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A Virginia college swim team joined former President Donald Trump on stage Saturday night as he rallied his supporters and called for barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. Speaking to the crowd in Salem, Virginia, the county seat of Roanoke, Trump lashed out at the “radical left” for its “transgender craziness” — a particularly personal issue for the athletes from nearby Roanoke College. In Oct. 2023, a transgender swimmer who previously competed on the men’s team a year prior joined the women after transitioning, prompting the female athletes to sound the alarm over being forced to compete against...

Former President Trump invited the members of the Roanoke College women’s swim team who stood up against the radical left after a transgender athlete tried to join their team on the stage at his rally in Salem, Virginia, on Saturday. Before bringing the swimmers on stage, Trump reminded the audience of the team’s “brave” stand in defending their rights as female athletes after a trans athlete tried to join their team. “Last year, the radical left’s gender insanity arrived right here in Salem when a man was allowed to transfer onto the Roanoke College’s women’s swim team,” Trump said. “I...

With just four days to Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a commanding 10-point lead over former President Trump in Virginia among likely voters, according to a new poll by Roanoke College. The Trump campaign is hoping to flip the Old Dominion State red after losing in 2016 and 2020, with the former president making a last-minute stop in Salem on Saturday for a campaign rally. No Republican presidential candidate has won Virginia since former President George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. Only 2% of likely voters say they are undecided and another 2% say they will vote for...

Riley Gaines says Roanoke’s trans athlete is ‘another mediocre male athlete identifying as a woman’ Roanoke College recently joined the list of schools allowing men to compete with the women after a transgender student requested to join the women’s swim team. However, the student who wanted an opportunity to compete with the women changed his mind before the rule was passed. The male student is reportedly no longer pursuing his request, even after the school rushed to figure out a way to accommodate him. The process played out as some members of the women’s swim team held a press conference...

INITIAL REPORT FINDS:Planned Parenthood’s quiet relationships with many faith-based schools flies under the radar of many engaged at colleges and universities. Schools partner with Planned Parenthood by listing them as a student resource, publicizing internships and careers with the abortion giant, and more. “There is an unholy partnership between a number of Christian schools and the abortion industry,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins, “but Students for Life is mobilizing pro-life advocate nationwide to cut ties with the nation’s number one abortion vendor.” WASHINGTON D.C. (3-3-2021) Students for Life of America (SFLA) is working to identify and document every Christian school in...