{"id":1395605,"date":"2022-03-23T08:17:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T12:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395605"},"modified":"2022-03-23T08:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T12:17:26","slug":"utah-indiana-republican-governors-allow-men-to-dominate-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-indiana-republican-governors-allow-men-to-dominate-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah, Indiana Republican Governors Allow Men To Dominate 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\">20<\/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%2Futah-indiana-republican-governors-allow-men-to-dominate-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=1395605&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\/2022\/03\/51829488299_ae5c1026fa_k-e1647997841643.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox became the latest GOP governor to veto legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting women\u2019s sports with a prohibition on male participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not an expert in transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it and the science is conflicting,\u201d Cox <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovCox\/status\/1506357829350821888?s=20&#038;t=2Abep4ikoDML6sLFubIzAQ\">wrote<\/a> to explain the veto. \u201cWhen in doubt, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The female swimmers who lost in a competition dominated by Lia Thomas last weekend, a transgender athlete who competed in the men\u2019s league for years under the University of Pennsylvania, may take a different view of what constitutes \u201ckindness, mercy and compassion.\u201d The 22-year-old fifth-year senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biologically-male-swimmer-annihilates-female-competitors-in-500-free\">took home<\/a> the NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Championship in the 500-yard freestyle Thursday over a slate of female competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Reka Gyorgy, a swimmer at Virginia Tech who came up short in the qualifier for the event, criticized the NCAA\u2019s policy allowing biological males with years of testosterone-enhanced capability to compete in women\u2019s leagues if they merely identify as women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t promote our sport in a good way and I think it is disrespectful against the biologically female swimmers who are competing in the NCAA,\u201d Gyorgy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/va-tech-swimmer-ncaa-transgender-participation\">wrote<\/a> in an open letter to the collegiate athletic association post on Instagram. \u201cIt feels like the final spot was taken from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox\u2019s decision to allow men to compete in women\u2019s sports came a day after Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/21\/indiana-governor-vetoes-transgender-girls-sports-ban-00019117\">vetoed<\/a> similar legislation. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/gov\/files\/Veto-HEA-1041.pdf\">veto letter<\/a> to lawmakers, Holcomb explained the bill left \u201ctoo many unanswered questions,\u201d a justification similar to one South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/01\/kristi-noem-has-no-good-explanations-for-vetoing-the-girls-sports-bill\/\">gave<\/a> last year when she refused to sign a bill protecting women\u2019s sports. <\/p>\n<p>Noem eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/03\/kristi-noem-trans-athletes-womens-sports\/\">capitulated<\/a> on the issue nearly a year later, signing a bill to bar male athletes in women\u2019s competition without a mea culpa for her intervening crusade against right-leaning outlets that exposed her<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/03\/24\/kristi-noems-advisors-include-corporate-interests-who-pushed-veto-on-transgender-sports-bill\/\"> dubious reasons <\/a>for the initial veto. Holcomb is known for favoring big business interests over the interests of Indiana\u2019s majority-Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before Cox vetoed the proposal to bar male competition in female leagues, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis officially recognized Thomas\u2019 runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle race, Emma Weyant, as the true champion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"4WZcNu0HVOXyhgBisGI\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By allowing men to compete in women&#8217;s 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&#8217;s Emma Weyant as the best women&#8217;s 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><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox became the latest GOP governor to veto legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting women\u2019s sports with a prohibition on male participation. \u201cI am not an expert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"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-1395605","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\/1395605","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395605\/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=1395605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}