{"id":1150821,"date":"2021-12-24T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T20:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1150821"},"modified":"2021-12-24T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T20:04:57","slug":"i-cant-support-this-usa-swimming-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trans-swimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-cant-support-this-usa-swimming-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trans-swimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I Can&#039;t Support This&#039;: USA Swimming Official Resigns in Protest of Trans Swimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-cant-support-this-usa-swimming-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trans-swimmer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1150821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-17-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A USA Swimming official has resigned over the organization\u2019s continued support of transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who has been smashing women\u2019s swimming records this season.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas competed on the men\u2019s team for the school for nearly three seasons before taking a year off to \u201ctransition\u201d as a woman. This season, he joined the women\u2019s team and has been smashing records, not by mere seconds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/liaThomas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#liaThomas<\/a> for saving women\u2019s sports by showing just how preposterous it is for a strapping athletic young biological man to compete with biological women. <\/p>\n<p>Margin of victory, 40 seconds.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/saveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#saveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AFAZlH5QWt\">pic.twitter.com\/AFAZlH5QWt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End the Mandates (@weRessential) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weRessential\/status\/1468810186357891079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But swimming official Cynthia Millen has resigned from her 30-year career in the sport over the essential unfairness of Lia Thomas\u2019 record-smashing season.<\/p>\n<p>Millen told the <i>Washington Times<\/i> that she could no longer honestly support a league that would allow Thomas to continue breaking records as a competitor in the women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t do this, I can\u2019t support this,\u201d Millen <a href=\"https:\/\/m.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/23\/cynthia-millen-usa-swimming-official-quits-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the paper in an interview published on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Millen, who also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/23\/usa-swimming-official-calls-upenn-trans-swimmers-wins-grossly-unfair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News that Thomas\u2019 wins are \u201cgrossly unfair,\u201d added that she sent a resignation letter to the organization and told them that they are hurting women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The women are in second place after day one of the Zippy Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Lia Thomas set a pool and meet record in the 500 free!<\/p>\n<p>\u1f4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ECO8Dts6b\">https:\/\/t.co\/8ECO8Dts6b<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightOnPenn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightOnPenn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4V4wjhnkOf\">pic.twitter.com\/4V4wjhnkOf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn Swimming &amp; Diving (@PennSwimDive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennSwimDive\/status\/1466951187127803912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI told my fellow officials that I can no longer participate in a sport which allows biological men to compete against women. Everything fair about swimming is being destroyed,\u201d Millen said.<\/p>\n<p>Millen added that if she had been called to officiate during a swim meet at which Thomas was entered, she would declare the U Penn athlete ineligible to compete.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf Lia came on my deck as a referee, I would pull the coach aside and say, \u2018Lia can swim, but Lia can swim exhibition or a time trial. Lia cannot compete against those women because that\u2019s not fair,\u201d Millen insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Millen said she hopes other judges and officials will speak out and join her in her protest, saying, \u201cThis is not right because by doing this, we\u2019re supporting this. There are no swim meets if there are no officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The now-former swimming official is not the only woman to speak out against the unfairness of Thomas\u2019 addition to the U Penn women\u2019s swimming team. Some of the trans swimmer\u2019s teammates have also recently spoken out against the situation.<\/p>\n<p>One of Thomas\u2019 teammates, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/09\/teammates-of-trans-u-penn-swimmer-unhappy-with-record-smashing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the media that \u201ceveryone knows\u201d it is wrong for Thomas to be allowed to compete as a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Another current U Penn swimmer who has commented anonymously about Thomas even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/13\/so-easy-i-was-cruising-trans-upenn-swimmer-bragged-about-beating-female-opponents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that Thomas has bragged about beating his natural-born female opponents.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A USA Swimming official has resigned over the organization\u2019s continued support of transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who has been smashing women\u2019s swimming records this season. 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