VOTERS BY A 3-1 MARGIN.
>> Katie: THANK YOU, TRACE.
THE >> Bret: BIDEN JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT WITH A MAJOR BLOW TO
FEMALE ATHLETES, AND A LAWSUIT
THAT WOULD BLOCK TRANSGENDER
ATHLETES IN CONNECTICUT FROM
PARTICIPATING IN GIRL SPORTS.
BILL BARR INITIALLY BACK THAT
LAWSUIT ARGUING THAT CONNECTICUT
LAWS VIOLATED TITLE IX
PROTECTION, BUT THE AGENCY UNDER
NEW LEADERSHIP APPARENTLY
DISAGREES, THE LAWSUIT WILL
CONTINUE WITHOUT THE DOJ
SUPPORT, JOINING ME NOW LANA
SMITH, ONE OF THE ATHLETES WHO
HAS FILED A SUIT AND HER
ATTORNEY CHRISTINA HOLCOMB OF
THE ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
LEGAL COUNSEL.
SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE WATCHING WHO
DON’T KNOW YOUR STORY, WHY DID
YOU FILE THE LAWSUIT AND ARE YOU
DISAPPOINTED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE DECISION NOT TO BACK
IT?
>> I GOT INVOLVED AFTER IRAN
AGAINST THE THE BIOLOGICAL MALES
AT THE NEW ENGLAND MEAT, BECAUSE
IN THE 200-METER I TOOK THIRD
PLACE WHEN I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN
RUNNER-UP, AND IT IS NOT REALLY
ABOUT PLACEMENT, BUT IT IS ABOUT
KNOWING THAT I WORK SO MANY
HOURS A WEEK TO BE ABLE TO GET
RUNNER-UP AND AS A FRESHMAN.
AND I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN
THE NEWS, BECAUSE ME AND THE
OTHER GIRLS SALINA AND CHELSEA
HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET
OUR STORIES OUT THERE TO GET
PEOPLE TO REALILIZE THAT FAIRNES
NEEDS TO BE RESTORED IN OUR
SPORT AND IN ALL OTHER WOMEN’S
SPORTS.
>> Katie: FROM A POLITICAL
PERSPECTIVE, THE LEFT CLAIMS
THAT THEY WANT THE PRIORITY OF
WOMEN COMING IN HERE WE ARE WITH
POLICY IS THAT DISENFRANCHISED
FEMALE ATHLETES.
AND I HAVE SERIOUS QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS IN TERMS
OF HARASSMENT OF FEMALE
ATHLETES, DOES THIS MEAN THAT
BIOLOGICAL MALES ARE NOW ALLOWED
TO GO INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AS
WELL AS COMPETE AGAINST THEM AND
TAKE AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS AND
PLACEMENT IN STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS?
I KNOW THAT THE LAWSUIT IS GOING
TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE DOJ
PULLING THEIR SUPPORT FOR IT TO,
SO WHERE ARE YOU GOING FROM
HERE?
SPEAK OF THE LAWSUIT ABSOLUTELY
MOVES FORWARD.
THIS IS CLEARLY A POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED DECISION TO SIDE WITH
RADICAL ACTIVISTS OVER FEMALE
ATHLETES LIKE ALANA.
WHAT IS MORE CONCERNING IS THIS
EFFORT TOOK GOT LEGAL PROTECTION
FOR WOMEN IS NOT JUST ISOLATED
TO WHAT WE SEE IN CONNECTICUT.
EVEN NOW THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING FOR
SO-CALLED EQUALITY ACT THAT
IGNORES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
MEN AND WOMEN AND THREATENS
WOMEN’S PRIVACY IN HOMELESS
SHELTERS, AND YES, EVEN WOMEN
SPORTS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL FOR
FEMALE ATHLETES LIKE ALANA.
>> Katie: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT
ATHLETICS BUT OTHER AREAS OF
HARASSMENT AND PUTTING THEM INTO
A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
BUT IN TERMS OF ATHLETICS,
ALANA, WHEN IT COMES TO THE
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MISSED OUT
ON, PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IS ONLY
FAIR TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL MALES
TO COMPETE AGAINST YOU, WHAT IS
YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
>> THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE
THAT A LOT OF BIOLOGICAL FEMALES
HAVE MISSED OUT ON MAKING IT TOO
MEATS THAT REALLY MATTER LIKE
STATE AND REGIONALS AND THE
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES HAVE TAKEN
SPOTS ON THE PODIUM THAT
BELONGED TO BIOLOGICAL FEMALES.
WE TRAINED FOR SO MANY DAYS A
WEEK, SO MANY HOURS TO BE ABLE
TO BE THE BEST IN OUR STATE AND
REGION, AND THESE BIOLOGICAL
MALES ARE JUST TAKING IT AWAY
FROM US AND WE REALLY DESERVE
IT.
>> Katie: REALLY QUICKLY, I
KNOW THAT THE ACLU IS ARGUING
THAT THIS FITS INTO A TITLE IX
THAT TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ARE
ENTITLED TO COMPETE AGAINST
WOMEN AS WOMEN IN THEIR SPORT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ARGUMENT THAT TITLE IX IS
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE
ALANA QUESTION MARKS BECAUSE
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, TITLE IX
IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT GIRLS
LIKE ALANA HAVE A FAIR PLAYING
FIELD TO BE CHAMPIONS AND EARN
THOSE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE
WENT TO SEE IT ENFORCED ACROSS