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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...