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Biden’s Education Secretary Pick Says He Supports Biological Males Competing in Girls’ Sports

Biden’s Education Secretary Pick Says He Supports Biological Males Competing in Girls’ Sports
Miguel Cardona speaks during an event announcing his nomination at The Queen in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 23, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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2/3/2021|Updated: 2/3/2021

Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Education Department, said during his Senate confirmation hearing that he believes it’s the right of male-born students to compete in girl’s sports, a contrast to the stance taken by his would-be predecessor.

Cardona, who was named Connecticut’s K-12 school chief in August 2020, testified on Wednesday morning before the Senate’s education committee. He was questioned by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on whether it worried him that his home state allows students who are male by birth to compete and claim titles in girls’ sports at the expense of biological girls. In September 2020, then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos threatened to pull federal funding out of Connecticut schools unless they rescinded that policy.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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