California track star's family reacts to Trump shaking up girls' championship meet amid trans athlete drama
Story by Jackson Thompson • 20h
EXCLUSIVE: California's track and field state championship will be an epicenter of political tension this weekend. A family with a daughter trying to win a title is "grateful" to the White House taking notice but not satisfied with where things stand going into the event.
President Donald Trump called out the Golden State and Gov. Gavin Newsom in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning, threatening to cut funding to the state and even send authorities to intervene if a trans-identifying athlete competes in the girls' category at the meet.
Just hours later, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced it would make a slight rule change for this weekend's championship. The change allows biologically female athletes who fell just shy of qualifying for the championship behind a trans athlete a chance to compete for the title this weekend.
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