Lawmaker Unveils Riley Gaines-backed Bill Targeting Transgender Military Academy Students

FIRST ON FOX: A cardinal House Republican is introducing a measure to support subject academy sports teams separated based connected biologic sex, pinch nan backing of activistic Riley Gaines.

In an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said it was important for Congress to enactment because it holds jurisdiction complete those subject schools.

"There are important physiological differences betwixt men and women. I deliberation astir everybody knows that. And this measure makes judge that our subject work academies, that we've sewage a adjacent playing field," Johnson said.

"We wanted to make judge we were dealing pinch thing wherever Congress has immoderate beautiful clear authority, and clearly, nan management, aliases nan oversight, of nan work academies is an important legislature duty."

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Riley Gaines is getting down authorities to support subject work academy sports teams separated by biologic sex. (Getty Images)

Gaines, big of OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast, told Fox News Digital successful a connection that she is supportive of nan legislation, noting her ain collegiate sporting experience.

"As personification who has personally knowledgeable nan consequences of unfair competition successful women’s sports, I powerfully support nan Protection of Women successful Sports astatine Military Academies Act," she said.

"Our nation’s subject academies should beryllium nan golden modular of fairness, discipline, and integrity—not institutions that sacrifice female athletes connected nan altar of governmental correctness."

She said nan South Dakota Republican's authorities "ensures that protection remains intact for nan brave young women training to lead our equipped forces."

Rep. Dusty Johnson, chair of nan Main Street Caucus, is starring nan authorities successful nan House. (Getty Images)

Johnson, nan lone House representative from nan Mount Rushmore State, is chair of nan Main Street Caucus, a group of economic-minded House GOP pragmatists.

Gaines famously mislaid to transgender assemblage swimmer Lia Thomas, aft which her activism successful keeping women's sports restricted to biologic activity launched her onto nan nationalist stage.

It's not her first clip advocating connected Capitol Hill either, having formerly appeared pinch House Republicans successful support of nan Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act and testifying earlier nan House Oversight Committee successful 2023.

A counterpart to Johnson's authorities is being led successful nan Senate by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville is starring nan bill's Senate counterpart. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Tuberville told Fox News Digital, "Our work academies should beryllium focused connected preparing nan adjacent procreation of leaders, not woke indoctrination."

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A summary of nan authorities said it would "prohibit nan information of males successful diversion programs aliases activities astatine nan subject work academies that are designated for women aliases girls."

In summation to Gaines, nan measure is besides being backed by nan Independent Women’s Law Center.