Linda McMahon made her stance clear about the inclusion of trans into women and girls' sports during a confirmation hearing with education secretaries on Thursday.
“I don't think that biological boys should be able to compete with girls in sports, and now it was Trump's run so hard that people weren't just being told, but the courts. I think it's because I believe he spoke. “McMahon said.
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Linda McMahon will speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 18, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
a National exit survey Concerned Women for Women (CWA) Legislative Action Committee found that 70% of moderate voters “Donald Trump plays girls and women's sports in men and women's bathrooms We found out we saw the opposite problem between trans boys and men using “It's important to them. And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, 44% replied that it was “very important.”
Trump vowed to ban trans athletes from women and girls' sports during his 2024 campaign. Trump made that promise early and well when he signed Nomen on the Women's Sports executive order on February 5th.
Previously, the Supreme Court ruled in August that it would reject the Biden administration's urgent request to implement some of the former president's Title IX rewrites that allow biological men in changing rooms for women and girls. did.
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And as McMahon appears to be confirmed as an education secretary, she insists on carrying out the original mission of Title IX and maintaining female sports for biological women.
“We're really back to the title where IX was originally founded. It was to protect social discrimination. Women should feel safe in the locker room. They're safe in their own spaces You should feel that way, in front of them,” McMahon said Thursday.
“I heard someone the other day say, 'Well, they just have a shower curtain in front of them so they don't expose themselves.' So, that's not what we should do.
Biden's Secretary of Management and Education Miguel Angel Cardona helped trans athletes to participate in women and women's sports.
Cardona helped draft the Title IX change, which banned the blanket ban on trans athletes in public school teams.
In an interview with ESPN in June 2021, Cardona said, “Transgender girls have the right to compete.”
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Linda McMahon testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee in Washington, DC on February 13, 2025 (Get McNamee/Getty Images)
“Our LGBTQ students have endured more harassment than most other groups. We stand with them and engage in what all other children can engage without harassment. It's very important to give them the opportunity,” Cardona said.
“It's their right as a student to participate in these activities, and sports don't just put ribbons on first, second and third winners,” he said. “We know that students will be part of the team, learn a lot about themselves, set goals, reach and challenge them. All students will be able to engage in it. It deserves it.”
Currently under the Trump administration, there are multiple efforts to prevent trans athletes from competing in women and girls' sports, and McMahon's agenda will become one of those layers if she is confirmed .
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 people voted, biological men, who identified 79% as women, should not be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 1,025 people identified as Democrats or leaning towards Democrats, 67% said trans athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
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