President Donald Trump used his speech at the University of Alabama’s main commencement ceremony Thursday to lean into his anti-trans agenda, including his promise to “always protect women’s sports” from transgender athletes.
He started off his speech praising the school’s “winning” culture in sports, acknowledging that the school has successful basketball and football programs, and using it as a way into talking about trans athletes.
“As long as I’m president, we will always protect women’s sports,” Trump said. “Men will not be playing in women’s sports. No way. They say that’s an 80-20 issue. No, it’s a 97-3 issue I think. No, men will not be playing in women’s sports, no way. I said that, and I classified it with a very powerful executive order.”