California Cross-Athlete Fight: Trump Threats the Country Before Controversial State Championship
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Donald Trump threatened Tuesday that if California continues to allow trans athletes to participate in women's sports, it will be related to local law enforcement.
Trump cited California biomass athletes who will compete in the women's long jump and triple jump next week in the state championships. Compared to runner-up 39-06.00, the athlete recorded 40-04.75 in triple jump. In the long jump, the athlete recorded a distance of 19-03.50, while the runner-up was 19-00.75.
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President Donald Trump listened to a question at an event held in the White House Oval Office on Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Despite Trump's executive orders prohibiting biology men from participating in girls and women's sports, transgender athletes continue to perform in California, California under the California Intercollegiate Federation (CIF).
Trump summoned California Governor Gavin Newsom in a post about the Truth Society.
“California continues to illegally allow 'men to participate in the women’s sports under radical left Democrat Gavin News Dance,” Trump wrote. “This week, a transitional male athlete won “everything” in a major event and is now eligible to compete in the “state final” next weekend.” “As a man, he is a man who is more than an average competitor. As a woman, this transitional person is actually unparalleled.
“This is unfair and totally demeaning to women and girls. Please hereby suggest that large-scale federal funding may be permanently backed down if executive orders on the subject are not followed. The governor himself said it is “unfair.” ”
Newsom had previously spoken about attending trans people in March with the famous conservative Charlie Kirk.
“That young man who is about to win state championships in women’s sports, that shouldn’t happen,” Kirk said. “As a governor, you should go out there.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is open to his views on trans athletes participating in girls and women's sports. (AP Photo/Steven Senn)
“I think it's a fair question. I totally agree with you. It's a fair question – it's very unfair.” “I'm not struggling with the fair question. I totally agree with you.”
Kirk urged Newsom whether he would condemn the athlete from Jurupa Valley High School after winning another game. Newsom did not directly address the victory, but said “this is a fair question.”
“So it's easy to articulate the injustice of this,” he said. “There are humility and grace. …These poor people are more likely to commit suicide, anxiety and depression. The way people talk to vulnerable communities is also a difficult problem for me.
“So, I can hold these two things. How can we solve this problem in the kind of decent type I think, but it's not always expressed on this issue?”
Newsom further explained his views at a press conference on April 2, when asked whether there should be laws prohibiting men from participating in girls and women's sports.
Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke at a press conference in Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
“And, I’m balancing it on anybody who is, especially in my party, in this regard, can and in a way that is respectful and responsible, and I’m balanced, and then I’m open to the way of the discussion. … You’re talking about… You’re talking about… You’re talking about very few people, very few athletes, and my responsibility is to solve our time-critical issues.
“I think that's been painted 10 times the right, 100 times bigger than before, so my focus is on countless other issues in this state. In a way, someone can find the right balance and I'll accept these conversations and dignity and hope to show a conversation with humanity in that conversation, which means humanity about the conversation, not around that conversation.”
Trump wrote in a Truth Society post on Tuesday that he would talk to Newsom.
“I’ll talk to him today to find out how he wants to go?” he wrote.
President Donald Trump speaks on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Fox News Digital contacts Newsom's office and CIF.
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The Trump administration has warned the consequences of CIF and athletes allowing the situation. The federal government was under additional scrutiny when officials allegedly forced athletes to remove shirts that read “Protect Women's Sports” in the South Section Preliminary on May 10.
Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to the report.
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