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Kamala Harris reveals reservations about transgender athletes in women’s sports in new book
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Failed Democrat presidential candidate and former Vice President Kamala Harris admitted to having reservations over transgender athletes competing in women’s sports in her new book.
In the book “107 Days,” Harris wrote that she “agrees” with the concerns of parents and athletes who oppose letting males compete with females.
“I agree with the concerns expressed by parents and players that we have to take into account biological factors such as muscle mass and unfair student athletic advantage when we determine who plays on which teams, especially in contact sports,” Harris wrote, per Politico. “With goodwill and common sense, I believe we can come up with ways to do this, without vilifying and demonizing children.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters in Houston, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Harris never addressed the topic directly during her campaign, as the issue went on to be one of the more influential factors in the election.
Harris wrote she wouldn’t turn against transgender people, and argued President Donald Trump “was painting a bull’s-eye on their backs and putting them in peril.”
“This is a community with which I have a deep connection,” she wrote. “There was no way I was going to go against my very nature and turn on transgender people.”
Trump’s campaign ad with the slogan “Kamala is for they/them, Donald Trump is for you,” was hailed as the most effective message of the 2024 election. It highlighted the Democrats’ position of enabling biological males in women’s sports.
Harris admitted in her book that her campaign should have “given even more attention to how we might mitigate Trump’s attacks,” regarding that message.
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The most notable instance of Harris addressing her record on transgender issues came during her interview with Bret Baier on Fox News in October. When Baier pressed Harris on her past support of tax-payer-funded gender transition surgeries for prisoners, Harris shied away from taking a stance and called it a “remote issue.”
Still, the topic of trans athletes in women’s sports may have haunted Harris on election day, according to data.
A national exit poll conducted by the Concerned Women for America (CWA) legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls’ and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls’ and women’s bathrooms,” as important to them. And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was “very important.”
Since the election, many key Democrats have distanced themselves from outwardly supporting trans athletes in women’s sports.
Meanwhile, a report by the New York Times suggests that former President Joe Biden himself did not agree with trans athletes participating in women’s and girls’ sports.
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“According to a number of former Biden-administration officials, there remained a simmering debate inside the administration about whether those Title IX protections should extend to sports,” the Times reported, saying that “one side…maintained that there was no legal difference between letting trans students use bathrooms that align with their gender identity and letting trans student athletes play on sports teams that align with their gender identity.”
However, Biden was “on the other side…who believed that the competitive, zero-sum nature of sports made them different from bathrooms — that some transgender athletes would enjoy unfair physical advantages over women.
“Most important, one of the officials holding this view was Biden himself,” the Times wrote.
The Times received a quote from a former Biden administration official who said Biden was “particularly focused on the competition issue.”
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The wide receiver took a swipe with his right hand at the fan, who was standing in the front row of the stands and leaning over the railing, during the Steelers-Lions game Sunday.
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EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings are embarking on another round of injury evaluation for quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who did not play in the second half of Sunday’s 16-13 victory over the New York Giants because of a hand injury.
X-rays on the hand were negative, coach Kevin O’Connell said, but McCarthy was scheduled for further testing Monday. The Vikings have a short week of preparation before their next game, which is scheduled for Thursday afternoon against the Detroit Lions.
The tight turnaround raises the possibility that McCarthy will miss his seventh game of the season because of a third different injury. A high right ankle sprain cost him five games earlier this season and he sat out a sixth while in concussion protocol. He missed all of his rookie season in 2024 because of a torn meniscus in his right knee.
“It’s a bummer just because I’m having a blast coaching him,” O’Connell said, “and seeing the growth of a young player getting the opportunity to actually go out there and grow and develop. And I’ve been so proud of the way, really these last few weeks, he’s come back and just really shown some growth. So, you’d love to have him. Love to have him for two straight home games to finish [the season] and we’ll see where his hand’s at, and if he has the ability to play for us again. I sure hope so.”
McCarthy was wearing a latex glove on the hand in the postgame locker room. The Vikings said he was unavailable for comment.
McCarthy had produced his two best games of the season in wins over the Washington Commanders and Dallas Cowboys, producing a combined 82.1 QBR that ranked fifth in the NFL over that period. His performance Sunday was a bit more uneven. O’Connell praised his decision-making, but his accuracy was less consistent, and his receivers struggled to corral some of his throws.
Jordan Addison dropped a touchdown pass in the first quarter and Jalen Nailor let another throw bounce off him for an interception. Overall, McCarthy completed 9 of 14 passes for 108 yards. He did not throw for a touchdown but staked the Vikings to a 13-3 lead in the second quarter with a 12-yard scoring run.
At some point prior to that score, McCarthy had suffered the injury. O’Connell said he did not know exactly when it happened and did not think that McCarthy did, either. Video review showed that two plays before the touchdown, McCarthy hit hand on the helmet of Giants defensive lineman Ray Robertson-Harris. In Week 10, McCarthy bruised his right hand in a similar manner. He did not miss any game time for that injury but wore protective padding for the ensuing two weeks.
McCarthy did not mention Sunday’s injury to coaches or medical staff on the sideline, but it grew evident on the next series. With 25 seconds remaining in the half, O’Connell called a quick receiver screen play. But McCarthy did not throw the ball, allowing unblocked Giants linebacker Brian Burns to sack him and force a fumble. Safety Tyler Nubin recovered and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown.
“The ball needs to be thrown right away,” O’Connell said, “and he knows that. He had done it already in the game. And if you do hold it on a receiver perimeter screen, the backside defensive end is coming and he knows that. So, I haven’t seen [replays] yet, but my guess is he could not grip the football.”
When an athletic trainer began examining the hand on the sideline, McCarthy grimaced in pain, pulled his arm away and walked to the Vikings’ locker room.
“It sucks,” right tackle Brian O’Neill said of McCarthy suffering another injury. “With the strides he’s made the last few weeks, and even months, you hate to see it. The growth and trajectory that he’s been on recently has been fun to play with. It’s fun to be a part of. And that’s another one of the reasons why you see guys fighting through things to be able to play is because they want to be a part of it and we want to be out with him. Fingers crossed is not too bad.”
Backup Max Brosmer played the second half, completing seven of nine passes for 52 yards. Brosmer would start Thursday against the Lions if McCarthy is unavailable.
The Vikings suffered two other significant injuries in the game. Running back Jordan Mason suffered an ankle injury in the first quarter and did not return, and center Ryan Kelly was placed into concussion protocol.
Kelly was on injured reserve for nearly two months this season after suffering concussions in Weeks 2 and 4. Sunday’s concussion is the sixth in his NFL career.
“We’re all just hoping and really just thinking about him,” O’Connell said.
O’Connell said he wanted to review the play that Kelly was injured on because “I don’t know where the contact could have come from in the normal rhythm of a play like that.”
Several Vikings players had “concerns” about the way Kelly was injured, O’Connell said, but he would not elaborate. Video of the play showed Kelly colliding with Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke, who was attempting to fill a hole.
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The Arizona Cardinals may be completely out of the playoff race, but quarterback Jacoby Brissett and wide receiver Michael Wilson were still giving it their all in Week 16.
Brissett found Wilson streaking up the field in the first quarter against the Atlanta Falcons. Wilson went up for the catch over Falcons cornerback Cobee Bryant. The ball was batted around between both players and, somehow, Wilson came down with it.
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Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson scores a touchdown against Atlanta Falcons cornerback Cobee Bryant, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The pass was initially ruled incomplete as it appeared the ball may have touched the ground at some point during the play. But a replay showed that the ball was bobbled multiple times, went off Bryant and finally landed in the hands of Wilson for the touchdown.
NFL fans, and even Bryant, were left stunned after it was reviewed.
Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett warms up before the Atlanta Falcons game, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The third-year wide receiver has put up his best season yet. Wilson achieved career highs in receptions (66) and receiving yards (766) going into the matchup against the Falcons. The touchdown for Wilson marked his fifth of the season, which is also a career high.
Brissett was making his 10th start of the season as he’s been used plenty since Kyler Murray went down with an injury. Brissett had 2,708 passing yards and 18 touchdown passes ahead of their game against Atlanta. The Wilson touchdown pass was his 19th of the season, which is a career high.
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Arizona was 3-11 coming into the game and Atlanta was 5-9.
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