Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday launched an investigation into USA Fencing over its policy allowing transgender-identifying men to compete against women.
Cruz, who is chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is demanding the governing body change its policy of allowing sex-confused men to compete against women, according to a letter first obtained by OutKick. Cruz sent the letter after female fencer Stephanie Turner last week refused to compete against Redmond Sullivan, a male fencer who claims to be a woman.
USA Fencing notably has a policy allowing athletes to compete on teams according to their “gender identity,” rather than biological reality.
“It has come to my attention that USA Fencing is still permitting men to compete in women’s
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