‘We hope and expect that the Supreme Court will rule in the right way on this matter.,’ she added, when addressing the hearings during a briefing on Thursday.
SCOTUS heard two cases regarding the participation of trans athletes in women’s sports
The White House mouthpiece was asked by conservative activist and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines whether Donald Trump’s administration was prepared to take action against states who would not comply with a potential future ruling from the Supreme Court’s to ban transgender athletes from women’s sport.
‘Absolutely,’ Leavitt responded.
‘The administration … [has] taken action on a number of fronts against these states who are failing to uphold the president’s executive orders and this administration’s policy of simply protecting women and women’s sports and women’s private spaces. We’ve gone to the mat with large universities in this country, as well, to try to fight for what’s right and what’s just for women in this country.
‘I think the president speaks on common sense on this issue, that women’s sports and private spaces should be protected and that there are two genders, there are two sexes – that is not something we should be afraid to say in this country.’
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