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The Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Department of Justice to ensure that states can continue to let biologically male athletes play in girls’ sports.
The White House has responded to demand, condemning Ellison for taking legal measures to allow trans inclusion.
“Why would an adult man demand the Trump administration to allow other biological men to participate in women’s sports? This is spooky and anti-woman,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields, Pak Gazette Digital.
Ellison made the announcement at a press conference after months that the State challenged the executive order to “keep men out of women’s sports.” Ellison said he had received a notice from the Department of Justice that threatened legal actions if the State did not follow the Executive Order.
“I will not sit down waiting that the Trump administration demands Minnesota. Today, Minnesota is already demanding his administration because we will not participate in this shameful harassment,” Ellison said. “We will not let a small group of vulnerable children who only try to be healthy and live their lives will be demonized.”
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Ellison’s demand, presented at the United States District Court in Minneapolis, argues that the Trump administration does not have the authority to establish the policies of athletic gender eligibility of the states through an executive order.
Minnesota is the first state to sue the Department of Justice for threats to reduce funds to allow trans athletes to play in girls’ sports, and the second state to demand the Trump administration for the issue.
Maine has filed a lawsuit against Trump after the Agriculture Department reduced the funds to the State on April 2, and a federal judge already ruled that the USDA must defrost the funds.
The Department of Justice presented A demand Against the State for his continuous challenge of the Executive Order to “keep men out of women’s sports.” Maine has faced a federal pressure in the last two months for his refusal to meet, including two federal investigations, a freezing of funds and now a demand.
When Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit against Maine at a press conference last week, said Minnesota and California could be the next.
“We are looking at Minnesota. We are looking at California. We are looking at many, many states, but they are the first two that should be in warning because we have been communicating with them,” Bondi said.
After Trump’s executive order, the Minnesota state high school league He announced it It would challenge federal law by allowing transgender athletes to continue playing in women’s sports.
Ellison’s office declared that “based on the simple language of the statute, educational institutions and Minnesota state high school league It would violate the MHRA by prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in extracurricular activities consisting of their gender identity. “
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The Minnesota State Legislature failed to approve the “Girls’s Priest Sports Law” in early March, which would have declared that “only students can participate in an athletic team or primary or secondary level sport that an educational institution has restricted to women and girls.”
The bill fell short in the State Representatives Chamber, with 67 of the 68 votes necessary to approve. Governor Tim Walz was expected to veto the bill if he were to his desk.
The governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, speaks at a DNC press conference on July 17, 2024. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Former Minnesota Vikings soccer player and the University of Minnesota Jack Brewer He pressed for the bill, and had told Pak Gazette Digital that he found Walz’s “disgusting” pro-trans positions, especially considering that Walz was a football coach in Mankato West High School in the 1990s.
“It is absolutely unpleasant, and that is why, when you see and see its gestures and the way it takes itself, you know that this guy does not attract men and children that have really fought him against the grill, man. I have nothing in common with this guy,” Brewer said.
“I think it’s a misfortune for the world of football to be honest.”
A New York Times/Ipsos survey found that the vast majority of Americans, including most Democrats, do not believe that transgender athletes are allowed to compete in women’s sports.
Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said that biological men who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports. Of the 1,025 people who identified themselves as Democrats or inclined Democrats, 67% said that transgender athletes should not be able to compete with women.
