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The elections of governors of New Jersey and Virginia present each of the Democratic candidates with a Congress record to support the Trans athletes in female sports.
Mikie Sherrill from New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger from Virginie have been examined in recent days for their positions on the subject.
Spanberger has been the subject of a recent viral interview with ABC13 when it was questioned about trans people playing in women’s and girls and using women’s bathrooms. The Democratic candidate has not taken a concrete position.
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“So, in Virginia, until very recently, we have had a process in place where, on a person, only once, schools, directors, parents, coaches made decisions according to equity, competitiveness and security, where a child could be able to play in a particular sport or not,” said Spanberger.
When asked if she would support a bill that allows trans people in the bathrooms and sports, Spanberger said: “I would support a bill that would put in place clear arrangements that offer a lot of local contribution capacities, depending on the age of children, depending on the type of sport, depending on competitiveness. Because I definitely recognize.
“I recognize the concern that families and members of the community could have on the safety of their own children, on competitiveness, on equity. And I think that the process that was in place for 10 years was the one that worked. It was an individual circumstance and individual communities, and I think it is the process that Virginia should continue to use.”
Spanberger was a co-sponsor of the equality law in 2021, which “prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and sexual characteristics”, then in 2023, it voted against the protection of women and girls in the Sports Act, which would have protected female athletes from Trans competitors on a national level.
Meanwhile, Sherill has been criticized on social networks for his Congress voting file on the issue.
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The former female swimmer of the University of Pennsylvania and female sports activist, Paula Scanlan, Upenn’s first swimmer to talk about the controversy of the Thomas school of the school in 2022, called Sherrill on X on the question this week.
Like Spanberger, Sherrill has also co -pacarraine the equality law, but Sherrill has also co -pacarraine the declaration of transgender rights, which “more explicitly guarantees the rights for transgender and non -binary people with regard to public services and housing”, including sports teams in accordance with identity between sexes.
Sherrill also voted against the protection of women and girls in sport, twice, when the bill was proposed for the first time in 2023, and again last February when it was reintroduced.
The New Jersey Gop attacked Sherrill for this record directly in a campaign graph last week.
Sherrill’s opponent, Republican Jack Ciattarelli, said this question for Sherrill in a post in July.
PK Press Club Digital contacted the Sherrill and Spanberger campaigns requesting the clarity of the reasons why they voted as they did on these previous bills, and if they would apply the executive of President Donald Trump “men away from women’s sports” as governor of their respective states. None of the two campaigns provided an answer.
Back in January, a New York Times / Ipsos survey Found that the vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, do not think that transgender athletes should be allowed to participate in female sports. Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said that biological men who identify themselves as women should not be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 1,025 people who have identified as a democrats or who lean a democrat, 67% said that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women. Among 1,022 Republicans, this number was 94%.
The 81 independents who were interviewed represented the group with the most reluctance to say that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete. Only 64% said they were against, while 26% refused to respond. Only 3% of Democrats and 1% of Republicans refused to respond.
According to a Gallup poll Last year.
Additional data suggests that the problem had an impact on the 2024 election.
A National exit survey Directed by the Legislative Action Committee for women concerned for women for America (CWA) revealed that 70% of moderate voters saw the question of “Donald Trump’s opposition to boys and transgender men playing sports of girls and women and transgender boys and men using bathrooms for girls and women” as important for them. And 6% said it was the most important question of all, while 44% said it was “very important”.
Meanwhile, eminent democratic personalities fell to the support of their party to men in female sports, notably Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom and even Kamala Harris.
In her recent book “107 Days”, Harris wrote that she “agreed” with the concerns of parents and athletes who oppose the leash Men compete with women.
“I agree with the concerns expressed by parents and players that we must take into account biological factors such as muscle mass and the advantage of unfair student sport when we determine who plays on teams, especially in contact sports,” Harris wrote.
