Two Republican governors vetoed legislation this week that would prohibit transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports. Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah and Gov. Eric Holcomb of Indiana felt it was more important to protect transgender people than the girls who would be victimized by boys competing as girls. A similar bill was vetoed by Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota in 2021.
In addition to failing to protect girl athletes, they are double-crossing the people that voted them into office. The constituents of each state overwhelmingly support such legislation. It’s these types of betrayals that led Republican voters to flock to former President Donald Trump.
These types of acts happen far too often to Republican voters. Voters will support a candidate who promises to promote their interests, then, once they are elected, they do the exact opposite. Such is the scenario with the Republican governors who voted against legislation to protect girls’ sports in schools.
“As a woman who grew up competing in sports and as a current coach, it is disheartening to watch Republican governors fail to protect girls’ sports,” Kelly Schenkoske, a mother of two and host of A Time to Stand, told me.
This is a repeated occurrence, particularly when it comes to social issues such as transgender women destroying female sports. Frequently, in these instances, cowardly GOP politicians will reject taking a stand on such issues for fear of backlash by the LGBT community and Democrats — people who were never voting for them in the first place.
On the other hand, Trump had enough courage to stand up to these mobs. While no one will ever confuse him for the most devout, pious, conservative Republican president, Trump at least had the grit to defend conservative, Republican values that many of his predecessors and legislators were too afraid to do. Fortunately, some of Trump’s chutzpah caught on, and Republican governors protected female sports in Florida, Idaho, Alabama, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, Iowa, Tennessee, and Texas.
“While some Republican politicians abandon voters regarding cultural issues, President Trump listened to his constituents and didn’t abandon those values,” Schenkoske said. “This is one of the reasons why I voted for Donald Trump.”
We are at a point where men are winning women’s national championships in collegiate swimming and Supreme Court nominees cannot define what a woman is. The timidity to stand and defend conservative positions on social-cultural issues is significantly harming the country. Furthermore, it’s helping the Left win the culture war.
Trump may not have been the defender that some Republicans wanted, but he was one to fight for these causes. Now, more than ever, we can see why he courageously took on the challenge. Now, more than ever, we can see why Republican politicians must follow suit — instead of surrendering women’s sports to the LGBT mob like the governors of Utah and Indiana.
