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Education Secretary Falls Apart When Asked Whether He Would Force His Daughter to Undress in Front of Men
Red State ^ | 05/07/2024 | Jeff Charles

Posted on 05/07/2024 8:18:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The Biden administration last month announced a revamping of Title IX rules ostensibly intended to protect transgender college students. The move was met with condemnation and lawsuits challenging the new rules.

Now, White House officials are in the hot seat, being forced to explain and defend this decision. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recently gave testimony before the Senate. Sen. Burgess Owens (R-UT) grilled Cardona, asking him whether he would allow his daughter to be forced to deal with biological men in women’s space. Naturally, the secretary had trouble answering.

President Joe Biden’s administration released a finalized rule in April that extends Title IX protection to encompass “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” but it does not address transgender athletes. Cardona refused to answer the questions from Republican Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, saying he would not comment on rules related to athletics that his department has not yet proposed.

“Would you force your daughter to undress in the bathroom with boys, who are also undressing?” Owens asked.

“I am not going to be commenting on athletics rules that we haven’t proposed,” Cardona answered.

Owens pressed Cardona for a “yes or no” answer but the secretary declined to provide one, saying he would “be happy” to discuss Title IX.

“If your daughter was reported, she felt uncomfortable in a boy’s presence in a bathroom or locker room, would that be considered by your administration to be discrimination or bigotry?” Owns followed up.

Cardona again declined to provide a “yes or no” answer as Owens pressed him.

“Girls have now entered in contact sports of boxing and wrestling. Would you allow your daughter to physically fight and get beat up by a boy who called himself a girl?” Owens asked. “Yes or no.”

“Be happy to, once we finalize our regulations on Title IX athletics, to come back and have a conversation with you,” Cardona said.

Shortly after the new rules were announced, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Louisiana school board.

The Biden administration's changes in the application of the 1972 federal law "will force schools to impose widespread harms on young people and deny free speech rights," the legal group argues.

The lawsuit says:

The Biden administration’s redefinition of the word “sex” in Title IX forces schools across the country to embrace a controversial gender ideology that harms children—including the very children it claims to help. And it fundamentally undermines the statute Congress enacted fifty years ago.

Under the new criteria, male students who identify as females will be permitted access to girls' private areas such as bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers, participate in girls' physical education classes, and play on girls' sports teams, despite contradictory information surrounding the athletic program impacts.

Several red states have also filed lawsuits against the White House’s Title IX changes. Oklahoma and Florida have both declared that they would refuse to comply with the Biden administration’s new rules. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference the Sunshine State is “not going to let Joe Biden try to inject men into women’s activities” and that the state is “not going to let Joe Biden abuse his constitutional authority to try to impose these policies on us here in Florida.”



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenreich; burgessowens; corruptjoe; education; florida; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; jeffcharles; lgbt; louisiana; miguelcardona; rondesantis; titleix; trans; transgender; utah; womenssports
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1 posted on 05/07/2024 8:18:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Miguel Cardona probably is okay with it and more but knows that saying that is bad.


2 posted on 05/07/2024 8:20:35 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Leftists’ children always make good sacrifices to the god of DEI.


3 posted on 05/07/2024 8:24:13 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: SeekAndFind

Where is the “falling apart” part?


4 posted on 05/07/2024 8:28:33 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: SeekAndFind

Senate? Burgess Owens represents Utah CD-04.


5 posted on 05/07/2024 8:39:56 PM PDT by jimfree (My 21 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: SeekAndFind

His wife must be so proud of him being willing to stand by his principles despite any discomfort or harm to his daughter. Lovely man indeed.


6 posted on 05/07/2024 8:52:41 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

It’s the White liberal women who are castrating their sons, often over the opposition of the father.


7 posted on 05/07/2024 9:04:57 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: bigbob

Yes. I didn’t get that.

Evades the question and dishonestly avoids answering is what I read.


8 posted on 05/07/2024 9:10:52 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: jimfree

“Senate? Burgess Owens represents Utah CD-04.”

I’d expect this amateurish garbage from Gateway Pundit not Red State. They should know better.


9 posted on 05/07/2024 9:11:38 PM PDT by princeofdarkness
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To: SeekAndFind

These crapweasels squirm, but never answer direct questions. They’ve all been coached.


10 posted on 05/07/2024 9:40:13 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Darksheare
"Miguel Cardona"

I think I see the problem.

11 posted on 05/07/2024 10:10:08 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

A given, an unspoken indicator.
But yes, it’s kinda obvious.


12 posted on 05/07/2024 10:20:49 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: SeekAndFind

“Our Leaders” no longer answer questions.

They need to seriously fear the people again.


13 posted on 05/07/2024 11:01:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They have to pass the law to see what is in it.


14 posted on 05/07/2024 11:38:44 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

That’s a stupid answer. You know, not all of us are WASP-pure, 10th generation lily-white Americans.


15 posted on 05/07/2024 11:40:38 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: rlmorel

Doesn’t matter who in the Biden administration is being questioned, the answers are always the same.
They sidestep, delay, lie, and obfuscate every time.
Mayorkas, Harris, Cardona, Jean Pierre, Garland, it doesn’t matter, they’re all liars.


16 posted on 05/08/2024 1:43:55 AM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hypocrisy is one thing. But being stupidly hypocritical is in an entire different league.


17 posted on 05/08/2024 3:47:05 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Miguel Cardona-D ehumanizing

This evasive, dehumanizing POS is in the government of The United States of America.

...”in order to form a more perfect union”?...


18 posted on 05/08/2024 3:55:24 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: jimfree
Burgess Owens (R-UT) is awesome. His only fault is that he isn't young enough to be around Washington, DC and make the Deep State feel uncomfortable for many years to come.

My daughter and family live in his district. The GOPe tried to primary him last election cycle with a pretty boy Romneyite who got his @$$ handed to him by the voters. It was a beautiful thing to behold.

19 posted on 05/08/2024 4:02:44 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: SeekAndFind

His answer in private was: ‘Yes, her dream job is being a dancer at a gentlemen’s club, so she needs the practice of undressing in front of guys...’


20 posted on 05/08/2024 4:35:20 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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