump girls and men playing women's sports, and girls and women's bathrooms. I discovered that I've seen trans boys and men's problems. It's important to them.
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And 6% said it was the most important question of all, and 44% said it was “very important.”
recently New York Times/Ipsos Survey The vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, have discovered that they do not believe that trans athletes should be allowed to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 voted, 79% said biological men identified as women should not be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 1,025 identified as Democrats or Democrats they rely on, 67% said trans athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
Waltz's hometown in Minnesota is one of the states that refused to comply with Trump's executive orders.
Minnesota State High School League The announcement on Thursday will continue to allow trans athletes to compete with girls despite Trump's executive order to ban him from doing so.
The Minnesota organization says that transgender athletes participate and eligibility are governed by the Minnesota Human Rights Act, including the protection of LGBTQ+ people and the Minnesota Constitution.
“Like other youth sports organizations, the Minnesota State High School League is subject to state anti-discrimination laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity,” the organization said in a statement. “Therefore, Minnesota students are permitted to participate consistently with their gender identity.”
California is another state that refused to follow Trump's orders.
California's decision not to comply with Trump's orders has prompted backlash. Protests and threats of lawsuits.
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