American journalists, and other sentient pustules on the goat-like buttocks of Satan, are absolutely furious with conservatives because conservatives are mocking the U.S. women’s soccer team after the team’s hilariously humiliating loss to Mesopotamia or Sweden or some absurd backwater like that. Conservative reaction to the American team’s comical downfall ranged from startled surprise that a soccer match had been going on — to startled surprise that anyone from a great country like the United States would stoop to playing a crap-hole time-waster like soccer — to startled surprise that WOMEN would play soccer when they should be doing something useful or entertaining — to uncontrollable laughter that the women’s team had lost before conservatives were even aware they were playing whatever it was they were playing which we can’t remember because it was soccer.
Now for everyone who had something better to do than pay attention to soccer, perhaps I should  explain. &#8230; I’m sorry, I misread that sentence, let me start again. For everyone — who had something better to do than pay attention to soccer — let me explain. It turns out there actually is or maybe once was a U.S. Women’s soccer team and they actually did set a record by losing the Women’s World Cup before any of us knew such a thing existed. This amusingly public graveyard spin of spectacular abasement occurred when Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — missed a shot so easy that anyone could have made it if anyone cared enough about soccer to waste time kicking a ball that any self-respecting American would have picked up and thrown with the hands God gave him.
Now, to be fair to the American News media and other wing-ed spawns of the dark night of western moral collapse, conservatives did seem to take some pleasure in the hitherto unheard-of American team’s pricelessly ignominious defeat. As one conservative commentator put it, “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha. Ha ha.”
But to look at it from a different angle than the media’s — let’s say the angle of decent and honest human beings — there were some ways in which the American women’s soccer team had been kind of alienating to patriots and religious people and ensouled life forms and other entities who otherwise couldn’t care less about soccer.
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For instance, Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — had shown disrespect to her home country in the presence of foreigners as when she knelt during the American national anthem while playing against Thailand, whose players did not kneel during the Thailand national anthem because if they had, they would have been arrested and tortured before disappearing altogether. Conversely, Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — wrote a book about the experience and was lauded as a hero — which is almost exactly like being arrested and tortured except for the fact that you’re not arrested or tortured because you’re an American so stand up when the anthem is played, you miserably spoiled little weasel-woman.
Miss Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — also ran a successful campaign to get women soccer players equal pay for doing work that’s equal to men soccer players except for the fact that it makes less money. So essentially, the women’s team is now being supported with money earned by the men’s team, which would be fine if the women’s team would at least keep house for the men’s team and then have sex with them instead of wasting their time losing at soccer.
Now I must admit that some conservative mockery of the women’s soccer team’s laughable loss was rather harsh. Like when I said that if the men’s team is supporting the women, the women could at least have sex with them — that was a little harsh. But on the other hand, the harshness of that remark was balanced by the fact that it was almost as hilarious as watching Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — lose the match because she shoots like a girl.
So all in all, I think we can come away from this controversy with the following lesson: If you’re an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American weasel-woman, don’t disrespect the flag or you could be punished by being forced to play soccer. Then you’ll really have something to complain about.
Andrew Klavan is the host of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>” at The Daily Wire. He is an award-winning novelist, Hollywood screenwriter, and popular satirist. Klavan is the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Christmas-Comes-Andrew-Klavan/dp/1613162405/ref=pd_bxgy_sccl_2/132-9473875-2662038?pd_rd_w=x29DZ&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_p=26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_r=X7J7YCZYPAH29407AXTY&amp;pd_rd_wg=M65Ef&amp;pd_rd_r=c2bb5bb5-dd27-434d-9ca1-f2098f486a81&amp;pd_rd_i=1613162405&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When Christmas Comes</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=pd_bxgy_sccl_1/132-9473875-2662038?pd_rd_w=lnVGk&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_p=26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_r=13RV0285EXYKN2D57RST&amp;pd_rd_wg=jW34u&amp;pd_rd_r=e0bb3c70-62ea-4448-8be5-a7cf1bba3f5e&amp;pd_rd_i=1613163517&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strange Habit of Mind,</a>” the first two novels in the USA Today best-selling Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Love and Death</a>,” releases on October 31, 2023, and is now available for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pre-order</a>.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1143-the-summer-of-girl-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show.</a>”
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2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: USWNT vs Sweden

So There Actually Is A Thing Called Women’s Soccer

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The Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro offered his thoughts on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/sports/soccer/megan-rapinoe-retirement-world-cup.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retiring</a> women&#8217;s soccer star Megan Rapinoe and her less-than stellar performance at the World Cup — which resulted in a loss to Sweden and an early exit from the competition.
At particular issue for most was a penalty kick — which Rapinoe whiffed, handing Sweden the win — and the striker&#8217;s awkward response to the loss, which appeared to at least initially be laughter.
Conservatives <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-eliminated-from-world-cup-in-earliest-exit-in-team-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked</a> the outspoken player — who is best known outside of soccer circles for her blue hair, her protest of the American national anthem, and demands for &#8220;equal pay&#8221; despite the women&#8217;s team delivering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-co-hosts-tag-team-don-lemon-for-daring-to-defend-mens-soccer-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far less market value</a> than the men&#8217;s.
&#8220;All righty. So Megan Rapinoe, one of most irritating people on planet Earth,&#8221; Shapiro said by way of introduction. &#8220;She had an opportunity to push the United States women&#8217;s national soccer team into the next round. Now, she&#8217;s most famous for having blue hair and also for really hating America. I mean, the national anthem is bad and America is a deeply sexist and racist place, even though they&#8217;re paying her way too much money to play a sport no one has ever watched, except once every four years when we all pretend to be interested in women&#8217;s soccer and all the rest of it.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, Rapinoe apparently had a penalty shot and she missed and the United States lost and they got booted by Sweden. And bizarrely enough, she started kind of laughing and smiling after she missed the shot,&#8221; Shapiro continued. &#8220;And she didn&#8217;t miss by a little, she missed by like a lot.&#8221;
Shapiro went on to note that he didn&#8217;t really fault her for having a &#8220;weird&#8221; initial reaction, saying that people often handle horrible news in ways that seem strange in the moment.
&#8220;So I&#8217;m not going to blame her for like laughing and then crying. People do react in weird ways to bad situations. If you&#8217;ve ever had to tell somebody truly horrible news, you don&#8217;t know what to do,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So I get that.&#8221;
&#8220;The part about Megan Rapinoe that is annoying is that she&#8217;s Megan Rapinoe,&#8221; he continued, pointing to her postgame interview and the fact that after playing and winning in international competition, the part of her career that stood out most was scoring a point for &#8220;equal pay.&#8221;
Shapiro concluded with his final assessment of Rapinoe, saying the real problem wasn&#8217;t what she did in her last World Cup appearance — no matter how dismal that may have been — but who she was as a person.
&#8220;Again, the problem with Megan Rapinoe is not that she missed a penalty shot. A lot of people miss penalty shots. The problem is not that she reacted weirdly. When that happens, when bad stuff happens, bad stuff happens,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;The problem with Megan Rapinoe, is that she&#8217;s kind of a terrible person and that she&#8217;s spent her entire career pressing for the idea that America is a terrible, horrible place that has made her extraordinarily wealthy and famous for playing a sport that no one cares about worldwide.&#8221;
&#8220;So that&#8217;s — that&#8217;s that. And we bid a not particularly fond farewell to Megan Rapinoe. Don&#8217;t let the door hit you on the way out.&#8221;
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Ben Shapiro Bids A ‘Not Particularly Fond’ Farewell To Megan Rapinoe: ‘Don’t Let The Door Hit You’

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The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) has been eliminated from the FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing in a penalty shootout to Sweden — marking the earliest exit in history for the team. 
Sweden beat the United States in the round of 16 following 120 minutes of play and a dramatic penalty shootout in which the video assistant referee <a href="https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/uswnt-sweden-womens-world-cup-knockout/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> a shot by Sweden’s Lina Hurtig did cross the line — shocking American players and fans who thought it was saved by the American goalkeeper. The USWNT has won the tournament four times, more than any other national team, and a win this year would have marked the team’s third consecutive championship. 
“We want to express our gratitude to the fans and supporters who have stood by our team. Your unwavering support means a lot to us, and we appreciate your dedication,” a USWNT <a href="https://twitter.com/USWNT/status/1688174183178752000/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> posted to X said. “Our goal remains the same, to win. We are committed to surpassing the standard we helped to create and we will rise to meet the challenge.”
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The American women were dominant throughout much of the first 90 minutes of regulation and the two 15-minute halves of extra time, with <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/womens-world-cup-2023-top-plays-sweden-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more shots</a> on goal. When neither side was able to gain the advantage in 30 minutes of extra time, the game went into a penalty shootout, where Sweden was able to win with five goals compared to four for the U.S. The U.S. has at least made the semifinals in all previous women&#8217;s World Cups, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/uswnt-sweden-womens-world-cup-knockout/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CNN. 
Players Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith, and Kelly O’Hara all <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/live-blog/usa-sweden-live-updates-womens-world-cup-soccer-news-results-rcna98387" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missed</a> their penalty kicks, securing the win for Sweden, which advanced to the quarterfinals and will face Japan. Rapinoe is a controversial player who previously <a href="https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/uswnt-sweden-womens-world-cup-knockout/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> she would retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season, and this could have been her last game with the national team, CNN notes. 
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Rapinoe, a forward, <a href="https://time.com/6293102/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Time Magazine last month that she would “absolutely” support a man who claims he is a woman to play on the USWNT and said people like Dave Chappelle making jokes about transgender issues “directly leads to violence.”
The women’s team struggled to stay alive during the tournament, nearly losing to Portugal during the group stage, which could have sent them home. They survived and were able to advance to the round of 16 by tying Portugal. 
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“[USWNT], you made this sport matter,” first lady Jill Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1688163560470319104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X after the loss. “Today, you inspired us with your grit and determination. We are proud of you. Always remember that you encourage women and girls everywhere to show up and fight for their dreams.”  
Striker Alex Morgan said the loss felt “like a bad dream,” adding, &#8220;I feel like we dominated, but it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, we’re going home. It’s the highs and lows of the sport of soccer. So yeah, it just doesn’t feel great.”
The American soccer team had been heavily criticized throughout the tournament, which is taking place in Australia and New Zealand, for its displays during the national anthem, in which only a few players appeared to be singing before each match. The majority of the American players stood silent with their hands away from their hearts. 
Megyn Kelly, host of &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; podcast, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/megyn-kelly-slams-uswnt-as-morons-who-are-poisoned-by-megan-rapinoe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> Rapinoe for the women’s team display during the national anthem, saying she “poisoned” the entire team against the U.S. and said she wasn’t rooting for them. 
“They won’t sing the national anthem, half of them won’t put their hands over their hearts, even the ones who are singing are half-a**ing it,” Kelly said.

Sweden v USA: Round of 16 – FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023

U.S. Women’s Soccer Eliminated From World Cup In Earliest Exit In Team History

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USA Soccer’s Megan Rapinoe mocked opponents of men competing in women’s sports, calling their concern “bulls***.”
Rapinoe attacked comedian Dave Chappelle, tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and ESPN’s Sage Steele in her diatribe from an <a href="https://time.com/6293102/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview with TIME</a>.
 “We as a country are trying to legislate away people’s full humanity,” Rapinoe snapped. “It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized. Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bulls***. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening.”
“The most amazing thing about sports is that you play and you’re playing with other people, and you’re having fun and you’re being physically active,” she preached. “We’re putting this all through the lens of competition and winning. But we’re talking about people’s lives. That’s where we have to start.&#8221;
“I don’t want to mince words about it,” she carped. “Dave Chappelle making jokes about trans people directly leads to violence, whether it’s verbal or otherwise, against trans people. When Martina or Sage or whoever are talking about this, people aren’t hearing it just in the context of elite sports. They’re saying, ‘The rest of my life, this is how I’m going to treat trans people.’”
Asked if she would embrace a biological man identifying as a woman on the U.S. women’s soccer team, even if a biological woman lost her place to him, Rapinoe declared, “Absolutely,” adding, “‘You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place,’ that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument—you’re sort of telling on yourself already—is you don’t believe these people are women. Therefore, they’re taking the other spot. I don’t feel that way.”
In 2022, President Biden awarded Rapinoe the highest civilian honor in the U.S., the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In March, Rapinoe ripped H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
H.R. 734, which wanted to ban transgender-identifying males from competing in female sports, stated that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
“Today, politicians in DC are claiming to ‘protect women&#8217;s sports’ by pushing a trans &amp; intersex sports ban,” Rapinoe tweeted. “Call your Congressional rep today to say women&#8217;s sports need protection from unequal pay, sexual abuse &amp; lack of resources, NOT from trans kids.”
In the <a href="https://www.si.com/sports/2023/04/10/sue-bird-megan-rapinoe-among-40-athletes-letter-opposing-federal-anti-trans-sports-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to House legislators considering the bill, 40 athletes, including Rapinoe, wrote, “Our deepest hope is that transgender and intersex kids will never have to feel the isolation, exclusion and othering that H.R. 734 is seeking to enshrine into law.”

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‘Bulls***’: Megan Rapinoe Slams Chappelle, Navratilova, Opponents of Men in Women’s Sports

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Former ESPN reporter Charly Arnolt slammed her former employer, WNBA player <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kjp-gushes-over-griners-release-an-important-role-model-for-lgbtqi-americans-and-women-of-color" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brittney Griner</a>, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, and retired professional soccer player <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-rips-megan-rapinoe-for-attacking-bill-protecting-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Rapinoe</a> during a recent interview.
The 35-year-old sports broadcaster and TV personality spoke <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12089535/Lia-Thomas-biggest-bigot-Brittney-Griner-puppet-Biden-Administration.html">exclusively</a> to the Daily Mail, saying for five years she couldn&#8217;t be her true self while working for the sports television network, and she&#8217;s done holding back, offering opinions on several controversial athletes.
Arnolt criticized Griner, who spent nearly a year detained in Russia, for saying it was a &#8220;crime&#8221; not to allow biological men to compete in women&#8217;s sports.
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&#8220;Brittney Griner should be very thankful that she wouldn&#8217;t have had that obstacle leading up to this point because she might not be playing in the WNBA if she would have,&#8221; said Arnolt.
&#8220;I also think that just calling it a crime is taking it one step further, and that&#8217;s the scary part, is now it&#8217;s not just saying, &#8216;Oh, this is wrong,&#8217; we&#8217;re criminalizing,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It&#8217;s very much the Left&#8217;s disposition to take dissenting viewpoints and criminalize them.&#8221;
Arnolt went on to describe Thomas, a biological male who identifies as transgender and competed on the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s women&#8217;s swim team, as the &#8220;biggest bigot that I have encountered in recent times because [Thomas] is forcing [the swimmer&#8217;s] own beliefs onto other people and saying that if you don&#8217;t believe in this, then you&#8217;re a hateful person.&#8221;
&#8220;You [Thomas] were a mediocre athlete in terms of male competition, and then you decided that you wanted to jump up the ladder and enter into the women&#8217;s competition,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You are built differently than a woman.&#8221;
&#8220;Anyone who tries to make the argument that there is a gender spectrum, you can believe whatever you want, but science will tell you, the DNA will tell you, there was a man and there was a woman,&#8221; Arnolt continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t care how you want to identify; at ground zero, that&#8217;s who you are. I find it offensive as a woman when a man decides that just because they have decided to live their life and identify differently, that now they can enter into a space that belongs to women that they have fought so hard for and just completely obliterate the success and opportunities that they should have.&#8221;
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The broadcaster felt similar about Rapinoe, who she blasted for supporting the rights of biological males who identify as transgender to participate in women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;Suddenly she&#8217;s turning around after she retires from playing for the national team and says, &#8216;Yeah, I totally I totally believe that males should be able to play with women,'&#8221; the sports reporter said of Rapinoe.
&#8220;She&#8217;s promoted equality and women&#8217;s rights and the ability to be able to share in their success, that is almost completely the opposite to what she&#8217;s put forth,&#8221; Arnolt added.

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Adriana McLamb, a former Division I volleyball player and activist for girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s sports, hit back at U.S. soccer star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megan-rapinoe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Rapinoe</a>.
Rapinoe last year <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked girls&#8217; sports</a>, specifically girls&#8217; volleyball, while advocating for the inclusion of biological boys and men in female sports.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s actually kind of absurd because we do care, especially as a volleyball player,&#8221; McLamb <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-college-volleyball-player-hits-back-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-absurd-stance-trans-athletes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox &amp; Friends, rebuffing Rapinoe&#8217;s commentary. &#8220;We very much do care about your daughter&#8217;s high school volleyball team.&#8221;
The athlete-turned-coach said that the inclusion of males in girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s sports is not only unfair, but proving to be &#8220;unsafe.&#8221; McLamb referenced high school athlete <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payton McNabb</a>, who was seriously hurt in a game when a biological male spiked the ball at her face.
&#8220;Especially in the case of Payton McNabb, who actually testified this week in North Carolina, who is severely concussed and injured by a biological man on the other side of a net,&#8221; McLamb said. &#8220;So we very much do care because this is not just about it being unfair for female athletes, but we&#8217;re getting to the point that&#8217;s unsafe.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s common sense,&#8221; the athlete continued. &#8220;In the sport of volleyball, [in] the position I play … the male side is an average of over six feet tall. I&#8217;m five-four. I would never be able to compete against a biological male.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s reasons why the net is higher,&#8221; she added. &#8220;There&#8217;s a difference in baseball and softball fields. And there&#8217;s a reason Title IX was fought so, so hard for 50 years ago, so we had these separate categories, so we can all play on a fair playing field.&#8221;
Rapinoe <a href="https://time.com/6188583/megan-rapinoe-equal-pay-title-ix-transgender-sports-bans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Time magazine last year that female athletes and their parents need to suck it up over advantages biologically male transgender athletes might have over girls.
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The forward said she&#8217;s “100% supportive” of “trans inclusion” in girls&#8217; sports, dismissing concerns about fairness while emphasizing that people “need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life.”
Rapinoe also argued that high-level sports are all about “regulation,” which the athlete apparently believes can erase trans athletes’ advantages. A recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/study-trans-women-still-have-athletic-advantage-over-women-after-year-of-hormone-therapy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> published in the <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/06/bjsports-2020-102329.full?ijkey=yjlCzZVZFRDZzHz&amp;keytype=ref" target="_blank" rel="noopener">British Journal of Sports Medicine</a> suggests that’s not true.
“I would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone’s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,” the 37-year-old said. “We’re talking about people’s lives. I’m sorry, your kid’s high school volleyball team just isn’t that important.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Rapinoe Tells Girls, Parents To Suck It Up Over Trans Athletes: ‘Your Kid’s’ ‘Volleyball Team Just Isn’t That Important’</a>

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Volleyball Player Hits Back At Rapinoe For Mocking Girls’ Sports

Volleyball Player Adriana McLamb Hits Back At Rapinoe For Mocking Girls’ Sports

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Social Issues

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Riley Gaines, the former University of Kentucky 12-time All-American swimming star who has consistently challenged the idea that men should compete in women’s sports, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/riley-gaines-accuses-megan-rapinoe-virtue-signaling-protection-girls-women-sports-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laced into</a> U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe for slamming H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
In March, Rapinoe tweeted, “Today, politicians in DC are claiming to ‘protect women&#8217;s sports’ by pushing a trans &amp; intersex sports ban. Call your Congressional rep today to say women&#8217;s sports need protection from unequal pay, sexual abuse &amp; lack of resources, NOT from trans kids.” She followed by signing a letter published Monday that condemns the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
Gaines accused Rapinoe of “virtue signaling,” on Twitter adding, “I can respect opinions that differ from my own and everyone is entitled to think/speak independently, but I can&#8217;t help but think Megan Rapinoe would genuinely shiv any male who tried to take her spot on the US Women&#8217;s National Team,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/riley-gaines-accuses-megan-rapinoe-virtue-signaling-protection-girls-women-sports-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News. Gaines has deleted the tweets.
H.R. 734, which would ban transgender-identifying males from competing in female sports, states that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” In a <a href="https://www.si.com/sports/2023/04/10/sue-bird-megan-rapinoe-among-40-athletes-letter-opposing-federal-anti-trans-sports-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to House legislators considering the bill, 40 athletes, including Rapinoe, wrote, “Our deepest hope is that transgender and intersex kids will never have to feel the isolation, exclusion and othering that H.R. 734 is seeking to enshrine into law.”
The Biden administration is seeking to strike down bans on transgender-identifying athletes, claiming they would violate Title IX.
Last week, Gaines was mobbed by transgender activists when she visited San Francisco State University to advocate for the rights of female athletes. Video on social media showed Gaines being hustled to safety by police officers as a mob of radical transgender activists followed her, shouting &#8220;Trans rights are human rights!&#8221;
“I&#8217;m OK currently, but an hour and a half later, I&#8217;m still barricaded in a room with ambushers on the outside yelling and threatening violence,” Gaines <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-riley-gaines-violently-assaulted-at-sfsu-event-sponsored-by-tpusa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time. “As police escorted me out of the event space to my current location, I was hit, physically, twice by what I presume was a male individual. This only assures me I&#8217;m doing the right thing.”
In late March, Gaines ripped ESPN for their “Celebrating Women’s History Month” segment in which they lauded Lia Thomas, a biological male,  for becoming “the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I Championship by winning the 500 Freestyle.”
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Gaines tweeted, “Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title. He is an arrogant, cheat who STOLE a national title from a hardworking, deserving woman. &#8230; The @ncaa is responsible. If I was a woman working at ESPN, I would walk out. You&#8217;re spineless @espn #boycottESPN.”
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Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title. He is an arrogant, cheat who STOLE a national title from a hardworking, deserving woman. The <a href="https://twitter.com/NCAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ncaa</a> is responsible. 
If I was a woman working at ESPN, I would walk out. You&#39;re spineless <a href="https://twitter.com/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@espn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/boycottESPN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#boycottESPN</a> <a href="https://t.co/DF3n5RWsmV">https://t.co/DF3n5RWsmV</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1640025392965644294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Riley Gaines Rips Megan Rapinoe For Attacking Bill Protecting Women’s Sports

Riley Gaines Rips Megan Rapinoe For Attacking Bill Protecting Women's Sports

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly">Megyn Kelly</a> slammed &#8220;selfish activists&#8221; like Olympian Megan Rapinoe and WNBA player Sue Bird who have advocated for the right of men to compete against women in female sports.
The host of the Sirius XM &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; podcast on Monday <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1645500812938944525?s=20">tweeted</a> to her two million followers that Rapinoe and Bird are already professional athletes who aren&#8217;t going to be affected by this and the only opinion on the matter should be parents with young girls in sports.
&#8220;Their opinions don&#8217;t mean more because they are/were pro athletes,&#8221; Kelly wrote.
&#8220;Anyone who has a daughter has a greater right to be heard than these selfish activists who know this change won&#8217;t affect them,&#8221; the podcast host added. &#8220;They can TAKE A SEAT.&#8221;
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Their opinions don’t mean more bc they are/were pro athletes. Anyone who has a daughter has a greater right to be heard than these selfish activists who know this change won’t affect them. They can TAKE A SEAT. <a href="https://t.co/cafDZ9HZ1j">https://t.co/cafDZ9HZ1j</a>
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1645500812938944525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The former Fox News host&#8217;s post included a headline from OutKick that read, &#8220;Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird among group of prominent female athletes who really, really want men to be allowed to compete against women for some reason.&#8221;
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Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird among group of prominent female athletes who really, really want men to be allowed to compete against women for some reason.<a href="https://t.co/pm8wDcJjXO">https://t.co/pm8wDcJjXO</a>
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/Outkick/status/1645496869521604609?s=20">article</a> talked about how the leftwing political activist has joined with other female athletes opposing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-legal-win-for-girls-sports-clinton-appointed-judge-notes-inherent-physical-differences-between-the-sexes">Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act</a>. Rapinoe, Bird and more signed a letter to the legislature opposing the move that would make policies prohibiting biological men trans athletes from competing on female sports teams.
The act or House Bill 734 would amend Title IX &#8220;to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with Title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person&#8217;s reproductive biology and genetics at birth,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/megan-rapinoe-sue-bird-athletes-sign-letter-opposing-protection-girls-women-sports-act">Fox News</a> noted.
House Bill 734 also said it would be a violation of the act for &#8220;a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.&#8221;
Kelly has been very vocal in her opposition to allowing biological men to compete against women in female sports.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-have-to-fight-megyn-kelly-ben-shapiro-talk-wokeism-transgenderism-and-more-on-new-episode-of-the-search">former NBC host</a> recently told Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ben-shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a> she&#8217;s now crossed the &#8220;Rubicon&#8221; and gone from telling others to be tolerant to being an &#8220;activist&#8221; against men being in girls&#8217; spaces.
&#8220;Like, get out, get out of our swimming pools, get out of our locker rooms, get off of our track meets, get out of there,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll find an accommodation for you. Hopefully you’ll get the help you need. But we are not surrendering girlhood or womanhood to you and your mental issues.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-there-is-no-safe-space-now-for-girls-amid-trans-and-gender-identity-push">Megyn Kelly Says &#8216;There Is No Safe Space Now For Girls&#8217;</a>

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‘Take A Seat’: Megyn Kelly Slams ‘Selfish Activists’ Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird Calling For Men To Compete Against Women In Female Sports

If you thought that a place was horrible, racist, homophobic, and anti-women, would you accept one of the highest medals that country awards? Probably not. If the Taliban called me today and said they wanted to award me a medal, I would tell them to kick rocks.
Enter Megan Rapinoe, a person that literally <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/1009403840/soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-on-equal-pay-and-what-the-u-s-flag-means-to-her">despises</a> America and has made it known. A person that <a href="https://www.insider.com/hope-solo-megan-rapinoe-bully-teammates-into-kneeling-national-anthem-2021-8">bullied</a> her teammates into kneeling for the flag because it helped her rise to superstardom in the eyes of people who are anti-American, yet she couldn&#8217;t get up to the podium fast enough to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-taps-anthem-kneeler-megan-rapinoe-for-nations-highest-civilian-honor-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom">accept</a> the Presidential Medal of Freedom recently. If she sincerely felt the way she talks, then she would have turned down the invite, but that&#8217;s not what clout chasers and hypocrites do. 
She is basically the wacky waving, inflatable arm flailing tube man you see at the front of car dealerships — whichever way the wind blows, the hardest she will go. For someone who prides themselves solely on their identity politics, she actually has no real conviction or identity. The problem is bigger than Megan Rapinoe, though, we are rewarding lots of people for hating America. Being a hypocrite is not brave, courageous, or worthy of one of our nation&#8217;s highest honors. It only encourages that behavior more and more. These faux heroes are not only a problem for some sports, they are toxic for society.
We have totally warped what a real hero is and have turned it into an award that goes to whoever can virtue signal the best. Let&#8217;s give the medal to someone who is actually moving us forward and has a mission to do good and not strive for divisiveness because it makes them more popular. There are so many more deserving candidates out there who aren&#8217;t tearing down the fabric of what makes this country great. We need to be as diverse as possible but also not reward people solely because of how they look or who they love; we are better than that. Millions of people over time have sacrificed their lives so we can thrive based on meritocracy &#8211; not identity politics.
The arena of sport is one of the last unifiers we have as a society in this country. When you go to a game and your team scores or when you high-five the person next to you, it doesn’t matter who they voted for. It doesn’t matter their stance on a particular bill because at that moment it is about relishing your team’s accomplishments. There have been so many relationships that started at games, problems that have been cured at games, and lasting family memories that have been solidified around sports. 
I am not of the “shut up and dribble” crowd because everyone is entitled to their opinion. I am also a fan of being able to push back against an opinion without getting canceled by certain media outlets and people. People like Megan Rapinoe are the tip of the spear when it comes to “if you don’t think like me you are evil,” and it turns out those people are the most evil amongst us. Let’s get back to celebrating meaningful achievements being rewarded — not the fake heroes that have already polluted the minds of so many of our nation’s youth.
So ask yourself this: If you hated a place, why would you accept its award? If you think Megan Rapinoe cares about anyone else but herself, think again. As far as the Medal of Freedom goes, being free is being able to voice an opinion without retribution, and we have lost that.
Jake Crain is host of the Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company">&#8220;Crain &amp; Company.&#8221;</a>
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

v2Crain – Megan Rapinoe

Megan Rapinoe Is The Worst

President Joe Biden announced Friday that soccer star and Left-wing political activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megan-rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</a>, who famously took a knee during the playing of our national anthem, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor.
The honor will be presented to &#8220;individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,&#8221; a press release from the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/01/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/">said</a>.
&#8220;President Biden has long said that America can be defined by one word: possibilities. These seventeen Americans demonstrate the power of possibilities and embody the soul of the nation – hard work, perseverance, and faith,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;They have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities – and across the world – while blazing trails for generations to come.&#8221;
Describing Rapinoe, the White House said the athlete &#8220;is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice, and LGBTQI+ rights.&#8221;
The 36-year-old is known for the leftist activism, including her choice to take a knee multiple times during the playing of the national anthem before soccer games. During last year&#8217;s Tokyo Olympics, for example, U.S. women&#8217;s soccer team captain Rapinoe took a knee before the game with other players to &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener">protest racism,</a>&#8221; though the protest was not during the anthem.
More recently, the forward <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important">made waves</a> when she argued last month that female athletes and their parents need to suck it up over advantages biologically male transgender athletes might have over girls.
“I would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone’s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,” Rapinoe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important">said</a>. “We’re talking about people’s lives. I’m sorry, your kid’s high school volleyball team just isn’t that important.”
“And I think people also need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life, right?” she added. “Life is the most important thing in life.”
Notably, iconic conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former President Donald Trump in 2020, shortly before Limbaugh&#8217;s passing.
&#8220;Rush, in recognition of all that you have done for our nation, the millions of people a day that you speak to and that you inspire, and all of the incredible work that you have done for charity, I am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom,&#8221; Trump announced.
Other notable figures to receive the award from President Biden include actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles, the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and former U.S. Senator John McCain, who passed away in 2018.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important">Megan Rapinoe Tells Girls, Parents To Suck It Up Over Trans Athletes: ‘Your Kid’s’ ‘Volleyball Team Just Isn’t That Important’</a>

Biden Taps Anthem-Kneeler Megan Rapinoe For Nation’s Highest Civilian Honor, The Presidential Medal Of Freedom

Joe Biden To Give Anthem-Kneeler Megan Rapinoe Presidential Medal Of Freedom 

Progressive activist and soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe went off on a rather confusing rant about &#8220;inclusive term&#8221; women&#8217;s bodies after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">Supreme Court decision</a> on Friday overruled abortion decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, effectively kicking abortion restrictions back to the states.
The SCOTUS decision, Rapinoe said at a U.S. Women&#8217;s National Team (USWNT) media event on Friday, &#8220;certainly&#8221; doesn&#8217;t keep &#8220;one single child safer,&#8221; nor does it &#8220;keep one single, inclusive term, woman safer.&#8221;
The athlete went on to say that it&#8217;s hard to describe how “difficult it is to live in a country where you have a constant, unrelenting, violent tide against you, and onslaught as a woman. And it would be as a gay person, as a nonbinary person, as a trans person, whoever this is going to affect, because it affects a lot more than just women, or ‘cis-women.’” 
The verbal gymnastics seemed consistent throughout her comments: &#8220;There are an infinite amount of reasons why a woman chooses to do what she does with her body,&#8221; Rapinoe said, before adding plural or &#8220;gender neutral&#8221; pronouns, &#8220;or what they do with their body.&#8221;
Seeming to undercut her gender-neutral language, Rapinoe <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/roe-v-wade-megan-rapinoe-decision.amp">reportedly</a> said men are &#8220;allowing a violent and consistent onslaught on the autonomy of women’s bodies, on women’s rights, on women’s minds, on our hearts, on our souls. We live in a country that forever tries to chip away at what you have enabled, at what you have been privileged enough to feel your entire life.&#8221;
The forward looked to be reading off notes and opened her comments with a shaky voice and tears  in her eyes. &#8220;I wish that we could just talk about soccer today,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but obviously with the ruling on Roe v. Wade, that takes precedence over everything.&#8221;
Rapinoe, an award-winning female athlete herself, made waves on Sunday when she <a href="https://time.com/6188583/megan-rapinoe-equal-pay-title-ix-transgender-sports-bans/">told</a> Time magazine she is &#8220;100% supportive&#8221; of &#8220;trans inclusion&#8221; in girls sports, dismissing concerns about fairness and emphasizing that people &#8220;need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life.&#8221;
&#8220;I would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone’s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We’re talking about people’s lives. I’m sorry, your kid’s high school volleyball team just isn’t that important.&#8221;
Rapinoe argued that not many girls have been shortchanged by transgender athletes, yet, anyway.
&#8220;Show me the evidence that trans women are taking everyone’s scholarships, are dominating in every sport, are winning every title. I’m sorry, it’s just not happening,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So we need to start from inclusion, period. And as things arise, I have confidence that we can figure it out. But we can’t start at the opposite. That is cruel. And frankly, it’s just disgusting.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to really kind of take a step back and get a grip on what we’re really talking about here because people’s lives are at risk,&#8221; Rapinoe added. &#8220;Kids’ lives are at risk with the rates of suicide, the rates of depression and negative mental health and drug abuse.&#8221;
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‘Does Not Keep One Single, Inclusive Term, Woman Safer’: Megan Rapinoe’s Teary-Eyed Rant Over Abortion Gets Confusing

Megan Rapinoe’s Teary-Eyed Rant Over Abortion Gets Confusing With Gender Neutral Pronouns And 'Inclusive' Terms 

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The International Rugby League (IRL) announced Tuesday that biologically male athletes who identify was female are currently banned from competing in the women&#8217;s league until officials develop a policy for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a> athletes.
The pause comes on the heels of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fina-restricts-biological-males-identifying-as-females-from-elite-swimming-competitions">new policy</a> from FINA, the world’s top international swimming association, which has restricted female-identifying males from elite swimming competitions, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fina-restricts-biological-males-identifying-as-females-from-elite-swimming-competitions">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
&#8220;The IRL is continuing work to review and update rules about transgender participation in women’s international rugby league and will seek to use the upcoming World Cup to help develop a comprehensive inclusion policy,&#8221; a statement from the group said.
&#8220;Until further research is completed to enable the IRL to implement a formal transgender inclusion policy, male-to-female (transwomen) players are unable to play in sanctioned women’s international rugby league matches,&#8221; IRL added.
The international league further said it believes &#8220;rugby league is a game for all and that anyone and everyone can play our sport,&#8221; while adding that &#8220;safety&#8221; and &#8220;perceived risk&#8221; had to be evaluated, too.
&#8220;It is the IRL’s responsibility to balance the individual’s right to participate &#8211; a long-standing principle of rugby league and at its heart from the day it was established &#8211; against perceived risk to other participants, and to ensure all are given a fair hearing,&#8221; IRL said.
&#8220;The IRL will continue to work towards developing a set of criteria, based on best possible evidence, which fairly balance the individual’s right to play with the safety of all participants,&#8221; the statement added.
Allowing biologically male athletes to compete against women and girls has sparked outrage across the nation.
Notably, high school female athletes in Connecticut are challenging policies that allowed biological males to &#8220;dominate&#8221; girls high school track and field events. The girls — Selina Soule, Chelsea Mitchell, and Alanna Smith — are represented by religious freedom organization <a href="https://adflegal.org/selina-soule-track-athlete-story">Alliance Defending Freedom</a>.
&#8220;At the 2019 Connecticut Indoor Track &amp; Field State Championships, Selina finished one place away from qualifying for finals, and the opportunity to compete for a qualifying spot at the New England Regional Championships in the 55-meter dash,&#8221; ADF outlined. &#8220;The first and second spots in the race were taken by two male athletes. This was a massive disappointment for Selina. It meant she had to sit on the sidelines instead of competing in front of college scouts!&#8221;
&#8220;Had those two biological boys not been allowed to compete, Selina could have qualified to run the 55-meter event at the New England regionals,&#8221; the group said. &#8220;The male who won Selina’s race set a girls’ state indoor record of 6.95 seconds in the 55-meter dash and went on to win the New England titles in both the 55-meter dash and the 300-meter dash.&#8221;
Not all female athletes are standing up for other girls, though.
Soccer superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important">Megan Rapinoe</a> recently told Time Magazine that she&#8217;s &#8220;100%&#8221; behind &#8220;transgender inclusion&#8221; in girls sports, while ridiculing parents who are worried about the disadvantages their daughters might face.
“I would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone’s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,” the 36-year-old said. “We’re talking about people’s lives. I’m sorry, your kid’s high school volleyball team just isn’t that important.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-player-dominating-womens-handball-amanda-prestigiacomo">He Played Handball For Australia’s Men’s Team. Now Transgender, He’s Dominating Women’s Handball.</a>

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