WASHINGTON—Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a civil lawsuit against the state of Maine on Wednesday for officials&#8217; refusal to protect girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s spaces and sports per Title IX rules.
A fiery Bondi announced the lawsuit and scolded Maine leaders, noting that the Trump administration tried its best to get Maine to comply before it filed suit.
&#8220;We have no other choice, we are taking them to court,&#8221; Bondi said.
The AG was joined at the presser by Maine state lawmaker Rep. Laurel Libby (R), female fencer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-fencer-speaks-out-after-shes-expelled-for-protesting-male-opponent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephanie Turner</a>, female rights advocate Riley Gaines, numerous female athletes from Maine, and others.
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGPamBondi</a> announces a civil lawsuit against Maine for refusing to protect women and women’s sports and spaces. <a href="https://t.co/6q0jtXkJwO">pic.twitter.com/6q0jtXkJwO</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1912483114351317390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
A copy of the lawsuit, which was obtained by Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan, says the United States is suing Maine over its Department of Education &#8220;openly and defiantly flouting federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designed exclusively for girls.&#8221;
The suit is seeking to get Maine to stop its noncompliance with federal law and also seeks to grant females who were passed over by males their appropriate awards.
Bondi also said the department is looking at possibly retroactively pulling funding the state of Maine received for not complying in the past.
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a case of FAFO: <a href="https://t.co/fYRF6El4Kg">pic.twitter.com/fYRF6El4Kg</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1912484747726512273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
During the presser, Bondi cited a male athlete taking first place in a state final for girls&#8217; pole vaulting, which was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-wins-girls-pole-vault-championship-in-maine-days-after-state-pledged-to-defy-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first reported by The Daily Wire</a>. &#8220;He beat every female by a significant margin, qualifying him for regional championships. That took a spot away from a young woman,&#8221; Bondi said.
Last year, another male athlete competed in female ski and cross-country races in Maine and finished first in the women&#8217;s 5k. His time would have placed him 43rd if he were competing with fellow males, a DOJ press release said.
Gaines, who spoke at the presser, thanked President Donald Trump for protecting girls and said, &#8220;Accountability is back in the White House.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>, speaking at DOJ, details all the ways women have been harmed by men in their spaces — and censored for speaking out.
These abuses aren’t happening in Afghanistan or the UK, she says. They’re happening in the USA.
“Accountability is back in the White House.” <a href="https://t.co/CAAlYUj4gc">pic.twitter.com/CAAlYUj4gc</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1912487694397059358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
In February, Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills got into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-spars-with-maines-dem-governor-over-men-in-womens-sports-at-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public spat with President Trump</a> when she refused to comply with the president’s order barring males from girls’ sports, <a href="https://x.com/TheMaineWire/status/1904334942999363625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that she was following state law.
Subsequently, numerous Maine officials and organizations followed Mills&#8217; lead and refused to comply with Title IX, sparking numerous investigations and rule violation findings.
Notably, it was found that the state also placed a convicted male murderer who identifies as female into a female correctional facility.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EXCLUSIVE POLL: Maine Voters Side With Trump On Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports</a>

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Megyn Kelly and more celebrated President Donald Trump’s comments about how transgenders can never be women, no matter what they do.
Speaking at the Women&#8217;s History Month event in the East Room of the White House, Trump pointed to the Executive Order he signed that the United States will only recognize two genders.
“For four long years, we had an administration that tried to abolish the very concept of womanhood and replace it with radical gender ideology &#8230; Under the Trump administration, we&#8217;re ending the Marxist war on women,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/1904986924692959382">said</a>.
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President Trump Participates in a Women&#8217;s History Month Event <a href="https://t.co/uoUsXcEjse">https://t.co/uoUsXcEjse</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1904980329602945489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
“No matter how many surgeries you have, or chemicals you inject, if you are born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman,” he added. “You&#8217;re not going to be a woman.”
“And that’s why last month I proudly signed a historic executive order to ban [trans-identifying] men from competing in women’s sports,” Trump continued, noting that he also banned “puberty blockers and the sexual mutilation of minors.”
During the event Trump also talked about how it was a day to &#8220;honor the legacy of incredible women like Betsy Ross, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, and Amelia Earhart, all legends. And their extraordinary courage and patriotism and devotion propelled our nation to glory and to greatness.”
The comments about trans-identifying males — and the fact that they can never be women — drew praise from outspoken female advocates like the host of Sirius XM&#8217;s “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast and former collegiate female swimmer Riley Gaines, among others.
“PREACH, Mr. President!” Kelly wrote on <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1904995596261347448">X</a>, sharing a clip of Trump’s comments from the event.
Riley Gaines wrote,“‘No matter how many surgeries you have, or chemicals you inject, if you are born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You&#8217;re not going to be a woman.’ LOUDER PLEASE!!!!”
TPUSA’s Charlie Kirk <a href="https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1904989850400678006">wrote</a>, “Finally, America once again has a president who will mark Women&#8217;s History Month by honoring actual women.‘No matter how many surgeries you have, or chemicals you inject, if you are born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman.’ Amen!”
During the 2024 election, Kelly spoke at a Trump campaign event and said the reason she was voting for him was because he would protect women and look out “for our forgotten boys and men.”
“The boys should not be in the girl’s sports. The boys should not be in the girl’s bathrooms,” the podcast host said. “He [Trump] got mocked by the left for saying that he would be a protector of women. He will be a protector of women and it’s why I’m voting for him.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Surrounded By Young Female Athletes, Donald Trump Bans Men From Women’s Sports</a>

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Meghan McCain sparred with TV host Andy Cohen on Tuesday over trans-identifying men playing in women’s sports.
It all started on <a href="https://x.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1896914200791838737">X</a> when the former co-host of “The View” shared the news that 19-year-old female volleyball player Payton McNabb, who sustained a traumatic brain injury after a transgender-identifying male spiked a volleyball into her head, was invited to be a special guest of President Donald Trump’s at his Joint Address to Congress on Tuesday.
“I have had the pleasure of meeting Payton &#8211; she is incredibly smart, strong and brave. Both she and her family have been through the unthinkable,” McCain’s post read.
“Democrats defending young women suffering from traumatic brain injuries as a result of trans athletes is why they will continue losing every election,” she added, noting how Democrats in the Senate blocked the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act&#8221; on Monday.
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I have had the pleasure of meeting Payton &#8211; she is incredibly smart, strong and brave. Both she and her family have been through the unthinkable.
Democrats defending young women suffering from traumatic brain injuries as a result of trans athletes is why they will continue… <a href="https://t.co/YQf6SVtjAW">https://t.co/YQf6SVtjAW</a>
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1896914200791838737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
In response, Cohen took to <a href="https://x.com/Andy/status/1896926410822013308">X</a> and wrote, “surprised you’re buying into the vilification of the trans community given the real problems happening in this country, your previous ally-ship of the lgbtq community, and the fact that this non issue affects about four people in this country.”
McCain hit back, <a href="https://x.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1896928345935466758">writing</a>, “Surprised you’re okay with violence against female athletes. Peyton suffered serious brain damage &#8211; just one story. You have my cell, always happy to talk privately or publicly on either of our shows because these conversations are reductive to hash out on social media.”
A short time later, McNabb saw Cohen&#8217;s dismissive post about the dangers of trans-identifying men playing in women&#8217;s sports and wrote on <a href="https://x.com/paytonmcnabb_/status/1897008078492454999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, &#8220;Andy, calling the protection of women’s sports a ‘non-issue’ that affects ‘four people’ is not just dismissive—it’s factually wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;Hundreds of female athletes have lost podium spots, scholarships, and opportunities,&#8221; she added. &#8220;My own injury was life-changing. And even if it were just one girl, that’s one too many. This is about fairness and safety, not ‘vilification.'&#8221;
McCain wasn&#8217;t the only person who slammed the move by Senate Democrats after a motion to invoke cloture on Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” failed on Monday by a <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1896714793031188630" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-45</a> vote. A three-fifths majority — or 60 votes — was needed to cap the debate and proceed to a final vote for passage sometime in the future.
Other outspoken advocates for women’s sports, like <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1896751618697383986" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> and Riley Gaines, took to social media and said the Democrats should be shamed for failing to protect young girls.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-see-you-new-ad-calls-out-ncaa-for-new-transgender-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘We See You’: New Ad Calls Out NCAA For New Transgender Policy</a>

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A new ad from the pro-woman brand XX-XY Athletics calls out the NCAA for a new transgender policy that women’s sports advocates warn will still allow a possible loophole for trans-identifying males to continue to compete in women’s sports.
The ad — shared by Riley Gaines on <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1894764315250491500">X</a> — from the company’s founder Jennifer Sey, showcases female athletes who’ve lost out on opportunities because of male trans-identifying athletes and those who have faced attacks for standing up for themselves and other girls.
“We see you NCAA,” the ad starts out. “You announced a new policy after [President Donald] Trump’s executive order, this policy does not protect females. It sets no clear boundary.”
“This policy does nothing to ensure women’s sports are for women only,” the athletes added. “You said you were going to comply with federal law, but you didn’t. Your policy is based on a birth certificate. That’s the proof required. But it’s no proof of sex.”
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The new NCAA policy is in direct conflict with President Trumps beautifully written Executive Order, &#8220;Keeping Men Out of Women&#8217;s Sports&#8221;.
We see you, <a href="https://twitter.com/NCAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NCAA</a><a href="https://t.co/6QHTXozSVr">pic.twitter.com/6QHTXozSVr</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1894764315250491500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
Gaines and others in the ad point out that in 44 states birth certificates can be altered.
The ad closes with a call to the NCAA to go back to the drawing board and fix the policy, warning the governing body that athletes and women’s sports advocates can see right through what it appears the NCAA is attempting to do.
“We see you [NCAA President] Charlie Baker,” the female sports players concluded. “We see you NCAA. We see you … you tried to silence us but we are not going away. Young athletes are depending on us. Depending on you. And if you won’t stand up for female athletes, we will.”
Gaines, Sage Steele, and other women’s sports advocates recently warned that there was a loophole in the NCAA policy that could be exploited to allow trans-identifying male athletes to compete against women.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ncaas-new-trans-participation-policy-as-clear-mud-riley-gaines-says?utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=later-linkinbio">Fox News</a>, the former collegiate female swimmer said that the new policy is “explicitly in conflict” with Trump’s executive order, which asserts an outright ban on biological men competing in women’s sports.
NCAA announced its new policy for “student-athletes ‘assigned male at birth’ and their participation on women’s teams” following Trump’s EO, which uses “gender identity” language instead of male and female definition for sex. It is that “gender identity” language that has Gaines and other advocates for girls sports concerned.
“No. 1, first and foremost, this policy removes all accountability from the NCAA, which, of course, is something that has been on their minds for a long time,” Gaines said. “It provides loopholes for both states and schools because it does not define sex, which we have seen now is a problem, unfortunately.”
“I mean, it’s wild we have to define sex-based terms like male and female, but we’ve seen what happens when we don’t,” she added, noting that all but 6 states in the U.S. allow birth certificates to be altered.
A spokesperson for the NCAA told the outlet, “The policy is clear that there are no waivers available, and athletes assigned male at birth may not compete on a women’s team with amended birth certificates or other forms of ID.”
Despite NCAA comments, Gaines expressed concern and said “the policy is as clear as mud.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-sage-steele-warn-about-possible-ncaa-loophole-for-trans-identifying-male-athletes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines, Sage Steele Warn About Possible NCAA Loophole For Trans-Identifying Male Athletes</a>

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‘We See You’: New Ad Calls Out NCAA For New Transgender Policy

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Riley Gaines, Sage Steele, and other women’s sports advocates are warning about a possible NCAA loophole that could allow trans-identifying male athletes to compete in women’s sports.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ncaas-new-trans-participation-policy-as-clear-mud-riley-gaines-says?utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=later-linkinbio">Fox News</a>, the former collegiate female swimmer said that the new NCAA policy is &#8220;explicitly in conflict&#8221; with President Donald Trump’s executive order, which bans biological men from competing in women’s sports.
NCAA announced its new policy for “student-athletes &#8216;assigned male at birth&#8217; and their participation on women’s teams” following Trump’s EO, which uses “gender identity” language instead of male and female definition for sex. And it is this “gender identity” language that has Gaines and other advocates for girls sports concerned.
&#8220;No. 1, first and foremost, this policy removes all accountability from the NCAA, which, of course, is something that has been on their minds for a long time,&#8221; Gaines said. &#8220;It provides loopholes for both states and schools because it does not define sex, which we have seen now is a problem, unfortunately.”
“I mean, it’s wild we have to define sex-based terms like male and female, but we’ve seen what happens when we don’t,” she added. “We see unelected bureaucrats go through the back door and reinterpret these words to mean what they want them to mean.”
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&#8220;So, it doesn’t define sex, it doesn’t define male or female, but it does define gender identity,” Gaines continued. “And it defines gender identity as both man and woman. So, of course, you can see where that’s a problem. The qualifications for how they do deem and assign sex is based on your birth certificate, which of course is a piece of paper that we have now seen that can be totally forged and fraudulent.&#8221;
Gaines pointed out the fact that 44 states allow a birth certificate to be altered to change a person’s birth sex.
&#8220;This policy explicitly allows men and women on the women’s team. No matter how you read it, men are still allowed to receive women’s benefits, which includes access to their locker rooms,&#8221; Gaines said. “There’s no screening. There’s no oversight. All of those and more are just a few reasons why this NCAA policy is certainly problematic.”
Gaines&#8217; comments follow ones by former ESPN host Sage Steele who wrote on X, “So @realDonaldTrump signs an EO to protect women’s sports, and this is how the @NCAA amended its policy: men who identify as women can still practice with women, dress in women’s spaces, and even receive scholarships meant for women.  Shame on you @CharlieBakerMA.”
“To be clear: many women’s sports have men PRACTICE with them,” she <a href="https://x.com/sagesteele/status/1892287057826869625">added</a>. “With parameters, of course.  All good. The rest of it is the issue. The common sense stuff. Again, Congress needs to pass The Protection of Women &amp; Girls in Sports Act to FORCE the @NCAA and states like California to comply. @SenTuberville.”
A spokesperson for the NCAA told the outlet, “The policy is clear that there are no waivers available, and athletes assigned male at birth may not compete on a women’s team with amended birth certificates or other forms of ID.”
Despite NCAA comments, Gaines expressed concern and said &#8220;the policy is as clear as mud.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espn-torched-for-woke-post-about-trumps-eo-banning-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN Torched For Woke Post About Trump’s EO Banning Men From Women’s Sports</a>

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NFL legend Brett Favre said it’s “absolutely insane” that President Donald Trump had to sign an executive order to keep men from competing in women’s sports.
In a video posted on <a href="https://x.com/BrettFavre/status/1889831543008534540">X</a>, the NFL Hall-of-Famer gave credit to Trump for signing an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/">order</a> banning trans-identifying males from competing in girls’ sports by threatening to rescind funds from schools that allow this, saying it “results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy,” as previously reported.
Favre said as the father of two daughters &#8212; who’ve advised him to not share everything on social media &#8212; this was an issue he thought it was important to speak out about and stand up for what he believes in.
&#8220;And it’s crazy because most of it is common sense and to think we’re having a discussion that our president has to sign (an executive order) to keep men out of women’s sports is absolutely insane,” the legendary QB said.
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Here’s a few reasons why I think it was important to speak up for <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> needing to sign an executive order to keep men and out of women’s sports and kudos to <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a> for standing her ground. <a href="https://t.co/oLLvFUxhXp">pic.twitter.com/oLLvFUxhXp</a>
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettFavre/status/1889831543008534540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;But that’s the world we’re in right now,” he added. “We bought ourselves some time in the next four years. We’ll see how that plays out. But the common sense part of our country and the decisions that are being made, right now, are becoming more stable and back to the norm.”
“I feel like the more we speak up and back common sense thinking, the better off we’re gonna be,” Favre concluded.
Favre captioned his post explaining why he needed to speak up after Trump signed the executive order and gave credit to outspoken women’s sports advocates like Riley Gaines for “standing her ground.”
The Super Bowl-winning QB previously spoke out against transgenderism and the radical activists pushing it, calling it “wrong” that a trans-identifying man can use a women’s bathroom.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-wrong-nfl-hall-of-famer-brett-favre-slams-transgenderism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘This Is Wrong’: NFL Hall Of Famer Brett Favre Slams Transgenderism</a>

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee to run the Department of Education made it clear on Thursday that she would uphold Title IX as it was originally written, to protect biological women and girls in athletics and school settings.
Linda McMahon, who served as head of the Small Business Administration during Trump&#8217;s first term in office, testified on Thursday that she believed girls should &#8220;feel safe&#8221; when they went to the locker room to change and walked out onto the court or the field to compete.
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Women should feel safe in their locker rooms. They should feel safe in their spaces. They shouldn&#39;t have to be exposed to men undressing in front of them&#8230;.We want to make sure Title IX, which is the law, is enforced&quot; &#8211; Linda McMahon on Title IX 
100%. Confirm <a href="https://twitter.com/Linda_McMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Linda_McMahon</a>! <a href="https://t.co/GEZoZ2Uuwe">pic.twitter.com/GEZoZ2Uuwe</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1890089599499903366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We are really back to what Title IX was originally established to do, and that was to protect [against] sexual discrimination,&#8221; McMahon said. &#8220;And women should feel safe in their locker rooms. They should feel safe in their spaces. They shouldn&#8217;t have to be exposed to men undressing in front of them — I think I heard one person the other day say, &#8216;Well, the guys should hold a shower curtain in front of them so that they aren&#8217;t exposing themselves.'&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, really, that&#8217;s just not what we should be doing,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We want to make sure Title IX, which is the law, is enforced.&#8221;
Former President Joe Biden attempted to unilaterally rewrite Title IX to hinge on gender identity rather than biological sex, but his changes were rejected in court.
McMahon also listed several key strategies she planned to introduce if confirmed as Education Secretary:
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<li>Listen to parents not politicians.</li>
<li>Build up careers not college debt.</li>
<li>Empower states not special interests.</li>
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President Trump&#39;s nominee to run, and sunset, the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, is absolutely CRUSHING her confirmation hearing:
&quot;Listen to parents not politicians.&quot;
&quot;Build up careers not college debt.&quot;
&quot;Empower states not special interests.&quot;
Tired of winning yet? <a href="https://t.co/vi3Z3RG0rh">pic.twitter.com/vi3Z3RG0rh</a>
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1890082571083739475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m really all for the President&#8217;s mission, which is to return education to the states. I believe, as he does, that the best education is closest to the child,&#8221; she added.
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Linda McMahon: &quot;I&#39;m really all for the President&#39;s mission, which is to return education to the states.
The best education is closest to the child.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/SacoBcC9T7">pic.twitter.com/SacoBcC9T7</a>
&mdash; Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1890063186675851335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump has said that his end goal is to eradicate the federal Department of Education, returning the duties to the states.

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Trump Nominee For Education Sec. Goes All In On Protecting Girls, Title IX

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The Trump administration demanded on Tuesday that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ncaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCAA</a> strip the records and awards of the male athletes who competed in female sports at the collegiate and high school levels because of their transgender identity.
The Department of Education wrote a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) demanding that they take action to restore the awards, records, and titles that female athletes would have won had they not been displaced by male athletes who identified as female.
“The NCAA and NFHS should also immediately act to rectify the injustices that female athletes across the nation endured during the years that NCAA and NFHS policies promoted and facilitated men competing on women’s teams,” Deputy General Council Candice Jackson wrote.
The letter, written to NCAA President Charlie Baker and NFHS President Bob Lombardi, said that the Education Department would be enforcing Title IX to “hold educational institutions accountable for depriving female athletes of the awards, records, points, prizes, titles, trophies, announcements or other recognition assigned in favor of male athletes who were allowed to compete in female sports.”
This would mean stripping male athletes who identified as female, like University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who won the women’s NCAA Division 1 championship in the 500-yard freestyle, of their accolades.
“Whether the number of records in women’s events attributed to men is 1 or 1 million, every official record of women’s performances must accurately reflect the achievements of female athletes, not of male ones,” Jackson wrote.
Riley Gaines, who competed against Thomas, and shared a fifth place result with him at the women’s 200-meter NCAA championships back in 2022, praised the Education Department.
“Restoring stolen athletic accolades to their rightful owners is a crucial step towards reinstating accountability, integrity, and common sense – one that I wholeheartedly support,” she said.
The letter also pointed to an executive order from President Donald Trump that strips funding from schools that force female athletes to compete with males and instructs the Education Department to enforce Title IX against schools that allow trans-identifying males in women’s sports or force girls to share locker rooms with males. One day later, the NCAA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ncaa-backs-down-changes-transgender-athlete-policy-after-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">changed its policy</a> to keep sports segregated by sex.
“While NCAA has amended its policy to state that a male may not compete for a women’s team, officially correcting the records is another critical step in rectifying the miscarriage of justice against female athletes allowed under the Biden Administration and giving female athletes the recognition they rightfully earned,” Senior Advisor for the Office of Communication in the Department of Education Julie Hartman told The Daily Wire.

NCAA SWIMMING: MAR 18 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Trump Admin Tells NCAA To Strip Records Of Male Athletes Who Competed In Women’s Sports

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riley-gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> reflected on her years-long journey to help protect female sports on Thursday, just days after she was in the White House with President Donald Trump while he signed an executive order banning males from female athletics.
Swimming for the University of Kentucky, Gaines and other female swimmers were forced to compete against a male swimmer named Lia (formerly Will) Thomas during the 2022 NCAA women’s swimming championship. Gaines and Thomas tied for fifth place in a race, but the trophy was given to only Thomas at the award ceremony. Gaines spoke about the NCAA&#8217;s actions and dedicated herself to advocating for female sports and athletes.
&#8220;I wish I could&#8217;ve told the girl in this photo what was to come in 2025,&#8221; Gaines posted on X, captioning a photo of herself next to Thomas at the tournament. &#8220;She felt cheated, betrayed, and violated. I&#8217;m just glad that girl trusted God and took a leap of faith by stating the obvious when it wasn&#8217;t popular.&#8221;
&#8220;It was true then and it&#8217;s true now. He&#8217;s a man,&#8221; she added, referring to Thomas.
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I wish I could&#8217;ve told the girl in this photo what was to come in 2025. She felt cheated, betrayed, and violated.
I&#8217;m just glad that girl trusted God and took a leap of faith by stating the obvious when it wasn&#8217;t popular. It was true then and it&#8217;s true now. He&#8217;s a man. <a href="https://t.co/OtVbJfvKCl">pic.twitter.com/OtVbJfvKCl</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1887614942519365693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
Gaines also thanked Kellie-Jay Keen, who led a protest against the inclusion of Thomas, a male, at the NCAA women&#8217;s final.
&#8220;I specifically want to thank those who&#8217;ve been fighting far longer than me. Women like [Kellie-Jay Keen] gave me courage without even knowing it at the time,&#8221; Gaines wrote. &#8220;Too many to thank, but nonetheless, we&#8217;re celebrating the wins.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed an executive order</a> on Wednesday to withhold funds from programs and schools that allow males to compete in female athletics.
“It is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy,” the order <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>. “It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.”
Following the signing of the EO, Gaines spoke to Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan.
“What we saw today is in total contrast to the treatment that we as women have received for the past four years,&#8221; she said, referencing the policies and attitudes of the Biden administration. &#8220;I’m overwhelmed with excitement, I&#8217;m overwhelmed with gratitude.”
Gaines added that the &#8220;win&#8221; was important, but called on the Senate to take up a bill dedicated to protecting female sports that has already been passed in the House.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a> reacts outside the White House to Donald Trump’s EO banning men from women’s sports: “What we saw today is in total contrast to the treatment that we as women have received for the past four years…I’m overwhelmed with gratitude.” <a href="https://t.co/f858BpDUAE">pic.twitter.com/f858BpDUAE</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1887264303163519124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ncaa-backs-down-changes-transgender-athlete-policy-after-trump-order?topStoryPosition=undefined" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCAA Backs Down, Changes Transgender Athlete Policy After Trump Order</a>

‘Cheated, Betrayed, And Violated’: Riley Gaines Reflects On Journey To Protect Girls Sports

WASHINGTON—Hours before President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-order-protecting-womens-sports-will-reportedly-extend-to-colleges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an Executive Order keeping men out of women&#8217;s sports, congressional Republicans huddled in the basement of the U.S. Capitol with the woman who started it all.
Riley Gaines, the former University of Kentucky swimmer whose 2022 loss to trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas helped <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/swimmer-who-tied-lia-thomas-taken-aback-in-trophy-handling/">ignite</a> the battle to keep men out of women&#8217;s sports, is no stranger to the Republican Study Committee. Several committee members, including then-RSC Chairman Jim Banks (IN) and Rep. Kat Cammack (FL) were among Gaines&#8217;s earliest and strongest allies. And the 180-member caucus has been a leading voice on transgender issues ever since.
So, when Gaines addressed the RSC on Wednesday, it felt in many ways like a homecoming. Members elbowed past each other to snap photos with Gaines and were eager to share their stories of how they voted for bills she&#8217;s endorsed, or told their grandchildren about her fight. Gaines was a big enough draw that even Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY) Trump&#8217;s nominee for United Nations Ambassador, took time to attend.
Surrounded by supporters and with Trump&#8217;s Executive Order mere hours from being signed, it would have been easy — and understandable — for Gaines to take a victory lap.
She didn&#8217;t.
&#8220;This war on woke has not been won,&#8221; Gaines told the committee members. &#8220;In the next four years, God forbid AOC runs and wins, this executive order could be overturned just as easily as it was implemented,&#8221; she said, encouraging Senate leadership to prioritize codifying the protections for women&#8217;s sports.
RSC Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) echoed Gaines&#8217;s warning, telling The Daily Wire that while Trump&#8217;s order is certainly a &#8220;decisive blow against gender ideology,&#8221; it&#8217;s hardly the end of the road.
“The woke left has waged a relentless war on women&#8217;s sports, threatening decades of hard-fought progress,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;We will not rest until we have permanently codified these protections.&#8221;
Also present at Wednesday&#8217;s event was Florida Rep. Greg Steube, who this week introduced a bill that would bar men from competing against women in the Olympics. Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who introduced a companion to Steube&#8217;s bill, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-tuberville-moves-to-protect-womens-olympic-sports-from-trans-identifying-males">told</a> The Daily Wire that he was &#8220;proud&#8221; to do his part to defend women&#8217;s sports.
“Men should not be competing in women’s sports at any level,” Tuberville said. “We were all deeply disturbed last summer to see videos of men boxing against women in the Olympics. This is not only dangerous but it is incredibly unfair to the young women who have trained their whole lives to compete.”
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Daily Wire that Trump expects the International Olympic Committee to enforce his executive order during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
&#8220;I think the President with the signing of his pen starts a very public pressure campaign on these organizations to do the right thing for women and for girls across the country,&#8221; Leavitt said during Wednesday&#8217;s press briefing, adding that &#8220;there have been many notable female athletes who have had the courage to speak out against some very powerful institutions in this country.&#8221;
The President is bringing their voice to the highest level at the White House this afternoon, and he expects these organizations to comply with this federal executive order that he&#8217;ll be signing today.”
Trump&#8217;s order, like Tuberville and Pfluger&#8217;s bills, takes aim not just at the Olympics but the NCAA as well. Gaines on Wednesday recalled how the collegiate athletics governing body &#8220;muzzled&#8221; her and her fellow female athletes who spoke up in defense of women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;I could spend hours talking about the effective ways — and I use the word effective because it worked — that our universities and institutions and the NCAA kept us quiet,&#8221; Gaines said, adding that these organizations &#8220;emotionally blackmailed&#8221; her and other athletes by telling them they would lose friends, hurt their careers, and be labeled a &#8220;transphobe.&#8221;
While she&#8217;s certainly not giving up her fight, Gaines made it clear on Wednesday that her goal remains the same as it ever was.
&#8220;What I have been fighting for for years is not anti-anyone, it&#8217;s not anti-anything, it&#8217;s not anti-any group of people.&#8221;
I&#8217;m standing for women,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s really that simple.&#8221;

Riley Gaines and House Republicans Speak Following Vote On The Protection Of Women And Girls In Sports Act

As Trump Vows To Protect Women’s Sports, Riley Gaines Urges Lawmakers To Keep Up The Fight

Congressional Republicans Host Riley Gaines, Vow To Codify Trump's Women’s Sports Protections

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ESPN was torched on social media after the sports network slammed President Donald Trump on X for signing an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-to-sign-executive-to-keep-men-out-of-womens-sports">executive order</a> banning biological men from competing in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women’s sports</a>.
“President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women&#8217;s or girls&#8217; sporting events,” ESPN’s post on Wednesday read.
Followers blasted ESPN for claiming any person is “biologically assigned” a sex at birth.
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Holy crap, look at this Tweet. <a href="https://twitter.com/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@espn</a> said Trump is preventing “people who were biologically assigned male at birth” from competing in women’s sports. How broken is this company?! <a href="https://t.co/zsN97ydIfJ">pic.twitter.com/zsN97ydIfJ</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1887185582033428900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
“Holy crap, look at this Tweet,” OutKick’s Clay Travis <a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1887185582033428900">wrote</a>. &#8220;[ESPN] said Trump is preventing ‘people who were biologically assigned male at birth’ from competing in women’s sports. How broken is this company?!”
“Trump signing an executive order banning men from competing in women’s sports on national women in sports day is going to explode the brains of the woke [ESPN] employees,” he added in an earlier <a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1887182714849067463">post</a>. “Remember they named [trans-identifying male swimmer] Lia Thomas one of their women’s athletes of the year! Will [ESPN] cover it at all?”
Former female collegiate swimmer and outspoken women&#8217;s sports advocate Riley Gaines <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1887183018369929676">wrote</a>, “&#8217;people who were biologically assigned male at birth&#8217; is the most inefficient way to say &#8216;men&#8217; lol.”
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway <a href="https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1887203571894264102">added</a>, “Being male or female is not a function of being ‘assigned’ something at birth, you idiots. Your propaganda terms are dangerous.”
Another person <a href="https://x.com/eduneret/status/1887183554649452587">wrote,</a> “People aren&#8217;t &#8216;assigned male at birth.&#8217; Delete your post and fire the woke freak who wrote this.”
While another person <a href="https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1887200629262553473">added</a>, “Why is it that you people are so obsessed with letting men compete in women’s sports? Why can’t you accept that nobody wants to do this woke bulls**t anymore? The charade is over. Cut the s**t.”
“Yes. Allowing female athletes to thrive,” another wrote on X. “It used to be called feminism [ESPN]. Look it up.”
The president is expected to sign the executive order on Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by advocates who have fought against radical gender ideology and for the preservation of women’s spaces.
The Walt Disney Company is the majority owner of ESPN.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/collegiate-womens-volleyball-players-file-title-ix-lawsuit-against-schools-over-trans-players" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Collegiate Women’s Volleyball Players File Title IX Lawsuit Against Schools Over Trans Players</a>

ESPN Torched For Woke Post About Trump’s EO Banning Men From Women’s Sports

ESPN Torched For Woke Post About Trump Signing EO To Ban Men From Women's Sports

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WASHINGTON—Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville will reintroduce a bill Wednesday aimed at protecting women&#8217;s Olympic Sports from men who identify as transgender females, The Daily Wire can first report.
Tuberville&#8217;s <a title="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-senate-gop-roll-out-bill-block-biological-men-participating-us-olympic-events-females" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-senate-gop-roll-out-bill-block-biological-men-participating-us-olympic-events-females" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-senate-gop-roll-out-bill-block-biological-men-participating-us-olympic-events-females&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738806705453000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2XYOlyFws9PHH9Uj7CKRiL">Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act</a> would prohibit any governing bodies recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) from permitting men to compete in athletic events intended for women, modifying eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations.
It comes on National Girls and Women in Sports Day — the same day President Donald Trump will sign an executive order banning men from competing in women&#8217;s sports. The president will sign an executive order at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the White House, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-to-sign-executive-to-keep-men-out-of-womens-sports">The Daily Wire first reported Tuesday</a>.
“Men should not be competing in women’s sports at any level,” Tuberville told The Daily Wire. “We were all deeply disturbed last summer to see videos of men boxing against women in the Olympics. This is not only dangerous but it is incredibly unfair to the young women who have trained their whole lives to compete.&#8221;
&#8220;Whether in little league or the Olympics, it’s unsafe, it’s unfair, and it’s just plain wrong,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I am proud to introduce this bill and hope to see it signed into law long before the United States hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics so we can all enjoy watching safe, fair competition.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced a House version of the bill, arguing that it is &#8220;more important than ever that we stand up for common sense by prohibiting biological males from competing in female athletics.&#8221;
“From the swimming pool to the boxing ring, far-left activists have hijacked the rulebook to push their extremist agenda onto sports governing bodies,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Not only is this antithetical to the principles of fair competition, but it constitutes a direct assault on the future of women’s sports altogether.”
The effort is supported by a broad coalition of advocates fighting for the integrity of women&#8217;s spaces, including Riley Gaines, the 12-time NCAA All-American Swimmer forced to compete against a male athlete. She praised Tuberville&#8217;s and Steube&#8217;s efforts in a statement, saying, &#8220;They have made it clear that they will fight for fairness, privacy, and safety for girls and women in sports.&#8221;
Terr Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, similarly emphasized that &#8220;it&#8217;s obvious that men do not belong in women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
&#8220;Yet despite the overwhelming support for this position among the American people, too many sports bodies still allow men who claim to be women to compete against female athletes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is incredibly unfair to women, and it needs to end.&#8221;

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EXCLUSIVE: Tuberville Moves To Protect Women’s Olympic Sports From Trans-Identifying Males

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