When it comes to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, Donald Trump plans to “just ban it.”
The ex-president was asked a question from the audience during a Fox New town hall on “The Faulkner Focus” on Wednesday afternoon about the topic of transgender people in sports.
During the event, Trump was asked by a woman in the all-female town hall audience what he would do “about the transgender issue in women’s sports.”
Trump smiled and replied, “It’s such an easy question.”
Donald Trump told a woman during a Fox News town hall on Wednesday that his plan to address the “transgender issue in women’s sports” is to “just ban it.”
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“Everyone in the room and you know that answer, we will not let that happen,” the ex-president responded.
‘Yesterday they had a volleyball match, did you see that? We have to be very careful with someone who has made the transition, because this can end your political career if you say it in a slightly different way, but you have transitioned from male to female.’
The former president was apparently referring to Blaire Fleming, a volleyball player from San Jose Sate University (SJSU).
Fleming, a redshirt senior, has been cited as the reason four schools have forfeited games against SJSU so far this season due to safety concerns.
They recently went viral for spiking a ball and forcefully hitting another player in the face. Even the broadcaster noticed the woman’s pink face after she was hit.
“And I saw the blow,” Trump told the crowd of women. “I’ve never seen a ball hit that hard and hit the girl on the head.”
A woman from Milton, Georgia, with nine grandchildren, asked Trump about sports policy
Fox News host Harris Faulkner moderated Wednesday’s town hall event in Georgia
His reasoning was that it is within a president’s authority to ban transgender people from playing organized sports with women
“Other people, even in volleyball, have been permanently injured badly,” he continues.
‘We are absolutely stopping it. You can’t have it. He is a man who is in the game.”
The Faulkner steps in and puts pressure on the former commander-in-chief.
‘So how do you stop it? Are you at the sports competitions? Go to the Olympic council?’ asks the Fox News host.
‘You just forbid it. The president forbids it, you just don’t let it happen,” Trump quickly responds.
Fleming (pictured), a redshirt senior in their third season on San Jose State’s roster, is at the center of a class-action lawsuit filed against the NCAA after claims they are a biological male
Teams cancel games against San Jose State because of Blaire Fleming
The crowd of women erupted in praise for the ex-president’s policy proposal.
Vice President Kamala Harris was also asked Wednesday about her position on transgenderism.
Fox News host Bret Baier asked during his highly anticipated interview with the candidate whether Harris supports taxpayer-funded sex operations for trans inmates and illegal immigrants.
“Every transgender inmate in the prison system would have access,” Harris said in 2019, which the Trump campaign turned into an ad attacking the Democrat. Baier asked her if she still holds the same beliefs.
“So are you still in favor of using taxpayer dollars to help prisoners or detained illegal aliens transition to another gender?” Baier asked.
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris had a one-on-one interview with Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday. During the interview, she was pressed about her position on taxpayer-funded sex operations for migrants and prisoners, opaquely saying that she would “follow the law.”
Harris responded without saying what she personally believes: “I will follow the law.”
She then launched an attack on Trump without clarifying her position.