(Townhall)—This week, Arizona Democrat Sen. Ruben Gallego said that concerns about so-called “transgender” athletes are “legitimate.”
“As a parent of a daughter, I think it’s legitimate that parents are worried about the safety of their daughters, and I think it’s legitimate for us to be worried also about fair competition. And I think the parents of these trans children also are worried legitimately about the health and wellness of their kids,” Gallego said in an interview with The Dispatch published on Thursday.
Gallego added that separations between men and women in sports should be left up to the “local institutions.”
He also said that transgender athletes should be told, “Hey, listen, we love you. We want you to be part of our community, but this is just the one place you can’t play, and let’s find other activities for you to be involved.”
Gallego isn’t the first Democrat in recent months to deviate from the Democratic Party on this issue.
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