Americans rallied behind the NCAA women’s swimming second place winner due to first place being a biological male.
QUICK FACTS:
- Swimmer Emma Weyant came in second at the NCAA championships in the 500-yard race on Thursday, according to The New York Post.
- Weyant came in second to Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania where the biological male swam for three years in the men’s competitions.
- Conservatives began to tweet in support of Weyant, calling her the rightful first place winner of the competition, due to Thomas’ biology.
- The wife of Sen. Ron Paul (KY), Kelly Ashby Paul congratulated Weyant for her win in the competition.
OTHERS WEIGH IN:
- Podcaster and daughter of Dr. Jordan Peterson, Mikhaila Peterson, weighed in, saying, “If you let someone who developed bone structure/musculature/a BODY as a man, compete against biological women – they’re going to win. This is feminism in 2022. How is this even a debate? Where are women’s rights? This is going to decimate women’s sports.”
- Strategist Greg Price weighed in with a photo of Thomas who was awarded the first-place medal, as well as the biological male that won the 2019 NCAA hurdles championship asking, “Are Women OK with this?”
- CNN Contributor and Town Hall Media Writer Mary Katherine Ham congratulated the second and third place medal holders, with a photo of the biological male and two females on the winner’s podium.
- The group American Principles weighed in on Thomas’ reported win saying, “Lia Thomas spent 21 years of his life as a man. He started competing against women in swimming this year and became a national champion. Our daughter’s sports are not a plan B for failed male athletes.”
BACKGROUND:
- Weyant, 20, won the silver medal in the women’s 400-meter individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, FOX News reports.
- The Florida native is also a three-time U.S. National Champion, a two-time Junior Pan Pacific medalist, and a four-time Florida High School Athletic Association 4A State Champion in the 500 free and 200 individual medley.
