Trump Vows ‘Large Scale Fines’ After Transgender Athlete Wins in California

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The president’s Feb. 5 order bars federally funded educational institutions from allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s and girls’ sports.

President Donald Trump vowed to place “large-scale fines” on California after a transgender athlete competed in a girls’ high school track and field event and won gold.

“A Biological Male competed in California Girls State Finals, WINNING BIG, despite the fact that they were warned by me not to do so,” Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday, telling Gov. Gavin Newsom that “large scale fines will be imposed.” The president did not provide more details about the fine.

The president’s comment was made days after he wrote that he may withhold federal funding if California doesn’t comply with an executive order he signed months ago, which bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports. The order specifically directs federal agencies to cut off funding to states that refuse to enforce the ban, although some states have yet to comply.

“THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS. Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not totally adhered to,” Trump told Newsom and California officials on May 27.

On Feb. 5, Trump signed the Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order which bars educational institutions that receive federal funding from allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s and girls’ sports.

“It is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy,” the order states.

While Trump’s post on Truth Social did not name anyone in particular, a transgender athlete, AB Hernandez, won gold in the girls’ triple jump and high jump at the California state championships over the past weekend. The California Interscholastic Federation had said that it would allow one extra competitor in three events featuring Hernandez.

Some people in the crowd of the competition wore pink bracelets and held signs that stated, “Save Girls’ Sports” to protest against Hernandez’s participation, according to photos from the event.

By Jack Phillips

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