Democratic Party primary candidate for the 2024 presidential election Robert Kennedy Jr. has reopened the debate among blue voters' stance on trans participation in women's sports competitions. Despite the fact that Democrats have made trans activism one of their main assets, Kennedy stressed that it is a setback to women's struggle for the development of these sports over the past 30 years.
Thanks to Michael @Smerconish @CNN for hosting me in this far-ranging and uncensored interview. #Kennedy24 https://t.co/tF5JnNFo5C
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) April 29, 2023
A setback in women's struggle over the last 30 years
During an interview with CNN on Saturday, Kennedy responded forcefully when asked about his stance on the participation of trans athletes in women's competitions:
I am against people participating in women's sports who are biologically male. I think women have worked too hard to develop women's sports in the last 30 years. I've seen it happen, and I don't think it's fair.
State and federal legislative wars over trans athletes
The question comes in the wake of last week's passage in the House of Representatives of theProtecting Women and Girls in Sports Act. Promoted by Republican lawmakers, the rule prohibits educational institutions that receive federal funding from allowing transgender women to be included in women's competitions. Numerous conservative states have passed such laws, although many of them are blocked in the courts.
President Joe Biden promised to veto the bill if he succeeded in reaching his office, although to do so he would first have to overcome the Democratic majority in the Senate. In addition, from the Federal Administration - the Department of Education - a regulatory change was proposed that would force federally funded schools to allow elementary students to compete according to their gender identity.
