{"id":548949,"date":"2021-06-01T22:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T02:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548949"},"modified":"2021-06-01T22:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T02:20:26","slug":"you-cant-be-cowed-gov-desantis-says-he-was-determined-to-ban-biological-men-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-be-cowed-gov-desantis-says-he-was-determined-to-ban-biological-men-in-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Can\u2019t Be Cowed\u2019: Gov. DeSantis Says He Was Determined To Ban Biological Men 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\">34<\/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%2Fyou-cant-be-cowed-gov-desantis-says-he-was-determined-to-ban-biological-men-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=548949&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>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he refused to be pressured by \u201cwoke corporations\u201d or other organizations and not sign a bill banning biological males from participating in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as these bills were going through various legislatures, I remember the [National Collegiate Athletic Association] put out a statement saying any state that enacts this, we\u2019re not going to hold events there and so I called the Speaker of the House in Florida and I said \u2018Did you hear what they said?\u2019 and he\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah\u2019 and I said, \u2018We\u2019ve definitely got to get this done,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/big-tech-facebook-florida-ron-desantis-twitter-terry-schilling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a> told Fox News\u2019 \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t be cowed by these organizations, particularly by woke corporations, from doing the right thing and so my view was throughout this whole time, we have to protect our girls,\u201d he told host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/kristi-noem-lgtbq-transgender\/\">(RELATED: Here Are The States That Want To Ban Biological Males From Women\u2019s Sports)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The governor called it \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d to expect women to compete with biological males, which he claimed would \u201cdeny equal opportunity to hundreds of thousands of young girl and women athletes throughout Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am much more willing to stand with the girls and to hell with these events,\u201d the governor said, adding that \u201cwoke corporations\u201d can try \u201cto bully\u201d the state but \u201cthey\u2019re going to go nowhere. It\u2019s going to be like hitting their head against a brick wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2021\/1475\/BillText\/Filed\/PDF\">Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act<\/a> bans biological males from joining athletic teams or playing in sports designated female and demands that a student\u2019s school \u201crequest a certain health examination and consent form or other statement from the student\u2019s health care provider to verify the student\u2019s biological sex under certain circumstances.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/19\/kristi-noem-wavers-biological-males-womens-sports-bill\/\">(RELATED: Kristi Noem Wavers On Bill Banning Biological Males From Women\u2019s Sports)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7163162\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7163162\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7163162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on January 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664.jpg 2534w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664-1536x659-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1294927047-scaled-e1617642409664-2048x879-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2534px) 100vw, 2534px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7163162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One opponent of the Florida law was particularly incensed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/desantis-biological-males-womens-sports-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bill was signed<\/a> on the first day of \u201cPride Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cBy signing a heartless ban on transgender kids in sports, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@GovRonDeSantis\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">is marginalizing an entire community. Signing it on the first day of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Pride2021<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0is especially cruel,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiFriedFL\/status\/1399738350001700866\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0Florida Commissioner of Agriculture &#038; Consumer Services Nikki Fried. \u201cFlorida should stand for inclusivity, equality, and liberty \u2014 not peddling hate for political points.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Gov. 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