California lawmakers said the state should stand up to President Donald Trump after his threat to impose large-scale fines on the state over trans student athletes.
“We can’t bend the knee,” Rep. Ro Khanna told NOTUS. “You have to take it to court if we need to and make sure that we don’t get intimidated. “I think this is part of a government overreach. Trump attacks any state, university, or institution he dislikes.”
A trans high school student won two events over the weekend at a state-wide track and field event, sharing the first-place wins with cisgender competitors. The Trump administration said on Monday that by allowing trans student athletes to participate in sporting activities, the California Interscholastic Federation was allowing discrimination against cisgender athletes.