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Megan Rapinoe says efforts to bar trans athletes from women's sports are 'attack on women in society'
Fox News ^ | July 23, 2026 | Rachel del Guidice

Posted on 07/23/2026 4:25:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Former U.S. Women's National Team star Megan Rapinoe said Tuesday that efforts to bar transgender athletes from competing in women's sports amount to "an attack on women in society," arguing the debate extends far beyond questions of fairness in athletic competition.

Appearing on ABC's "The View," Rapinoe dismissed arguments that restrictions on transgender athletes are primarily about protecting girls' and women's sports. Instead, she argued, opponents are using the issue as part of a broader campaign against women's empowerment.

"They're going after trans people in sports, and they're using this as a wedge issue because we love sports. And, you know, we don't want our little girls to be unsafe in sports. And it's like, ‘Unsafe from who? But okay,’" Rapinoe said.

"But now we're using this as like, an overarching thing, when really what we're attacking women, we're saying, ‘If you look like this as a woman, you can play, if you look like this as a woman.' There's a bill in Washington happening right now that's going to require all girls, just like full stop, to go through a sex test, an invasive, like examining their genitals to see if they're a woman," Rapinoe said.

Initiative IL26-638, according to the House Republican Caucus, would "prohibit students it defines as ‘biologically male’ from competing in certain school athletic activities intended for female students only. It would require verification of biological sex by students’ healthcare providers."

"They don't like women in sports because it helps us with confidence and power," Rapinoe said. "And we see so many women in the C-suite played elite level sports. It's just great for you physically and all of it. But it's an attack on women in society."

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: lesbo; transtruth
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To: MinorityRepublican
She is the primary reason I pulled against the team in the Olympics.
21 posted on 07/23/2026 4:50:08 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: butlerweave

because men are women see?
That’s not a man because he say he’s a woman. Do what the man said!! Good is bad, up is down, bad is good, and communism is not socialism. Black is right and white is bad and true communism never was before tried. They shall bring in !!TRUE!! communism you’re really gonna love it!


22 posted on 07/23/2026 4:53:10 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: ealgeone

must be time for her annual comments again...she emerges every summer and seems to get more inane as time goes on.


23 posted on 07/23/2026 4:54:09 PM PDT by randomwalk (Liberalism is a psychosis...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

She does fit right in. When you add up the IQ points of the hosts of the view, you get single digit sum. Add in Rapinoe’s and you are still in single digits, but it is a smaller number.


24 posted on 07/23/2026 4:56:12 PM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: ealgeone
She is the primary reason I pulled against the team in the Olympics.

You can watch the next World Cup on Netflix

25 posted on 07/23/2026 4:57:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: butlerweave; MinorityRepublican

No, she’s a lesbian.


26 posted on 07/23/2026 4:57:50 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mentally deranged. Doesn’t know the difference between a man and a woman.


27 posted on 07/23/2026 5:00:21 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Libloather

The “men” in that league would complain that they are getting beat up by the “women” and it isn’t fair.


28 posted on 07/23/2026 5:00:24 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ok, you’re right! We should allow fake women fake women’s empowerment…. 😂😂😂


29 posted on 07/23/2026 5:07:17 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Who sets the lowest bar for rank stupidity? Actors? Singers? Musicians? Athletes? Politicians? It’s quite a contest.”

That is a very good question that deserves widespread conversation and debate.


30 posted on 07/23/2026 5:09:19 PM PDT by odawg
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s easy for retired women in sports to pontificate; they’re not the ones who have to play against men pretending to be women.


31 posted on 07/23/2026 5:09:54 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: MinorityRepublican

My head hurts trying to follow her “logic”. So, as I understand her, not allowing fake women to compete in real women’s sports is an attack on real women? Did I follow her?
Then there’s this little gem “...to go through a sex test, an invasive, like examining their genitals to see if they’re a woman...”. Is she for real? These days, genitals won’t tell the true story. I’m also pretty sure the Bill doesn’t say that.


32 posted on 07/23/2026 5:11:57 PM PDT by GMThrust
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To: butlerweave

She’s a communist.


33 posted on 07/23/2026 5:13:24 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: MinorityRepublican

Juwanaman


34 posted on 07/23/2026 5:15:37 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: butlerweave

She’s a communist.


35 posted on 07/23/2026 5:15:42 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: Ann Archy

Left wing women vote for and support this.


36 posted on 07/23/2026 5:16:36 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Black Conservative Perspective:

Megan Rapinoe HUMILIATES Herself On The View With INSANE WOKE MELTDOWN Over Trans Athlete Bans!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA6uzqmc0II

37 posted on 07/23/2026 5:16:37 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: HYPOCRACY

Men. So great, we can dominate women in there own Sports.


38 posted on 07/23/2026 5:18:11 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: cowboyusa
Left wing women vote for and support this.

We gave them the right to vote according to the 19th Amendment.


39 posted on 07/23/2026 5:19:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

She’s nutzo.


40 posted on 07/23/2026 5:21:02 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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