Lawmaker unveils Riley Gaines-backed bill targeting transgender military academy students

FIRST ON FOX: A cardinal House Republican is introducing a measure to support subject academy sports teams separated based connected biologic sex, with the backing of activistic Riley Gaines.

In an interrogation with Fox News Digital, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said it was important for Congress to enactment due to the fact that it holds jurisdiction implicit those subject schools.

"There are important physiological differences betwixt men and women. I deliberation astir everybody knows that. And this measure makes definite that our subject work academies, that we've got a just playing field," Johnson said.

"We wanted to marque definite we were dealing with thing wherever Congress has immoderate beauteous wide authority, and clearly, the management, oregon the oversight, of the work academies is an important legislature duty."

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Riley Gaines is getting down authorities to support subject work academy sports teams separated by biologic sex. (Getty Images)

Gaines, big of OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast, told Fox News Digital successful a connection that she is supportive of the legislation, noting her ain collegiate sporting experience.

"As idiosyncratic who has personally experienced the consequences of unfair competition successful women’s sports, I powerfully enactment the Protection of Women successful Sports astatine Military Academies Act," she said.

"Our nation’s subject academies should beryllium the golden modular of fairness, discipline, and integrity—not institutions that sacrifice pistillate athletes connected the altar of governmental correctness."

She said the South Dakota Republican's authorities "ensures that extortion remains intact for the brave young women grooming to pb our equipped forces."

Rep. Dusty Johnson, seat of the Main Street Caucus, is starring the authorities successful the House. (Getty Images)

Johnson, the lone House representative from the Mount Rushmore State, is seat of the Main Street Caucus, a radical of economic-minded House GOP pragmatists.

Gaines famously mislaid to transgender assemblage swimmer Lia Thomas, aft which her activism successful keeping women's sports restricted to biologic enactment launched her onto the nationalist stage.

It's not her archetypal clip advocating connected Capitol Hill either, having formerly appeared with House Republicans successful enactment of the Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act and testifying earlier the House Oversight Committee successful 2023.

A counterpart to Johnson's authorities is being led successful the Senate by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville is starring the bill's Senate counterpart. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Tuberville told Fox News Digital, "Our work academies should beryllium focused connected preparing the adjacent procreation of leaders, not woke indoctrination."

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A summary of the authorities said it would "prohibit the information of males successful diversion programs oregon activities astatine the subject work academies that are designated for women oregon girls."

In summation to Gaines, the measure is besides being backed by the Independent Women’s Law Center.