Trump vows fines on California after trans athlete gained observe championships

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President Donald Trump vowed to impose "large-scale fines" on the state of California for permitting a organic male trans athlete to win a number of women' state titles.

"A Organic Male competed in California Women State Finals, WINNING BIG, even if they have been warned by me not to take action. As Governor Gavin Newscum absolutely understands, giant scale fines can be imposed!" Trump wrote on Reality Social on Tuesday.

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Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley competes within the women excessive leap through the CIF State Observe and Area Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Might 30, 2025 in Clovis, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Pictures)

The workplace of California Lawyer Normal Rob Bonta supplied a press release to Fox Information Digital addressing the U.S. Division of Justice sending a letter warning of a June 9 deadline to amend its insurance policies to bar trans athletes from women' sports activities.

"We’re very involved with the Trump Administration’s ongoing threats to California colleges and stay dedicated to defending and upholding California legal guidelines and all extra legal guidelines which make sure the rights of scholars — together with transgender college students — to be free from discrimination and harassment. We're reviewing the letter and intently monitoring the Trump Administration’s actions on this area," the assertion learn.

Trump's submit comes days after trans athlete AB Hernandez took first place within the state's women' excessive leap and triple leap, and second place within the lengthy leap. Trump despatched a warning to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state final Tuesday threatening to chop federal funding to the state if a trans athlete competed within the women' observe and subject championship.

AB Hernandez shares the first-place spot on the triple leap podium on the California observe and subject state championship with a feminine competitor. (Courtesy of Beth Bourne)

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) responded by amending its guidelines to accommodate feminine athletes who completed behind a trans athlete within the three occasions Hernandez competed in, granting them qualification and podium finishes they'd have earned had a biologically male athlete not competed in these occasions.

This resulted in Hernandez having to share podium spots with the feminine athletes who completed one spot behind Hernandez after the finals on Saturday.

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AB Hernandez shares the lengthy leap second-place spot on the medal podium with a feminine competitor on the California state observe and subject championship. (Courtesy of Beth Bourne)

Final Wednesday, the Division of Justice (DOJ) introduced a federal probe into California over potential Title IX violations relating to its coverage permitting trans athletes in women' sports activities. The state had already been beneath a Division of Training investigation over the difficulty since February.

The DOJ introduced its deadline for the state on Monday.

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A bipartisan survey by the Public Coverage Institute of California discovered nearly all of California residents oppose organic male trans athletes competing in ladies's sports activities.

That determine included greater than 70% of the state's school parents .

"Most Californians help requiring transgender athletes to compete on groups matching the intercourse they have been assigned at beginning," the ballot said.

"Strong majorities of adults (65%) and sure voters (64%) help requiring that transgender athletes compete on groups that match the intercourse they have been assigned at beginning, not the gender they establish with. An awesome majority of public college dad and mom (71%) help such a requirement."

In the meantime, Newsom himself mentioned he believes trans athletes competing in women' sports activities was "deeply unfair" throughout an episode of his podcast in March.

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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has lined the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.