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President Donald Trump connected Tuesday threatened to get section instrumentality enforcement progressive should California proceed to let a transgender jock to enactment successful girls’ sports.
Trump cited the biologic antheral jock successful California who volition vie successful the girls’ agelong leap and triple leap successful the authorities championships adjacent week. The jock recorded a region of 40-04.75 successful the triple jump, compared to the runner-up’s 39-06.00. In the agelong jump, the jock recorded a region of 19-03.50, portion the runner-up managed 19-00.75.
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President Donald Trump listens to a question during an lawsuit successful the Oval Office astatine the White House, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The transgender jock has continued to execute successful California nether California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) events contempt Trump’s enforcement bid to prohibit biologic males from competing successful girls’ and women’s sports.
Trump called retired California Gov. Gavin Newsom successful a station connected Truth Social.
"California, nether the enactment of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY let ‘MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.’ This week a transitioned Male athlete, astatine a large event, won ‘everything,’ and is present qualified to vie successful the ‘State Finals’ adjacent weekend," Trump wrote. "As a Male, helium was a little than mean competitor. As a Female, this transitioned idiosyncratic is practically unbeatable.
"THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS. Please beryllium hereby advised that ample standard Federal Funding volition beryllium held back, possibly permanently, if the Executive Order connected this taxable substance is not adhered to. The Governor, himself, said it is ‘UNFAIR.’"
Newsom antecedently talked astir transgender participation successful girls’ sports backmost successful March with salient blimpish Charlie Kirk.
"The young antheral who's astir to triumph the authorities title successful the agelong leap successful pistillate sports, that shouldn't happen," Kirk said. "You, arsenic the governor, should measurement retired and accidental no. Would you bash thing similar that? Would you accidental nary men in female sports?"
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been unfastened astir his thoughts connected trans-athlete information successful girls' and women's sports. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
"I deliberation it’s an contented of fairness. I wholly hold with you connected that. It is an contented of fairness — it’s profoundly unfair," Newsom told Kirk. "I americium not wrestling with the fairness issue. I wholly hold with you."
Kirk pressed Newsom connected whether helium would condemn the jock successful question from Jurupa Valley High School aft the jock won different lawsuit astatine the time. Newsom did not straight code the triumph but said "it’s a fairness issue."
"So, that's casual to telephone retired the unfairness of that," helium said. "There's besides a humility and a grace. … These mediocre radical are much apt to perpetrate suicide, person anxiousness and depression. And the mode that radical speech down to susceptible communities is an contented that I person a hard clip with arsenic well.
"So, some things I tin clasp successful my hand. How tin we code this contented with the benignant of decency that I think, you know, is inherent successful you but not ever expressed connected the issue?"
Newsom further explained his constituent of presumption successful a property league connected April 2 erstwhile asked whether determination should beryllium a instrumentality to prohibit males from competing successful girls’ and women’s sports.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks astatine a quality league successful Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
"And I'm astir arsenic transparent astir this arsenic anybody retired there, peculiarly successful my party, connected this, and to the grade idiosyncratic tin and bash it successful a mode that's respectful and liable and could find a benignant of balance, past I'm unfastened to that discussion. ... You're talking astir a precise tiny fig of people, a precise tiny fig of athletes, and my work is to code the pressing issues of our time.
"And this, I think, has been colored successful and weaponized by the close to beryllium 10 times, 100 times bigger than it is and truthful my absorption is connected a myriad of different issues successful this state. And to the grade that idiosyncratic could find that close balance, I would clasp those conversations and the dignity that hopefully presents themselves successful that conversation, meaning the humanity astir that conversation, not the authorities astir that conversation."
Trump, successful his Truth Social station connected Tuesday, wrote that helium would talk with Newsom astir it.
"I volition talk to him contiguous to find retired which mode helium wants to go??? In the meantime I americium ordering section authorities, if necessary, to not let the transitioned idiosyncratic to vie successful the State Finals. This is simply a wholly ridiculous situation!!!" helium wrote.
President Donald Trump speaks successful the East Room of the White House connected Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Fox News Digital reached retired to Newsom's bureau and the CIF for comment.
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Trump’s medication has already warned the CIF and the athlete’s precocious schoolhouse of consequences for allowing the situation. The federation came nether further scrutiny erstwhile its officials allegedly forced athletes to remove shirts that work "Protect Girls Sports" astatine the Southern Sectional prelims connected May 10.
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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