Democratic Virginia Gubernatorial Nominee Abigail Spanberger joined Katie Couric’s podcast, “Wake Up Call,” and delivered a bizarre explanation of why she is unwilling to protect girls from biological boys in sports.
Transgender policy has become a key issue in the gubernatorial race, and Spanberger’s Republican opponent, current Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, has been hammering her on this issue.
Spanberger has been asked multiple times to clarify her position, but can only manage to deliver Kamala-style word salad answers.
Sears noted on social media, “Abigail Spanberger just went full Kamala Harris to avoid a simple yes or no question.”
“The answer is YES—Abigail supports men in girls’ sports, restrooms, and locker rooms.”
Sears has hammered Spanberger on the issue, including in campaign ads.
The topic was raised again by Couric, who asked why protecting girls has become such an ‘animating’ issue.
Couric asked, “What are your thoughts on youth sports allowing trans athletes to participate?”
And then the word salad unfolded.
She responded, “Well, I think what we see, and I mean it’s about $30 million worth of attack ads against me related to trans youth that have run so far. And there’s more ad buys in the future, some of them about this, most of them about this.”
“I think the reason we have seen that Republicans continue to use the issue of trans kids or trans kids in, you know, sports participation as an attack, um, there’s, there’s multiple levels of it.”
“One, I think, that broadly speaking, every pundit after the 2024 election, uh, you know, at least in part, attribute the Democratic loss to that one particular ad that spoke about, um, uh, you know, the, the sort of infamous they/them ad if you will. And so I think the take away from the ’24 election for some folks was, you know, that was a really potent ad.”
“And certainly, my opponent is trying to and, you know, and even copied some of the language, you know, notably the quote, unquote, you know, is for that they/them element of that ad.”
“And, I think the real challenge is there’s a lot of people, you know, that have never met a trans person, whether they’re a trans youth or an adult.”
“And so there’s a real effort to engage in some level of fear-mongering.”
“And I really do believe that we should, as a society as a whole, demonstrate a fair amount of grace to people who are confused about, you know, when we’re talking about bathrooms or when we’re talking about sports participation, like what are we talking about?”
“And, you know, I recognize, and I’m a parent, I’ve got three daughters in Virginia public schools. And so I understand the fact that there may be confusion about, you know, what is my opponent, as a very clear example, kind of threatening.”
“And importantly, the willingness to fearmonger with or against kids who are trying to figure out who they are, who are in, you know, a challenging point in their life. Middle school and high school isn’t easy for most people, let alone if you might be struggling with or trying to come to terms with your identity.”
“And so just as a basic issue of principle, I do find it really objectionable that, um, you know, there would be kids who turn on the television and in an effort to attack me, you know, see, you know, images of themselves sort of reflected as a villain.”
“And where it is, actually, I stand on these issues, I really do believe that a lot of these choices, whether it’s sports participation or bathroom usage, need to be made at the very local level with parents and teachers and administrators, and not necessarily dictated, certainly not by the federal government or the state government.”
After nearly six minutes of “explaining” where she stands on the issue, she has yet to provide a definitive answer to the question of whether or not she supports biological males invading female spaces.
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