Sophie Cunningham Fox News interview
Sophie Cunningham doubles down on defending girls' sports: "I said what I said. I think it's kind of common sense. I think I'll always believe in that. I think it's really important to protect children, and that's, little girls who..." She rejects the idea of men in women's sports, positioning herself opposite to Megan Rapinoe.
Transcript (en)
I said keeping biological men out of women's sports. I said what I said. I think it's kind of common sense. I think I'll always believe in that. I think it's really important to protect children and that's little girls who are also involved in that category. And so I stand on what I said and I'm going to always believe that. That's why you have title nine. That's why you have some of the greats in women's sports and her comments went on from that. Brian, this is a big deal to say this in the WNBA. It is. And she doubled down from what she said in 2022. And she said, look, I have nothing against you. You go ahead, be trans, whatever you want to do. Just you can't play in these sports, especially when it comes to locker rooms. Megan Rapinoe, a fantastic player when she was playing, but a firebrand who believes directly the opposite. Try to get her logic. So let's listen together. They're going after trans people in sports, and they're using this as a wedge issue because we love sports. And, you know, we don't want our little girls to be unsafe in sports. And it's like unsafe from who? but okay. But now we're using this as like an overarching thing when really we're attacking women. We're saying, if you look like this as a woman, you can play. How many men are playing in the WNBA right now? Right, yeah.
