In a recent podcast, California Governor Gavin Newsom praised rightwing figure Charlie Kirk's views on transgender athletes competing in female sports, calling it a fairness issue. Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts criticized Newsom's stance, suggesting that Republicans exploit this topic, which affects a small population, to divert attention from broader issues facing the country, including economic concerns. While Healey supports diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, she refrained from directly engaging with the complexities surrounding competitive fairness for transgender athletes. Her comments indicate significant concern over politicizing minority issues while avoiding substantive discourse.
"This has been the Republican game, to pick a really discrete issue - the number of transgender people in this country is very small, the number of transgender athletes in this country is even smaller - and blow that up into something..."
"I think it's an issue of fairness, I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness - it's deeply unfair. I am not wrestling with the fairness issue."
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