{"id":2669334,"date":"2026-09-24T17:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-advocates-for-womens-sports-go-off-on-the-left-in-senate-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:23:12","slug":"female-advocates-for-womens-sports-go-off-on-the-left-in-senate-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-advocates-for-womens-sports-go-off-on-the-left-in-senate-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Advocates for Women&#8217;s Sports Go Off on the Left in Senate Hearing"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ffemale-advocates-for-womens-sports-go-off-on-the-left-in-senate-hearing%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=2669334&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>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dei-disaster-petition-circulating-within-secret-service-community-warns-of-potential-insider-threats\/\" title=\"DEI Crisis: Secret Service Petition Raises ... About &#039;Insider Threats\">article discusses concerns<\/a> about men participating in women&#8217;s sports,highlighting the perspectives of advocates who argue that leadership is allowing this to undermine female athletes&#8217; opportunities and dreams. Only two Democratic senators attended a Senate hearing on this issue,with many criticizing leaders for prioritizing transgender athletes over women. Carly Smolak, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/42-migrants-from-haiti-taken-into-custody-in-south-fla\/\" title=\"42 migrants from Haiti taken into custody in south Fla.\">professional soccer player<\/a>, emphasizes that women&#8217;s sports are meant for females and that the inclusion of males claiming to be women harms fair competition, discourages female participation, and forces girls to compete against boys. She condemns the societal messaging that questions the fairness of female athletes and warns of the harmful implications for young women. Kim Jones from the Independent Council on Women\u2019s Sports echoes these concerns, stressing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taxpayers-cover-millions-in-no-limits-prisoner-trans-care-including-for-death-row-inmates-report\/\" title=\"Taxpayers Cover Millions in &#039;No Limits&#039; Prisoner Trans Care, Including for Death Row Inmates: Report\">prioritizing gender identity<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >biological sex damages female sports<\/a> and advocates for clear choices to protect women\u2019s opportunities and privacy. The article concludes by asserting that society must choose between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminist-group-condemns-ncaa-for-ignoring-pleas-of-female-swimmers-shielding-trans-swimmer-who-didnt-do-particularly-well-in-mens-swimming-competitions\/\" title=\"Feminist Group Condemns NCAA For Ignoring Pleas Of ... Swimmers, Shielding Trans Swimmer \u2018Who Didn\u2019t Do Particularly Well In ...\u2019s Swimming Competitions\u2019\">supporting female athletes<\/a> or including males in women\u2019s sports, emphasizing the need to stand up for women\u2019s rights and fairness.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Men are invading women\u2019s sports because leaders allow them to ruin the hopes and dreams of women, advocates for women\u2019s sports told the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who bothered to show up.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/democrat-senators-flee-no-show-judiciary-committee-hearing-protecting-womens-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, only two Democrats even bothered to show up \u2014 Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. Both left in the first hour of the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>What they missed was an indictment of leadership for prioritizing men who claim they are women over women who actually are female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we are failing young female athletes,\u201d Carly Smolak, a former goalkeeper on Stanford\u2019s soccer team who later was drafted by the professional Women\u2019s United Soccer Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are forcing girls to choose between playing co-ed sports, or not playing at all. We are telling them that if they can\u2019t compete with boys, they might not make the team. We are showing them that even if they are the fastest female athlete on the track, a boy might get the top podium spot. What we are saying is that boys can be better \u2018female athletes\u2019 than girls,\u201d she said in her <span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #0000ee;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/b97364eb-0d27-16a3-1073-9c30954fc0b8\/2026-09-23_Testimony_Smolak_7bf039fb-a1d8-43c7-bd26-67f26c0d4224.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepared remarks<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven worse is how we treat girls that do not consent to competing against males. We are training girls to suppress their correct instincts and feelings to cater to the desires of boys. This is nothing short of mass grooming,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are failing female athletes as a society, and we are raising girls who are punished for standing up for what is right and obvious,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Smolak said women are being told they should feel sorry for men who want to compete against women, and bristled at the notion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen\u2019s sports are not a catch-all for various categories of male athletes, nor are they for men with developmental differences. Women\u2019s sports are not for castrated males, chemical or otherwise, nor are they for men who claim they don\u2019t \u2018feel like men.\u2019 Women\u2019s sports are for females. Only.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former professional soccer player, Carly Smolak lays out how Democrats are failing girls:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are failing young female athletes by forcing girls to choose between playing co-ed sports or not playing\u2026the message to young girls is that boys can be better female athletes.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/MfNsbgcP15<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2102780093894738396?\">September 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of us should be asked to sacrifice our meaningful pursuits of personal excellence, self-improvement, fair competition, or team camaraderie on behalf of men that cannot, or do not feel like, competing against other men,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for the adults and the leaders in our country to stop cowering in silence and hoping someone else takes a stand. The silent majority needs to stop capitulating to the bullying of the activist minority, and add their voices to stand for what is obvious and right. It\u2019s time to rally around our female athletes, professional and amateur, young and old, and show them that they matter and that we care. Women and girls are watching,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jones, co-founder of the Independent Council on Women\u2019s Sports, said the slow and insidious erosion of opportunity for female athletes must stop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cYou can protect the boy who wants to take a spot on a girls team, or you can protect the girl for whom the spot was designated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICONS co-founder Kim Jones calls out the policies that allow biological males to compete in women\u2019s sports, telling senators that you can\u2019t celebrate female athletes while telling them that men must be prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can protect women\u2019s sports to celebrate female athletes and recognize women as champions, or you can use women\u2019s sports as a place to compare women to less talented males and to teach women that men must be prioritized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t do both. We must make a choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2102828086567780521?\">September 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases we have seen multiple boys on girl\u2019s podiums and up to half of a girl\u2019s track relay made up of boys who identify as girls,\u201d she said in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/b97364eb-0d27-16a3-1073-9c30954fc0b8\/2026-09-23_Testimony_Jones_5aa00109-94f7-4211-b718-8cd0327ad3bb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepared text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem we have today is intentional non-compliance with laws and policy and a deliberate desire of leaders to undermine the women\u2019s category,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis issue is not complicated. It is actually very simple. But it is contentious because the \u2018concept\u2019 of gender identity is in direct conflict with the objective reality of sex. You have to choose one and the more we ignore that, the more women are hurt,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her message was that a choice must be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can protect the boy who wants to take a spot on a girls team or you can protect the girl for whom that spot was designated,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cYou can protect the man who wants to change in the women\u2019s locker room or you can protect the women who deserve to be able to know they can be assured they are undressing without male presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Only two Democrats attended-Senators Durbin and Klobuchar-who left early. They criticized leadership for prioritizing men claiming to be women over actual female competitors. Carly Smolak, ex-Stanford soccer goalkeeper, emphasized that girls face tough choices and unfair competition due to these policies. 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