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Biden DOJ Nominee Avoids Question on Transgender Athletes in Girls’ Sports

Biden DOJ Nominee Avoids Question on Transgender Athletes in Girls’ Sports
Vanita Gupta testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Police Use of Force and Community Relations," in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on June 16, 2020. Tom Williams/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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3/10/2021|Updated: 3/10/2021

Vanita Gupta, President Joe Biden’s nominee for associate attorney general, refused to say at her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday whether she believes it’s fair for male-born transgender athletes to compete against biological girls.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), highlighting Gupta’s record of leading the Justice Department’s civil rights unit under the Obama administration, noted that she worked with the Education Department in 2016 to release a joint guidance clarifying their interpretation of federal law on sex-based discrimination in education.
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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