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Washington, D.C. — Protecting women’s sports is a top priority for House Republicans now that they’ve secured the majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said at a panel held in honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day at the U.S. Capitol.
“This is not a partisan issue, this is a fairness issue,” McCarthy said.
Allowing biological boys to compete in women’s sports is wokeness at its worst. It erases women. It can deprive them of the opportunity to be champions, excel at sports, and earn college scholarships. https://t.co/uOpkxBsHqY
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) February 1, 2023
Included in the panel were the Speaker, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-FL), former NCAA champion swimmer and Stand With Women spokeswoman Riley Gains, NCAA athlete and Young Women for America Ambassador Macy Petty, and former athlete Margo Knorr. A second panel hosted by Gains included Congresswomen Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Lisa McClain (R-MI).
In the first panel, participants talked about their experience being sidelined by men in their respective sports and how they want to bring awareness to the issue so women’s sports can be protected.
“If we, as female athletes, aren’t willing to stick up for ourselves, how can we expect someone else to stick up for us,” Gains told the panel. Gains competed on the University of Kentucky women’s swim team, and during her senior year, she tied with biological male
