In his first public appearance since leaving Washington, President Trump took a strong stance against transgender men competing in women’s sports at CPAC 2021.
Trump slammed the Equality Act during comments Sunday at Florida’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), saying it will destroy women’s athletics by allowing transgender athletes to compete.
“Young girls and women are incensed that they are now being forced to compete against those who are biological males,” Trump said. “It’s not good for women, it’s not good for women’s sports, which worked so long and so hard to get where they are.”
“What coach wants to recruit a young woman if her record could be easily broken by someone who was born a man?… I think it’s crazy. We must protect the integrity of women’s sports,” he continued.
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TRUMP: "What coach wants to recruit a young woman if her record could be easily broken by someone who was born a man?… I think it's crazy. We must protect the integrity of women's spots." #CPAC pic.twitter.com/EGEjr3GkLb
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 28, 2021
“The records that stood for years, even decades, are now being smashed with ease,” he said. “If this is not changed women’s sports as we know it will die.”
“You know, for years the weightlifting, every ounce is like a big deal for many years,” Trump said. “All of a sudden somebody comes along and beats it by 100 pounds.”
Trump declared, “We must protect the integrity of women’s sports. So important.”
Meanwhile, Joe Biden has nominated a transgender “woman” to serve as his Department of Health and Human Services secretary…
Sen. Rand Paul pressed nominee Rachel Levine about the danger to children of “transgender” therapies last week. The dangers include bone-damaging drugs, sterilization, voice changes, and cosmetic surgery of the genitals. Paul compared the surgeries to primitive female genital mutilation, dubbed FGM.
Levine is an advocate for transgender “medical procedures.”
“Dr. Levine, do you believe that minors are capable of making such a life-changing decision as changing one’s sex?” Paul asked.
“Transgender medicine is a very complex and nuanced field with robust research,” Levine responded. Paul accused her of evading the question.
In a touching moment, one which Joe Biden will surely never see anything comparable to, the crowd at CPAC erupted in a loud chant of “we love you” during former President Donald Trump’s CPAC speech.
Trump received countless standing ovations during the speech, but this moment was something special.
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The crowd at #CPAC chants "we love you" during Trump's speech pic.twitter.com/RXdLZfZ8jQ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 28, 2021
This was Trump’s first speech after leaving the White House — and he walked out on to the CPAC stage and asked “do you miss me yet?”
The adoring crowd loudly assured him that they do.
"Do you miss me yet?" President Trump says as he takes the stage at #CPAC pic.twitter.com/QrruARn2Da
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 28, 2021
Trump also asserted that he will not be starting a new political party — despite the fact that a hypothetical new party led by him is polling very well, as reported by 100% FED Up.
“We’re not starting new parties, we have the Republican party. We are going to unite and be stronger than before,” Trump said.
Trump isn’t going anywhere folks.
Cry more!
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) February 28, 2021
President Trump is expected to walk all the way up to the line of announcing a 2024 run, without actually announcing that he is running.