{"id":2400748,"date":"2025-02-09T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-tells-newsom-to-back-transgender-sports-ban-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T11:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:18:49","slug":"sage-steele-tells-newsom-to-back-transgender-sports-ban-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-tells-newsom-to-back-transgender-sports-ban-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Steele tells Newsom to back transgender sports ban &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fsage-steele-tells-newsom-to-back-transgender-sports-ban-washington-examiner%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=2400748&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--><p>Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, criticized \u2064California\u2063 Governor Gavin Newsom, urging him to support a recent executive \u200border by President Donald Trump that aims to prohibit transgender\u200c athletes from competing in women&#8217;s sports. Steele \u200bexpressed her disappointment with California&#8217;s plans to defy\u200d the order and highlighted her belief that\u200c the integrity and safety of women&#8217;s sports \u200cshould take precedence over political statements. She expressed \u2063skepticism about newsom&#8217;s willingness to align with the order, emphasizing the importance\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-blackburn-promotes-bill-to-protecting-female-athletes-from-trans-competition\/\" title=\"Sen. Blackburn Promotes Bill to Protecting Female Athletes from Trans Competition\">protecting female athletes<\/a>. Newsom, meanwhile, was in Washington for discussions unrelated to the executive order, which has met resistance from California officials, including Attorney \u200cGeneral \u2062Rob Bonta, who confirmed that the \u200dstate would continue to support medical procedures related to gender transition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sage Steele tells Newsom &lsquo;do something right&rsquo; and back Trump transgender sports ban<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1978694\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ex-ESPN anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3191747\/sage-steele-harris-forgivable-loan-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sage Steele\">Sage Steele<\/a> called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to &ldquo;fall in line&rdquo; and leave <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">transgender athletes<\/a> out of women&rsquo;s sports as the NCAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3312624\/riley-gaines-feels-vindicated-since-trump-executive-order-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sage Steele\">committed to do<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week on women&rsquo;s sports in an effort to keep biological men out of female leagues. California has already vowed to disobey the order and allow transgender athletes to play in women&rsquo;s sports. Steele implied she expected this reaction from California while on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>One Nation with Brian Kilmeade<\/em> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe that if institutions like that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NCAA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NCAA<\/a> are doing it, then you hope the states will eventually fall in line as well because, at the end of the day, it isn&rsquo;t about anyone&rsquo;s ego. This is about women and girls, and safety, and making sure that they are safe while playing sports. It is so simple,&rdquo; Steele said. &ldquo;Shame on California. Let&rsquo;s see if Gov. Newsom decides to do something right, but I&rsquo;m not holding my breath.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2793574&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=05124da53ee627430cfd303a072d2e9a\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steele was invited to the White House to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">president<\/a> sign the order as a former sports commentator. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was also in Washington, D.C., that day, meeting with Trump about wildfire aid to Los Angeles. Newsom has yet to comment publicly on the executive order, but signed a bill into law last year that prohibited schools from outing their students as transgender to their parents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The California Interscholastic Federation, which governs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">high school<\/a> sports, clarified that participating in California sports is not limited by gender identity. It does not keep data on how many transgender students are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">state school system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>California Attorney General Rob Bonta has also defied Trump&rsquo;s executive order that outlined the U.S. &ldquo;will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called &lsquo;transition&rsquo; of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-lawsuit-claims-12-year-olds-suicide-attempts-occurred-after-secret-gender-identity-meetings-with-school-staff\/\" title=\"Parents Lawsuit Claims 12-Year-Old\u2019s Suicide Attempts Occurred After Secret Gender Identity Meetings with School Staff\">life-altering procedures<\/a>.&rdquo; According to Bonta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-democrats-panic-abortion-amendment-isnt-silver-bullet-they-were-counting-on-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New York Democrats panic abortion amendment isn\u2019t silver bullet they were counting on - Washington Examiner\">medical transgender procedures<\/a> will continue in the state. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1978694\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1978694\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sage Steele urges Newsom to support Trump&#8217;s transgender sports ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2400749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sage-Steele-and-Trump-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32742,38471,50091],"class_list":["post-2400748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-sage-steele","tag-transgender-sports"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sage-Steele-and-Trump-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400748","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400752,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400748\/revisions\/2400752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}