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Kevin Kiley: Today, I am calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to immediately issue an executive order to protect women and…

On the recordMarch 6, 2025
Today, I am calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to immediately issue an executive order to protect women and girls sports in California and ask the legislature for legislation codifying in law that men shall never compete in women's sports in California again. Today, the Governor, on his newly established podcast called ``This is Gavin Newsom,'' came out with a statement that surprised many on this topic. He said that when it comes to men competing in women's sports, he said: ``I think it is an issue of fairness.'' It is an issue of fairness. ``It is deeply unfair.'' Those were the Governor's words. Now, this was surprising because his policies have been the 180- degree opposite. For example, he has signed legislation that has taken away the right of parents to be notified about decisions that their kids make at school with respect to how they identify, or on this issue of sports. In June 2022, not that long ago, the Governor attacked the State of Tennessee for not funding men competing in girls' sports. So at that point, he was not only in favor of it, he thought that a State refusing to actively promote it and fund it was deserving of censure. Okay. The Governor has changed his mind. I think that is great. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that polls show that some 90 percent of Americans support the basic predicate of sanity that men should compete in men's sports and women should compete in women's sports.…
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Kevin Kiley
Republican · California
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Mar 6, 2025

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