Trump Cruelly Selects Next Victims to Lose Rights via Executive Order
During a Fox News town hall that aired Wednesday, Donald Trump revealed that transgender people will be one of his first set of victims—appearing to suggest a sweeping executive order.
At the town hall dedicated to “women’s issues,” Trump was asked about what he would do as president to tackle the “transgender issue” in women’s sports. Trump responded by first saying something true: “It’s such an easy question” for him to answer.
“We’re not going to let it happen,” he said.
During a Fox News town hall on "women's issues," Trump says he'll get rid of all trans women in female sports.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 16, 2024
Harris Faulkner: "How do you stop it? Do you go to the sports leagues?"
Trump: "You just ban it. The president bans it. You just don't let it happen." pic.twitter.com/DBzTBak8AR
Trump then went on to discuss one California transgender NCAA volleyball player who has been the target of the right for the past month. “I never saw a ball hit so hard,” said Trump, referring to a viral video of the athlete. Under his watch, transgender athletes competing in sports that match their gender will “absolutely stop,” he added.
When Fox’s Harris Faulkner asked a slightly more difficult question, how Trump would actually logistically stop the issue, Trump replied, “You just ban it. The president bans it. You just don’t let it happen.”
The question of transgender people competing in athletics is an easy culture war question for the right. It doesn’t address any real hardship for women or issues that impact everyday Americans’ lives. Despite half of states placing some kind of ban on transgender athletes, experts estimate there are probably less than 100 transgender women competing in NCAA sports. This type of question that allows Trump to pontificate about gender is exactly the type of easy question he adores.
Meanwhile on the other side of the aisle, Kamala Harris’s team also felt comfortable using transgender people as a political pawn. In a post on X Wednesday, KamalaHQ faced blowback after trying to drag Trump for offering gender-affirming care to migrants and incarcerated people during his presidency.