Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett condemned politicians fixated on banning transgender youth from sports, labeling it a non-issue. She ridiculed GOP claims of fairness regarding trans kids, questioning how this became a primary focus. In 2023, the ACLU reported 83 bills aimed at this ban across 19 states. Crockett stressed how such topics are used by Republicans to distract from essential issues, paralleling this with immigration concerns. She defended marginalized communities broadly, challenging the narrative that trans youth threaten traditional sports participation.
According to them, the trans kids, they want to play sports. That is the biggest issue that we've had. Since when? Find the little trans child [who] is ruining your life.
We allowed them to distract us and we allowed them to talk about trans folk and trans kids. The same was now being done with immigration policy.
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