{"id":1394505,"date":"2022-03-22T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394505"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:59:59","slug":"gov-desantis-recognizes-female-swimmer-as-real-winner-in-race-won-by-trans-athlete-lia-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-recognizes-female-swimmer-as-real-winner-in-race-won-by-trans-athlete-lia-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis Recognizes Female Swimmer As Real Winner In Race Won By Trans Athlete Lia Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fgov-desantis-recognizes-female-swimmer-as-real-winner-in-race-won-by-trans-athlete-lia-thomas%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=1394505&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>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recognized Sarasota native Emma Weyant as the fastest woman competitor in the NCAA championship 500-yard freestyle race in a Tuesday proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing a proclamation, saying that Emma is the best female swimmer in the 500 freestyle because she earned that and we need to stop allowing or organizations like the NCAA to perpetuate frauds on the public,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly what they\u2019re doing. They are putting ideology ahead of opportunity for women athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s office criticized the NCAA\u2019s decision to allow transgender athletes who are biologically male to compete against women, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only is it unfair for males to compete in women\u2019s sports, but it is ridiculous for the NCAA to deny material reality \u2014 and demand that all Americans play along with their charade,\u201d DeSantis\u2019s press secretary Christina Pushaw told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Weyant, an Olympian, won a silver medal in the NCAA Women\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/lia-thomas-ncaa-championships-university-of-pennsylvania\/\">500 Free<\/a> competition Thursday, second to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/03\/lia-thomas-transgender-swim-university-pennsylvania-womens-team\/\">University of Pennsylvania<\/a> men\u2019s team for three years before adopting a female identity. Thomas beat her by 1.75 seconds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">By allowing men to compete in women\u2019s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota\u2019s Emma Weyant as the best women\u2019s swimmer in the 500y freestyle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tBmFxFE3q6\">pic.twitter.com\/tBmFxFE3q6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1506315576674865153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn Florida, we stand for the truth. We will always reject the Left\u2019s attempts to impose an absurd ideology that ignores the existence of biological sex,\u201d Pushaw told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2021\/06\/01\/governor-ron-desantis-signs-fairness-in-womens-sports-act\/\">passed<\/a> the Fairness In Women\u2019s Sports Act in early 2021, prompting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/news\/2021\/4\/12\/ncaa-board-of-governors-statement-on-transgender-participation.aspx\">response<\/a> from the NCAA, which allows transgender athlete participation in line with International Olympic Committee standards.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/03\/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-university-pennsylvania-teammates-letter-sex-gender-identity\/\">(RELATED: 16 Female Swimmers Say Trans Teammate Lia Thomas Should Not Be Allowed To Compete, Fear Retaliation For Speaking Up)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmma is the best female swimmer in the 500 freestyle because she earned that and we need to stop allowing or organizations like the NCAA to perpetuate frauds on the public,\u201d DeSantis said in the proclamation. \u201cIf the NCAA was willing to actually ensure the integrity of women\u2019s competition, she would\u2019ve been crowned national champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recognized Sarasota native Emma Weyant as the fastest woman competitor in the NCAA championship 500-yard freestyle race in a Tuesday proclamation.\u201cWe\u2019re doing a proclamation, saying that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1394505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}