<p>President Donald Trump blasted California and its Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, on Tuesday for allowing men to compete in women&#8217;s sports, threatening to freeze federal funding going to the state.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114579949187402607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Truth Social, Trump called out California after a male athlete advanced to the state championships in the girls’ long jump and triple jump, which will take place next week. Trans-identifying athlete AB Hernandez, a junior in high school, won two division titles in the triple and long jump at the Southern Section finals on May 17, according to <a href="https://www.si.com/high-school/california/transgender-athlete-wins-cif-track-and-field-titles-in-girls-high-school-events-01jvmqrckp7b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sports Illustrated</a>. Hernandez posted a jump of 19 feet, 2.75 inches, which beat out second-place finisher Katie McGuinness&#8217; jump of 18 feet, 9.5 inches.</p>
<p>Trump called the participation of Hernandez in the girls division &#8220;TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY allow &#8216;MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS,'&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;This week a transitioned Male athlete, at a major event, won &#8216;everything,&#8217; and is now qualified to compete in the &#8216;State Finals&#8217; next weekend. As a Male, he was a less than average competitor. As a Female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to,&#8221; added Trump, referring to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> he signed on February 5 pushing to ban men from competing in women&#8217;s sports.</p>
<p>McGuinness, a senior, told Fox News last week that &#8220;girls, every day, are losing their spot due to biological boys beating out biological girls.&#8221; She added that her second-place finish was &#8220;discouraging&#8221; because she couldn&#8217;t beat someone &#8220;genetically different.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">High School Senior Long Jumper, Katie McGuinness joins <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraSmithFox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SandraSmithFox</a> to discuss her &#39;discouraging&#39; loss to a biological male.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaReports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmericaReports</a> <a href="https://t.co/lvWzYqnuHI">pic.twitter.com/lvWzYqnuHI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; America Reports (@AmericaRpts) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericaRpts/status/1925270400021246457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Newsom has suggested that he is also opposed to men competing against women, <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1897660139580125553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling</a> conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in March that &#8220;it’s deeply unfair.&#8221; The Democratic governor, however, has not taken any action to prevent trans-identifying boys and men from playing girls&#8217; sports. Newsom said a few weeks after his discussion with Kirk that the issue of men in women&#8217;s sports &#8220;has been colored in and weaponized by the right to be 10 times, 100 times bigger than it is &#8230;&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;And to the extent that someone could find that right balance, I would embrace those conversations and the dignity that hopefully presents themselves in that conversation, meaning the humanity around that conversation, not the politics around that conversation,&#8221; he added, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-threatens-pull-federal-funding-from-california-over-trans-athlete-controversy-state-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.</p>
<p>Trump said on Tuesday that he will talk to Newsom &#8220;today to find out which way he wants to go.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;In the meantime I am ordering local authorities, if necessary, to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals. This is a totally ridiculous situation!!!&#8221; the president added.</p>
<p>Trump has also gone after Maine and its Democratic governor, Janet Mills, for continuing to allow boys to compete against girls. Last month, the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bondi+Unleashes+On+Maine%2C+Announces+New+Lawsuit+Against+State+For+Violating+Title+IX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a civil lawsuit against the state, citing Title IX. Along with pushing to force Maine to comply with Trump&#8217;s order, the lawsuit also seeks to grant females who were passed over by males their appropriate awards.</p>

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