At long last, sanity and common sense in America were made great again Wednesday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order protecting women’s sports.
“It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth,” the language in the executive order makes clear.
During the signing ceremony, where he was surrounded by a roomful of smiling female athletes of all ages, Trump warned that “We are putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that if you let men take over women’s sports teams or invade your locker rooms you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding.”
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The EO followed the one Trump signed on the first day of his second term in office which unequivocally declared that “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.”
And in case Democrats and their woke media allies were thinking that Trump was on the wrong side of history as far as how the American people view this issue, CNN numbers cruncher Harry Enten delivered the coup de grace during the Wednesday night episode of the “Laura Coates Live” broadcast:
So transgender female athletes in women’s sports, only 18% of the country says that they should be, in fact, allowed to participate in women’s sports. Compare this to the opposition. I mean, my goodness gracious, 79%. You rarely get 79% of the country to agree on anything, but they do, in fact, agree on the idea of opposing transgender female athletes in women’s sports.
But it’s not just the here and now, Laura. It’s not just the here and now. What we’re actually seeing is a trend on this particular issue, and it’s going in the direction of opposition. So, take a look here. Okay, transgendered female athletes, and amongst those Americans who oppose them in women’s sports, back in 2021, it was 62%. A majority, but, you know, not anywhere close to a ginormous majority, right? A clear majority, but not a ginormous majority. But then again, you look here in 2025, you see it at 79%. So, it’s not just that the majority of Americans are opposed to transgender female athletes in women’s sports, it’s that the opposition has become considerably larger in just the last four years.
And when it came to the political party breakdown, it wasn’t just an overwhelming majority of Republicans who opposed men in women’s sports but a strong majority of Democrats and independents, too:
So transgender female athletes, again, opposing them in women’s sports, you get 67% of Democrats, so two-thirds there. You get 64% of independents, you get about two-thirds there. And then look at this, near uniformity among Republicans, 94% of Republicans in opposition. You rarely get 67% of Democrats and 94% of Republicans to agree on anything, but they do on this particular issue.
CNN’s @ForecasterEnten found that **79%** of Americans oppose transgender athletes in female sports yesterday, including 67% of Democrats.https://t.co/MQ5u1rtZU5 pic.twitter.com/PFWzuqx7VE
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) February 6, 2025
This was always a stupid, non-sensical hill for Democrats to pick to die on from a political standpoint. I mean, they really thought they were on the “winning” side by catering to the fringe elements in their party on co-called transgender “women” while at the same time trying to have it both ways by falsely claiming they were protectors and defenders of women.
Just like “Defund the Police” hurt Democrats in prior elections, coddling the extremists in the Alphabet Mafia had consequences for them in 2024. And the even worse news for them (and the even better news for Republicans) is that the opposition to men in women’s sports has, as Enten noted, only strengthened over the years across all party lines.
