ESPN host Stephen A. Smith went off on transgender athletes invading women’s sports on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, causing the liberal host’s audience to burst out in applause.
Maher asked Smith about the issue of transgender men in women’s sports and whether it would be an issue for the Democrats.
“That’s their own damn problem,” Smith responded before going off on male athletes in women’s competition and questioning, “What about protecting the young ladies?”
Young ladies going up against men, you know, biological men, there is no excuse for that.
Smith further eviscerated William “Lia” Thomas, the infamous male swimmer who set records and stole the podium from female swimmers at UPenn.
“He was ranked like over 400th in the world” before “He became a she,” Smith said. He continued, “Oh damn it, does it really take an Einstein to realize that there’s something wrong with that picture?”
“We’re talking sports! That’s my lane, and I’m telling you, there is no reason for a biological male to be competing in women’s sports. We certainly don’t see biological women transitioning and trying to compete in men’s sports. I don’t hear about that,” he added.
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Maher: Is this going to be an issue in the Democratic primaries? It’s another one where you can make Democrats die on the hill that they died on last time.
Smith: If it’s an issue within the Democratic Party, that’s their own damn problem. Biological men should not be competing against biological girls in sports. Period, period. I am a supporter of the LGBTQ plus community. I don’t want to get in the way of anybody’s civil rights, civil liberties, or anything like that. But what about protecting the young ladies? Young ladies going up against men, you know, biological men, there is no excuse for that.
And by the way, you know what you could be. You know, Liam [William] Thomas, for example, who was, you know, was a male, and he was ranked— Yeah the swimmer. He was ranked like over 400th in the world–
Maher: She!
Smith: She! And then she, and then he became a she, okay? He became, you know, transitioning, and number one! Oh damn it, does it really take an Einstein to realize that there’s something wrong with that picture? We’re talking sports! That’s my lane, and I’m telling you, there is no reason for a biological male to be competing in women’s sports. We certainly don’t see biological women transitioning and trying to compete in men’s sports. I don’t hear about that!
This comes after the Olympic Committee decided to require genetic testing to qualify for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles to ensure that men are not competing in women’s Olympic Games.
“The policy that we have announced is based on science and has been led by medical experts. At the Olympic Games, even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat,” International Olympic Committee President Kristy Coventry said in a statement.
“So, it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category. In addition, in some sports it would simply not be safe.”
The move follows pressure from President Trump and his executive order to protect women’s sports.
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