Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday he’s “not afraid” if his own daughter gets “mowed down” by a biological male.
In his joint address to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump discussed his executive order banning biological men from participating in women’s sports and had Payton McNabb as a guest, a 19-year-old who sustained a traumatic brain injury when a male who identifies as a female aggressively spiked a volleyball at her. In an appearance on “The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller,” Fetterman discussed transgender athletes in women’s sports.
“I’m not dumb either. I know the polling, and now a lot of people are saying it’s absurd. And now, for me, that’s when I felt like it’s a time to really say I’m not gonna bully or I’m not gonna degrade those,” Fetterman said. “And now, you know, we’re at 13 million people in our state. And it’s a small, small number of people that are involved on that. And I have a 13-year-old daughter, and she plays basketball. And I’m not afraid that she’s gonna get mowed down.”
Fetterman said that the contentious issue of transgender athletes participating in sports should be handled locally, despite its significant implications and impact on the entire country.
“It turns into an issue that is more appropriate to be handled on a very hyper-local level and not dropping them into a meat grinder and weaponizing that. And I know I’m not dumb,” Fetterman said. “I know that there’ll be commercials saying, ‘Fetterman’s for they/them’ and blah, blah, blah. And I’m like, ‘Hey, you know, like bring it on.’ I’m not afraid to stand for my side on that.”
Aware of the potential backlash, Fetterman said he remains defiant.
“I made that choice, and I could have tried to cut my head down like a lot of my other colleagues decided to do,” Fetterman said. “But for me, even though I know it’s politically unpopular, I think that’s the kind of time to do that.”
A New York Times/Ipsos survey in January said that around 80% of Americans are against biological males competing in women’s sports. Meanwhile, a Harvard CAPS Harris poll conducted in February said that 69% of participants support banning men who identify as women from competing in girls’ sports, with political affiliations influencing opinions: 50% of Democrats, 86% of Republicans, and 70% of independents or others agreed with the ban.
Dana Loesch, during her appearance on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” criticized Democrats for what she said is a clear double standard concerning women’s rights in sports. She said she was dismayed at policies that favor transgender athletes at the expense of biological women.
“The left tells us that if a man who wants to be a woman feels uncomfortable in men’s changing spaces then he’s accommodated. But if a woman feels uncomfortable about a man in women’s changing spaces then they’re called bigots,” Loesch told host Laura Ingraham.
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