{"id":1921741,"date":"2023-04-30T22:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-voices-opposition-to-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:43:45","slug":"robert-f-kennedy-jr-voices-opposition-to-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-voices-opposition-to-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Voices Opposition to Transgender Athletes 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\">24<\/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%2Frobert-f-kennedy-jr-voices-opposition-to-transgender-athletes-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=1921741&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Opposes Transgender Athletes in Women&#8217;s Sports<\/h2>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0430\/52764d49-0798-49c7-82e9-5554b7f2e52f\/audio.mp3?length=3551661&#038;duration=296\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made a bold statement by opposing transgender athletes competing in women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports. In an interview with CNN\u2019s Michael Smerconish, Kennedy expressed his views on males competing against females in women\u2019s sports. The 69-year-old son of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his presidential candidacy earlier in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would, I think that I am against people participating in women\u2019s sports who are biologically male,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cI think women have worked too hard to develop \u2026 women\u2019s sports over the past 30 years. I watched it happen. And I don\u2019t think that\u2019s fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his comments, Kennedy is one of only a few Democratic officials or candidates who have publicly signaled opposition to transgender athletes from competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports has become a national interest after Lia Thomas, born a male, became the NCAA Division I swimming champion. The issue was again thrust into the spotlight following the recent attack targeting Riley Gaines, a former Kentucky collegiate swimmer who had competed against Thomas.<\/p>\n<h3>Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act<\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act several days ago, effectively barring educational institutions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayo-clinic-debuts-woke-policies-including-wearable-pronoun-buttons\/\" title=\"Mayo Clinic Debuts Woke Policies Including Wearable Pronoun Buttons\">receive federal funding<\/a> from allowing male athletes to compete in women\u2019s sports. No Democrats backed the bill, but 10 refused to cast a vote.<\/p>\n<p>However, President Joe Biden said that he would veto the bill if it reaches his desk, and it\u2019s unlikely the Democrat-controlled Senate would pass the measure. A Biden administration proposal that was unveiled earlier this month would disallow colleges and schools from placing outright bans on transgender athletes. A number of state legislatures across the United States have passed such bans in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criteria also would have to minimize harm to students whose opportunity to participate on a male or female team consistent with their gender identity would be limited or denied,\u201d the Department of Education said in its proposal this month.<\/p>\n<h3>Censored Interview?<\/h3>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s Democratic 2024 opponents include Biden, who announced his own presidential bid last week, and author Marianne Williamson. Both are considered long-shot candidates against Biden, although a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC president will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">recent poll showed<\/a> that Kennedy has about 19 percent support and Williamson has about 9 percent support, respectively, against the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our country\u2019s heading in a bad direction, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m running,\u201d Kennedy told CNN Saturday on why he\u2019s challenging Biden, an incumbent president.<\/p>\n<p>Days before, Kennedy accused ABC News of censoring his comments about vaccines during an interview that aired last week. ABC News journalist Linsey Davis stated before their interview that \u201cRFK Jr. is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-voices-opposition-to-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Voices Opposition to Transgender Athletes in Women\u2019s Sports\">biggest voices pushing anti-vaccine rhetoric<\/a>, regularly distributing misinformation and disinformation about vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Why Kennedy&#8217;s Views Matter<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that Kennedy&#8217;s views on transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports are not widely shared among his fellow Democrats. However, his stance on this issue could potentially sway voters who share his views. As the debate over transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports continues, it will be interesting to see how this issue plays out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-offers-dr-rachel-levine-as-example-of-radical-agenda-riding-bidens-coattails\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul Offers Dr. Rachel Levine As Example Of Radical Agenda Riding Biden\u2019s Coattails\">upcoming presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you agree with Kennedy&#8217;s views on transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports?<\/li>\n<li>Should males be allowed to compete in women&#8217;s sports if they identify as female?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think is the best way to address this issue?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday that he opposed transgender\u00a0athletes competing in women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports. During an interview with\u00a0CNN\u2019s Michael Smerconish on Saturday, Kennedy was asked about males competing against females in women\u2019s sports. The 69-year-old son of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his presidential candidacy earlier in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1921742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4690,9883,5111,3760,8609,3847,4019,10284,4694],"class_list":["post-1921741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-athletes","tag-jr","tag-kennedy","tag-opposition","tag-robert","tag-sports","tag-transgender","tag-voices","tag-womens"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921741","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}