Wisconsin state Rep. Dave Considine (D) argued Thursday that parents who oppose boys playing girls’ school sports are just selfish and that those girls just need to try harder.
During a speech before the Assembly, Considine said, “Some parents are concerned that their daughters might miss out on a scholarship. They might miss out on playing for this team or that team. Boy, that doesn’t sound like community, that sounds like selfishness.”
Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) says if parents are worried about their daughters missing out on scholarships or making a team in college because there are biological boys on their team – then they're just selfish. pic.twitter.com/OLoKQTPngB
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He apologized for his accusation, but defended it.
Mimicking what he apparently thinks the parents must sound like, Considine said, “‘I’m only worried about myself, I’m not worried about building the team and having my school have a powerful team.'”
According to MacIver News Service, Considine claimed those girls just “need to try harder”:
Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) says if biological girls don’t like losing to biological boys in girls sports, then they need to try harder. pic.twitter.com/x8yuxXRy73
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The Wisconsin Assembly is considering a bill Thursday that would require student athletes to compete on teams designated for their sex assigned at birth.
The Republican Assembly will likely pass the bill. Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, has “already promised the bills will never become law,” ABC 2 reported.
“We’re going to veto every single one of them (the bills),” referring to another bill that would ban gender transition treatment for minors.