Louisiana Senator John Kennedy’s folksy charm hides a sharp intellect and a killer instinct.
When Kennedy goes on the attack, his adversaries rarely see it coming.
And now John Kennedy asked one question that turned a committee hearing upside down.
Kennedy grills NCAA President on men in women’s sports
The issue of men in women’s sports turned into a national debate when a biological male calling himself Lia Thomas began dominating women’s swimming events.
When Thomas swam as a man for the University of Pennsylvania, he ranked 554th in the 200m freestyle, 65th in the 500m freestyle, and 32nd in the 1650m freestyle.
To no one’s surprise, once Thomas claimed to be a woman and competing in women’s events Thomas ranked fifth in the 200m freestyle, first in the 500m freestyle, and eight in the 1650m freestyle.
The obvious unfairness of biological men in women’s sports stood out to everyone except the woke Left.
Donald Trump won the 2024 election in large part due to a backlash against the Left pushing the idea of men in women’s sports.
NCAA President Charlie Baker testified before the Senate and faced a hostile group of Republicans eager to grill him over why the NCAA let biological men like Lia Thomas compete against women.
Senator Kenedy began his questioning simply enough.
“A transgender woman is a biological male, is that correct?” Kennedy asked.
“Yes,” Baker replied.
Kennedy moved on from there to the next obvious point.
“And a biological male is always going to have a physical and a physiological advantage competing in a collegiate sport against a biological female. Is that true?” Kennedy wondered.
This is where Baker went off the rails.
“There’s not a lot of research on it, but it’s certainly debatable,” Baker replied.
Kennedy was flummoxed that Baker would give such a ridiculous answer.
“Wait, you don’t think that a biological male has an advantage every time competing against a biological female? Is that your testimony?” Kennedy inquired.
Baker quickly realized he sounded like a fool and backtracked.
“No, I think defined the way you defined it, yes, I would agree with you,” Baker clarified.
That set up Kennedy for the obvious question of why the NCAA allowed biological men to compete in women’s sports.
“Okay, so why does the NCAA, why do you, your job is to promote fairness in collegiate sports, why do you support allowing transgender women who are biological males to compete against non-transgender biological females?” Kennedy wondered.
Baker tried to blame it on the courts.
“Over the course of the past two years, five federal court cases involving this question, let me finish, five federal judges have all sided with participation as the standard. This is a very…” Baker began.
Kennedy asked if Baker was trying to pass the buck, to which Baker effectively replied that he was.
“I’m saying that under the current dynamic, there is not clarity on this issue legally,” Baker stated.
Kennedy wasn’t going to accept that and told Baker the NCAA should take leadership for once and put rules in place banning men from women’s sports.
“Why don’t you exhibit leadership and demonstrate leadership and provide clarity? If you agree with me that the purpose of the NCAA is to promote fair competition, and if you agree with me that in every single instance, a biological male is going to have an unfair advantage over a biological female, then why don’t you just say, look, in America, you can be whomever you want to be, but in terms of fair competition and a collegiate sport, transgender women who are biological males are not going to be allowed to compete against non-transgender women who are biological female,” Kennedy declared.
“Boom, done. Why don’t you take that position, Charlie?” Kennedy concluded.
But Baker fell back on the fear of getting sued and showed the NCAA would remain gutless on this issue.
“Because federal courts have already taken the position that they do have the right to compete,” Baker stated.
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