{"id":465341,"date":"2021-05-02T22:20:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T02:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=465341"},"modified":"2021-05-02T22:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T02:20:37","slug":"ron-desantis-to-sign-bill-banning-biological-males-from-competing-in-girls-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-to-sign-bill-banning-biological-males-from-competing-in-girls-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis To Sign Bill Banning Biological Males From Competing In Girls 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\">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%2Fron-desantis-to-sign-bill-banning-biological-males-from-competing-in-girls-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=465341&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\/2021\/05\/RD-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, announced in an interview late last week that he will sign a bill banning biological males from competing in girls sports.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis made the announcement during a town hall event with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor DeSantis, a bill of a similar nature is about to cross your desk,\u201d Ingraham said. \u201cAre you going to sign it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, yes. We\u2019re going to protect our girls,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cI have a four-year-old daughter and a one-year-old daughter, and they\u2019re very athletic. And we want to have opportunities for our girls. They deserve an even playing field. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing, with what Mississippi did, with what Florida did, and I know what other states are going to do. So, I look forward to being able to sign that into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id>\n<p><em>(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JOE BIDEN (D), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I also hope Congress will get to my desk the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(APPLAUSE)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BIDEN: It will all change under Americans watching at home, especially young people who are so brave, I want you to know your president has your back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(END VIDEO CLIP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>INGRAHAM: What about the female athletes, though? Equality Act will mean the end of women\u2019s sports as we know it. Now, it\u2019s obvious to most Americans that allowing biological men to compete against women is just fundamentally unfair. A recent Rasmussen survey found that 54 percent oppose transgender participation in sports teams, only 32 percent support it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So it\u2019s time to find out how the governors with me tonight are fighting back. I\u2019m once again joined by our red state trailblazers. Governor Reeves, Mississippi became the first start to enact legislation to protect female athletes when you signed it back in March. So we did you think the issue was so important for the people of your state?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REEVES: This is an issue I\u2019m passionate about. And the reason I\u2019m passionate about it is because I have a 16-year-old daughter, a 14-year-old daughter, and a nine-year-old daughter. And they play basketball, and they play soccer, and they play every sport they could possibly play. And the reality is, biological males should not be allowed to compete with them for athletic scholarships. They should not be allowed to be able to compete with them for opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(APPLAUSE)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REEVES: And so, I was so blessed that the Mississippi legislature sent me a bill to ban that in our state, and I was honored to sign it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>INGRAHAM: Governor DeSantis, a bill of a similar nature is about to cross your desk. Are you going to sign it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GOV. RON DESANTIS, (R) FLORIDA: Oh, yes. We\u2019re going to protect our girls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(APPLAUSE)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DESANTIS: I have a four-year-old daughter and a one-year-old daughter, and they\u2019re very athletic. And we want to have opportunities for our girls. They deserve an even playing field. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing, with what Mississippi did, with what Florida did, and I know what other states are going to do. So, I look forward to being able to sign that into law.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>INGRAHAM: The NCAA put out a statement on transgender athletes. \u201cInclusion and fairness can coexist for all student athletes including transgender athletes. We\u2019re committed to ensuring that NCAA championships are open for all who earn the right to compete in them.\u201d Governor Reynolds, how is it fair to have biological males compete against women athletes?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GOV. KIM REYNOLDS, (R) IOWA: It\u2019s not fair.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>INGRAHAM: So, what if the NCAA isn\u2019t so generic with its language and says we\u2019re going to pull out of your state, we\u2019re not going to have competition in your state?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REYNOLDS: I\u2019m going to do what is right for my state. I\u2019m going to do what\u2019s right for girls. I\u2019m a mom of three daughters and a grandmother of three granddaughters who compete. And it\u2019s the right to do. They should have the same opportunities. And we\u2019re working on legislation, too. I should have that to my desk by, hopefully the end of this legislative session, and we\u2019ll be signing that bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(APPLAUSE)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>INGRAHAM: Governor Abbott, the corporations are lined up on this issue. It reminds me, and we\u2019re going to get to the voter integrity issue, but they\u2019ve all lined up on the side of transgender athletes should compete in the sport of their choice with the gender of their choice. What are you going to say to these corporations if they say we\u2019re pulling out of Texas?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ABBOTT: They\u2019re tardy to the party. First think, what if they don\u2019t participate in Florida and Texas. Will they even able to have sports events anymore in the United States? I don\u2019t think so.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ABBOTT: But for five years the University Interscholastic League in Texas has had a rule in place prohibiting boys from playing girls in girls\u2019 sports. But the Texas legislature is working on a bill to codify that, which I will sign.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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