<p>Ohio Republican Senate candidate Jane Timken blasted the NCAA and Democrats over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas competing in women&#8217;s sports in a new campaign ad released on Monday.</p>
<p>The 30-second ad called &#8220;Compete&#8221; shows Timken highlighting her background as a former female college athlete, blaming rules by the NCAA for allowing biological males to compete in women&#8217;s sports on the failed leadership of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Compete" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Fr_P7kaFrw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>&#8220;As a mom and former college athlete, I know how important women&#8217;s sports are. They teach our girls to be winners,&#8221; Timken said in the video.</p>
<p>&#8220;But the Biden Democrats want to force our daughters to compete against men in the pool and on the court,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>The video then cuts to footage of Thomas competing in a women&#8217;s swimming event.</p>
<p>The ad is expected to air on Ohio outlets and is available on YouTube and other locations online.</p>
<p>Timken is not the only Republican to speak out on the issue recently. Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-to-sign-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-winner-of-race-over-trans-athlete-lia-thomas">proclamation</a> on Tuesday declaring that Sarasota native and Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant was “the best women’s swimmer in the 500y freestyle” in last week’s NCAA championship. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-signs-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-best-womens-swimmer-after-loss-to-trans-athlete" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Weyant, who is a freshman at the University of Virginia, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/emma-weyant-olympic-medalist-lia-thomas-ncaa-championships">clocked</a> a time of 4:34.99 last Thursday, falling behind Thomas during the final stretch of the 500-yard event.</em></p>
<p><em>“By allowing men to compete in women’s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud,” DeSantis said in a tweet. “In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota’s Emma Weyant as the best women’s swimmer in the 500y freestyle.”</em></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">By allowing men to compete in women&#39;s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud.</p>
<p>In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota&#39;s Emma Weyant as the best women&#39;s swimmer in the 500y freestyle. <a href="https://t.co/tBmFxFE3q6">pic.twitter.com/tBmFxFE3q6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1506315576674865153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>A variety of athletes have spoken out against the issue as well.</p>
<p>“My name is Reka Gyorgy from Hungary. I am a 2016 Rio Olympian, represented Virginia Tech for the past 5 years, a 2 time ACC champion, 2 time All-American and 3 time honorable mention All-American,” wrote Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy in a letter to the NCAA that she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVXQdyunQbZeKQn_e3GfyiFBVTDYa0sRaFyCs0/">posted on Instagram</a>.</p>
<p>“With all due respect, I would like to address something that is a problem in our sport right now and hurting athletes, especially swimmers,” Gyorgy wrote. “Everyone has heard and known about transgender [swimmer], Lia Thomas, and her case including all the issues and concerns that her situation brought into our sport.”</p>
<p>“She is doing what she is passionate about and deserves that right,” Gyorgy wrote. “On the other hand, I would like to critique the NCAA rules that allow her to compete against us, who are biologically women.”</p>
<p>“I’m writing this letter right now in hopes that the NCAA will open their eyes and change these rules in the future. It doesn’t promote our sport in a good way and I think it is disrespectful against the biologically female swimmers who are competing in the NCAA,” she added.</p>

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