Trump Vows to Hit California With Fines For Allowing Trans Athlete to Compete
By Hannah Parry
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President Donald Trump has vowed to impose "large-scale fines" on California after a trans girl was allowed to compete in a high school track and field competition.
"A Biological Male competed in California Girls State Finals, WINNING BIG, despite the fact that they were warned by me not to do so," Trump wrote in a Truth social post early Tuesday. "As Governor Gavin Newscum fully understands, large scale fines will be imposed!!!"
AB Hernandez, a 16-year-old transgender athlete who took home gold in the girls high jump and the triple jump at the track and field championship over the weekend.
Before the competition, Trump threatened to pull federal funding from California if she was allowed to compete.
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The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the governing board for California high school sports, had come with a compromise for Trump ahead of the meet, that any athlete who finished behind Hernandez would be elevated to her position so they'd share the podium, The New York Times reported.
California law prohibits discrimination, including at schools, based on gender identity.
Trump has taken a slew of actions targeting transgender people since his return to the White House, including signing executive orders calling for the government to classify people by sex rather than gender and oust transgender service members.
In February, he signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. Those actions are being challenged in court.
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