Former President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to keep trans-identifying men out of women’s sports if elected this November.
The moment came during a Fox News town hall with Georgia women voters moderated by Harris Faulkner, host of “The Faulkner Focus.” Trump was asked by an audience member named Linda about how he would approach the issue of men identifying as women competing in women’s sports leagues. The Georgia resident said she has nine grandchildren, six of whom are girls and play sports.
“We’re not gonna let it happen,” Trump said. “We absolutely stop it. You can’t have it. It’s a man playing in the game [against women].”
The former president noted the biological and physical advantages men have over women. He also cited a recent incident of a male competing against female athletes.
Trump is seemingly referencing a video shared on social media of a San Jose State University volleyball player who goes by the name Blaire Fleming — a trans-identifying male — spiking the ball into the face of his female opponent. According to the New York Post, the video showed San Diego State University junior Keira Herron “was knocked down after the hit, and the crowd audibly gasped.”
Female volleyball players whose teams are scheduled to play San Jose State have forfeited their matches in protest of Fleming being allowed to compete against women. On Monday, the University of Nevada volleyball team revealed to Outkick that it’s joining the volleyball teams of Southern Utah University, Boise
