{"id":1404517,"date":"2022-03-28T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404517"},"modified":"2022-03-28T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:14:48","slug":"gop-senate-candidate-blasts-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-competing-in-womens-sports-in-new-campaign-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senate-candidate-blasts-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-competing-in-womens-sports-in-new-campaign-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senate Candidate Blasts Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas Competing In Women\u2019s Sports In New Campaign Ad"},"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\">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%2Fgop-senate-candidate-blasts-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-competing-in-womens-sports-in-new-campaign-ad%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=1404517&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-21-copy-2-6.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ohio Republican Senate candidate Jane Timken blasted the NCAA and Democrats over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas competing in women\u2019s sports in a new campaign ad released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-second ad called \u201cCompete\u201d shows Timken highlighting her background as a former female college athlete, blaming rules by the NCAA for allowing biological males to compete in women\u2019s sports on the failed leadership of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cAs a mom and former college athlete, I know how important women\u2019s sports are. They teach our girls to be winners,\u201d Timken said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the Biden Democrats want to force our daughters to compete against men in the pool and on the court,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The video then cuts to footage of Thomas competing in a women\u2019s swimming event.<\/p>\n<p>The ad is expected to air on Ohio outlets and is available on YouTube and other locations online.<\/p>\n<p>Timken is not the only Republican to speak out on the issue recently. Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-to-sign-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-winner-of-race-over-trans-athlete-lia-thomas\">proclamation<\/a> on Tuesday declaring that Sarasota native and Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant was \u201cthe best women\u2019s swimmer in the 500y freestyle\u201d in last week\u2019s NCAA championship. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-signs-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-best-womens-swimmer-after-loss-to-trans-athlete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Weyant, who is a freshman at the University of Virginia,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/emma-weyant-olympic-medalist-lia-thomas-ncaa-championships\">clocked<\/a>\u00a0a time of 4:34.99 last Thursday, falling behind Thomas during the final stretch of the 500-yard event.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBy 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,\u201d DeSantis said in a tweet. \u201cIn Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota\u2019s Emma Weyant as the best women\u2019s swimmer in the 500y freestyle.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A variety of athletes have spoken out against the issue as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Reka Gyorgy from Hungary. I am a 2016 Rio Olympian, represented Virginia Tech for the past 5 years, a 2 time ACC champion, 2 time All-American and 3 time honorable mention All-American,\u201d wrote Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy in a letter to the NCAA that she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbVXQdyunQbZeKQn_e3GfyiFBVTDYa0sRaFyCs0\/\">posted on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect, I would like to address something that is a problem in our sport right now and hurting athletes, especially swimmers,\u201d Gyorgy wrote. \u201cEveryone has heard and known about transgender [swimmer], Lia Thomas, and her case including all the issues and concerns that her situation brought into our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is doing what she is passionate about and deserves that right,\u201d Gyorgy wrote. \u201cOn the other hand, I would like to critique the NCAA rules that allow her to compete against us, who are biologically women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m writing this letter right now in hopes that the NCAA will open their eyes and change these rules in the future. It 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 she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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