Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he agreed with President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to give transgender students access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms of their gender choice.

“I agree with the decision, and I know he will check things out thoroughly legally,” Schumer told a reporter who asked if the President-elect has the ability to do this and whether he agreed with the decision.

Well, checking things out thoroughly might be problematic for ole Joe.

This could be done legally, or it could be done illegally. President Obama attempted to ignite the bathroom wars by saying transgendered people can use any bathroom they want through memoranda. This, of course, had no teeth at all. Biden could go this route, which would be largely ceremonial, or he could allow the Department of Education to issue a regulation. This would be extremely disrespectful of the wishes of most Americans, and may or not be legal. The best, and most constitutional, way to handle it would be through legislation, but this would mean the federal government was actually listening to people. 

I’m not holding my breath on that one.

Here’s the truth.  A transgendered bathroom bill is not at the top of most Americans’ concerns right now. According to a 2019 study by Metro Weekly, “Less than one-third of Americans support allowing trans athletes to compete based on their gender identity.”

I don’t want the government forcing young female boxers to fight men, and I definitely don’t want them to have to change in the locker room with one. 

Biden and Schumer are not fighting for what a majority of Americans want. They are pandering to their radical base and will put students in danger with ridiculous identity politics.

This is not a good sign of things to come for this administration.

Hat Tip: DISRN,  Metro Weekly

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About The Author

Mark was a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, and served as the national coordinator. He left the organization to work more broadly on expanding the self-governance movement beyond the partisan divide. Mark appears regularly on television in outlets as diverse as MSNBC, ABC, NBC, Fox News, CNN, Bloomberg, Fox Business and the BBC. He’s highly sought after for the tea party perspective from print and electronic media outlets, from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, L.A. Times, Washington Examiner, Politico and the The Hill. Mark blogs at MarkMeckler.com, and his opinion editorials regularly run in many of the leading political newspapers both on and offline. Mark has a BA in English from San Diego State University and graduated with honors from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1988. He practiced real estate and business law for almost a decade. For the last eleven years of his legal career he specialized in Internet advertising law. When not fighting for the future of our nation, Mark is an avid horseman, and lives in rural northern California with his wife Patty and two children.

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