{"id":1333313,"date":"2022-02-23T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1333313"},"modified":"2022-02-23T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:37:45","slug":"exclusive-dr-ben-carson-sen-tuberville-break-down-why-they-think-trans-athletes-shouldnt-compete-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dr-ben-carson-sen-tuberville-break-down-why-they-think-trans-athletes-shouldnt-compete-in-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Ben Carson, Sen. Tuberville Break Down Why They Think Trans Athletes Shouldn\u2019t Compete In Women\u2019s Sports"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fexclusive-dr-ben-carson-sen-tuberville-break-down-why-they-think-trans-athletes-shouldnt-compete-in-womens-sports%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=1333313&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><\/div>\n<p>Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson broke down why they believe transgender athletes should not be able to compete in women\u2019s sports in a video that will be released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The video of Tuberville and Carson, first obtained by the Daily Caller, is a part of the American Cornerstone Institute\u2019s Cornerstone Conversation series, which entails 30-40-minute deep-dive conversations with influential thought leaders about different policy issues. Carson wanted to talk about Tuberville\u2019s work regarding Title IX, and he called Tuberville a \u201creal champion when it comes to protecting Title IX.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order to interpret\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Title IX<\/a>\u00a0as requiring schools to allow access to sex-segregated spaces and activities based on gender identity on his first day in office.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/21\/feminists-transgender-biden-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order<\/a> specifically mentions restrooms, locker rooms and sports in schools would be included. Biological girls would no longer have exclusive spaces to change their clothes or go to the bathroom, as biological males would also have access to those spaces if they identify as female. Both Tuberville and Carson also focused on women\u2019s sports and how it is unfair for a biological male to compete against a biological female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no problem with transgender people. You know, they\u2019re people like everybody. God commands us to, to love everyone. But that doesn\u2019t mean that we trample on everybody else\u2019s rights and everybody else\u2019s feelings,\u201d Carson said in the conversation with Tuberville.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville mentioned his experience as a coach as one of the reasons he is so passionate about Title IX, saying it might have been one of the best things the federal government has done for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI coached for 40 years, and one of the biggest, I would say, improvements that we made in academics and athletics; while I was coaching at a very young age, in the mid-70s, I coached girls basketball, in 1976 at a high school, along with football, and Title Nine had just started. And when Title Nine started Dr. Carson, there was single digits, percentages of girls in high school playing sports. I\u2019m talking about single digits,\u201d Tuberville said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Title IX started, it opened up facilities, funding, athletic scholarships and almost immediately you saw the rise and dedication of women\u2019s sports across our country. Maybe one of the best things that the federal government has done especially for women, and it\u2019s grown and grown over the years. Now we send women athletes all over the world. They are the best, some of the best athletes in the world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuberville then argued that it is not fair for transgender athletes to compete in women\u2019s sports. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/03\/kristi-noem-trans-athletes-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kristi Noem To Sign Bill Barring Trans Athletes From Competing In Women\u2019s Sports)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019re going to allow young boys that are 40 to 50% stronger upper body, 30 to 40%, stronger in lower body, have 12 to 15 pounds more body muscle, their skeleton muscles are bigger, their hearts are bigger, their lungs are bigger, and we\u2019re going to allow them to participate against girls?\u201d Tuberville said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s about fairness. And there\u2019s no nothing fair about this, Dr. Carson, you know that. And so I would just love to get this put behind us. And if they want to play transgender sports or something like that, as you said, we\u2019re all for everybody. But when it comes to fair, we can\u2019t allow this to happen,\u201d Tuberville added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/02\/06\/ilhan-omar-transgender-powerlifting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Ilhan Omar Urges Keith Ellison To Investigate USA Powerlifting For Barring Biological Males From Women\u2019s Events)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Alabama senator also said transgender people can play against each other in sports, to which Carson agreed. \u201cThat would be a good solution, just have a transgender league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at the way that women are built versus the way men are built, you look at their pelvis structures, you know, the women\u2019s pelvic structures are meant to give birth. Men don\u2019t have to do that. So they have a much more streamlined and effective and efficient system there for running. And, you know, that would translate to swimming as well,\u201d Carson said.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville joined Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee in introducing the Protect Women and Girls in Sports Act. He also mentioned that he introduced an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuberville.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/tuberville-offers-amendment-protecting-womens-title-ix-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amendment<\/a> on the Senate floor that\u00a0would have banned educational institutions from receiving funding if biological males are allowed to compete in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill ensures Title IX provisions treat gender, and they\u2019re recognized from birth, that your gender at birth, then you can\u2019t change that gender to participate in Title IX sports. Sen. Mike Lee and I introduced this and, you know, I had an amendment on the floor when I first got here, and we talked about it, and we had it voted on, on the floor in a voterama and I got one vote from the Democrat side \u2014 Joe Manchin,\u201d Tuberville said.<\/p>\n<p>Carson also asked Tuberville if he believes the NCAA \u201cwill ever come around on this transgender issue?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve talked to them all my life, being a coach, and a coach\u2019s perspective. I\u2019ve been on rules committees and, and dealt with the NCAA, and they have a hard job. They govern all sports. Olympic sports, team sports, and they have a hard job to make sure everything\u2019s fair and equal. But sometimes when you\u2019re in a leadership role, you have to make tough decisions. And it seems like when the decisions are tough to make, they kick the can down the road, just like they did on this transgender issue,\u201d Tuberville responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just kicked it down the road and said every sport is gonna handle it the way they want. They need to handle it. They\u2019ll make their own decisions. We\u2019re gonna stay out of it. Basically, what they\u2019re saying is we don\u2019t want the lawsuits. And so now it\u2019s going to each individual sport and usually these individual sports, they go by the Olympic Committee rules and regulations, and they\u2019re all for transgender athletes,\u201d he addded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Alabama Sen. 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