‘Trump used me as a scapegoat’ - Trans cyclist Austin Killips...

[Jessica_Rose]

'Trump used me as a scapegoat' - Trans cyclist Austin Killips slams the President for doing nothing to actually elevate, fund or support women athletes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/trump-used-me-as-a-scapegoat-trans-cyclist-austin-killips-slams-the-president-for-doing-nothing-to-actually-elevate-fund-or-support-women-athletes/ar-AA1ztd9s?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=629ee9db402844cab4ec52fbc4396451&ei=45

Story by Anne-Marije Rook (20 Feb 2025)

Two weeks ago, American President Donald Trump signed his "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order into law, aiming to bar individuals assigned male at birth from participating in women's sports.

Those in favour of this mandate, like former Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson, praised the President for 'saving women's sports.'

But what exactly has Trump done to support women's sports? 'Nothing at all,' says American cyclist Austin Killips.

A transgender woman, Killips' achievements in cycling have long been the subject of debate. In 2023, she became the first openly trans woman to win a UCI stage race—the Tour of the Gila. She's also won a Belgian Waffle gravel race and placed on the podium at the 2022 U.S. National Cyclocross Championships.

Now, in a scathing Op-Ed for the Guardian, Killips fires back at the President, accusing him of using trans athletes as a political scapegoat while doing nothing to meaningfully support women in sports.

"Trump's executive order is a perfect scam: he and his acolytes get to talk endlessly about the fake spectre of trans athletes "invading" women's sports, while never putting any of their attention, immense political cache and funding access towards things that would meaningfully elevate the state of women's sports," she writes.

[Lori Dee]

Two weeks ago, American President Donald Trump signed his "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order into law

This is an inaccurate statement by the MSN reporter.

Executive Orders are not "law". They are policies binding upon government agencies of the Executive Branch and no one else. Laws are passed by Congress and are binding upon both citizens and government agencies of all branches.

[Northern Star Girl]

@Lori Dee
Dear Lori:
YES, you are quite correct...
        ..... thank you for setting the record straight.

HUGS, Danielle

This is an inaccurate statement by the MSN reporter.

Executive Orders are not "law". They are policies binding upon government agencies of the Executive Branch and no one else. Laws are passed by Congress and are binding upon both citizens and government agencies of all branches.