Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - October 11, 2023


When the Playing Field Gets a Little Too 'Gender-Bending＂ with Rep. Andy Barr


Episode Stats

Length

25 minutes

Words per Minute

151.57608

Word Count

3,895

Sentence Count

267

Misogynist Sentences

24

Hate Speech Sentences

8


Summary

Andy Barr is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky and a fellow Wildcat, which is always good news. Representative Andy Barr has been a champion for not only Kentucky families, but for American families, and he stands with Leanne Lemon.


Transcript

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00:00:30.000 Welcome back to the Gains for Girls podcast.
00:00:36.340 Today, I'm super excited because we're talking not only to a U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky,
00:00:42.720 he's a fellow Wildcat, which is always good news.
00:00:46.720 Representative Andy Barr has been a champion for not only Kentucky families,
00:00:51.320 but for American families.
00:00:53.620 And he stands with Lemon.
00:00:55.340 Check out the interview here.
00:00:56.480 Well, thank you so much, Red Bar, for joining.
00:01:02.660 Of course, I feel like we bond on a personal level.
00:01:06.580 I've met you several, several times.
00:01:08.660 The work you do is amazing.
00:01:09.840 You've been so supportive of me and my cause.
00:01:12.340 But almost more importantly, you're a Kentucky Wildcat,
00:01:15.940 which is, I'm biased,
00:01:18.640 but certainly the best school, at least in the SEC.
00:01:21.680 But I wanted to tell you, before we get into kind of the policy talk and different things,
00:01:28.600 I want to talk to you about UK's stance on a lot of these issues.
00:01:33.200 As you can imagine, the university, like most universities,
00:01:37.460 is taking this approach where they're not siding with common sense,
00:01:43.100 whether that be over the COVID issues,
00:01:45.540 of course, whether that be over the gender ideology issues.
00:01:48.560 And so I'll briefly tell you, before this national championships,
00:01:53.040 where we faced Leah Thomas, again, a male, formerly Will Thomas,
00:01:57.400 swam three years on the men's team at University of Pennsylvania,
00:02:01.260 University of Kentucky made us go to training,
00:02:04.460 where we had to learn how to use she or her pronouns,
00:02:07.540 which I just thought was the craziest thing.
00:02:10.260 You know, being 21 years old, a senior in college,
00:02:13.700 they're sitting there teaching me how to use pronouns.
00:02:16.600 I mean, something so entry-level, you don't even learn it in school.
00:02:20.820 You learn pronouns before you can even form full, coherent sentences.
00:02:25.400 And so I was just really surprised by this.
00:02:28.340 The athletic department was amazing and supportive to me,
00:02:31.140 but the system as a whole, I was shocked with,
00:02:34.980 and actually utterly unimpressed with.
00:02:36.880 And so I kind of wanted to ask you,
00:02:38.700 what direction do you see universities going?
00:02:41.720 Well, first of all, Riley, thank you so much for your courageous stand,
00:02:47.520 for your common sense, for your advocacy for women and girls and athletics.
00:02:51.860 And thank you for representing the Big Blue Nation so well.
00:02:56.780 I do represent the University of Kentucky.
00:02:59.600 I'm born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky.
00:03:02.040 I grew up going to cheer for Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium,
00:03:05.940 now Kroger Field and also Rupp Arena.
00:03:09.380 And I'm a fan of all UK sports, including the women's sports teams.
00:03:14.860 And, you know, I graduated from high school.
00:03:19.880 I ran cross-country in high school.
00:03:21.580 I played soccer when I was a kid.
00:03:24.260 I graduated from the University of Virginia,
00:03:26.780 and I went to the University of Kentucky for law school.
00:03:29.160 And in all of my experiences in education growing up,
00:03:33.620 it was not even imaginable that you would have these kind of pronouns
00:03:39.940 that are inconsistent with basic biology or this movement to normalize discriminatory practices
00:03:50.160 against girls in sports.
00:03:51.900 I'm the father now of two daughters.
00:03:54.500 Eleanor is 12.
00:03:56.120 She is a volleyball star.
00:03:58.460 And she's also a basketball player on the varsity basketball team in her school.
00:04:04.320 She's made the varsity, even though she's in seventh grade, for volleyball.
00:04:08.660 And then my little one, my 10-year-old, she's on a soccer team.
00:04:13.420 She's getting better every single day.
00:04:16.000 Her best friend, who's a really, really outstanding young athlete,
00:04:21.980 who scores a hat trick every game.
00:04:24.420 She got my daughter into soccer.
00:04:27.500 And I just think, you know, fighting for these girls in their sports
00:04:32.600 to be able to compete and achieve their potential
00:04:34.900 and to strive for victory and do it on a level playing field is just basic.
00:04:42.120 I mean, it is fundamental.
00:04:44.360 And so what you're doing, and, you know,
00:04:47.640 it should be just common sense for everybody,
00:04:50.340 but it is in today's politically correct society,
00:04:53.660 it is a courageous stand that you're making.
00:04:56.080 But you're doing it not just advocating for yourself and your peers.
00:04:59.040 I want to thank you as a dad of two little girls
00:05:02.660 that are going to continue to grow in their athletic pursuits.
00:05:06.220 You're fighting for them, and that means a lot to me as a father.
00:05:10.320 Well, no doubt.
00:05:11.920 That's certainly what this is about.
00:05:14.440 I'm done competing.
00:05:16.020 No one wants to watch me swim anymore.
00:05:17.840 I'd probably drown if I tried to swim.
00:05:19.920 Actually, I still think I'd be Keith Olbermann.
00:05:21.760 But I'd probably drown if I tried to swim.
00:05:25.060 So it's definitely not about me.
00:05:27.260 It's about those young girls like your daughter
00:05:29.080 and ensuring they have the same opportunities that I had throughout my career.
00:05:34.260 But speaking of policy,
00:05:36.440 this issue, it's become controversial,
00:05:41.940 fallen entirely on farting lines, it seems,
00:05:44.920 at least within the legislature, both at the state and federal level.
00:05:48.820 And we have an administration in the White House right now
00:05:51.200 who's actively working to rewrite Title IX.
00:05:54.540 Of course, Title IX, it's a beautiful,
00:05:57.340 it's only 37 words,
00:05:58.800 a 37-word federal civil rights law
00:06:01.240 enacted to prevent discrimination on the basis of sex.
00:06:05.240 But they're rewriting that entirely
00:06:06.980 to where sex would equate to gender identity,
00:06:09.660 meaning men can join sororities,
00:06:11.720 which is already happening.
00:06:13.440 Men can live in dorm rooms,
00:06:15.020 of course can take athletic and academic scholarships.
00:06:17.560 Men would have full access to bathrooms,
00:06:20.960 locker rooms, changing spaces.
00:06:23.300 I actually saw a tweet yesterday from AOC
00:06:26.500 who went on to call Republicans,
00:06:28.740 all Republicans, misogynists.
00:06:31.200 But she said,
00:06:32.740 the original intent of Title IX
00:06:34.740 was indefensible and embarrassing.
00:06:38.520 I don't know how she is able to call anyone a misogynist
00:06:41.940 without claiming to be one herself
00:06:43.640 when she says equal opportunities for women
00:06:46.060 are indefensible and embarrassing.
00:06:48.640 But the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
00:06:53.180 introduced by Greg Subi in the House,
00:06:56.260 which you voted in support of.
00:06:58.640 As I said, it's fallen almost entirely on party lines.
00:07:02.020 Why do you think this is?
00:07:04.280 Well, it is disappointing.
00:07:05.440 And Alexandria is a colleague of mine.
00:07:08.480 We debate on all matters of things.
00:07:11.080 We don't see the world the same way in many respects.
00:07:15.440 But I would just challenge her on this point
00:07:19.180 and be happy to debate her at any time about this.
00:07:21.940 Again, as a father of two female athletes,
00:07:25.320 Title IX enacted 50 years ago
00:07:28.480 has been a huge benefit for women and girls.
00:07:33.720 And female participation in sports
00:07:36.640 since the passage of Title IX
00:07:38.400 has increased 1,057% at the high school level
00:07:42.640 and 614% at the post-secondary level.
00:07:46.880 In other words, Title IX really revolutionized women's sports.
00:07:50.380 And for the Biden administration to want to rewrite that,
00:07:53.460 to diminish the gains that female athletes have made
00:07:58.420 over these last 50 years is really indefensible.
00:08:02.460 And what they basically want to do with this regulation
00:08:05.960 that the Biden administration has proposed
00:08:08.200 would eliminate the states, including my own state,
00:08:12.000 our state, the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
00:08:14.600 our ability to protect in a comprehensive way
00:08:19.420 women and girls from discrimination in athletics,
00:08:22.440 protect them from biological male athletes
00:08:25.440 competing against them.
00:08:27.320 And there are, look, it's biology.
00:08:30.280 It is, this is not about politics.
00:08:32.760 It's about biology and there are certain
00:08:37.380 just fundamental differences between men and women.
00:08:40.260 Now, I will just stipulate right up front,
00:08:43.000 if you and I were to get into a sling pool and compete,
00:08:46.060 you would laugh me multiple times.
00:08:48.860 So I'm not saying that women can't compete successfully
00:08:51.460 against men, especially, you know,
00:08:54.020 a great athlete like you
00:08:55.420 and a very substandard athlete like myself.
00:08:57.840 But that's not the point.
00:08:58.680 The point is, we want a level playing field
00:09:01.180 in competitive athletics.
00:09:04.480 Absolutely.
00:09:05.240 And this is the same argument.
00:09:07.000 I was a part of a Senate Judiciary hearing
00:09:09.260 where I was sat next to the human rights campaign president
00:09:12.560 and that was her argument, you know.
00:09:14.760 Senator Joe Kennedy, who's standing on the other side,
00:09:17.540 you know, he's asking her,
00:09:18.960 well, how many genders are there?
00:09:21.240 And she didn't know how to respond.
00:09:23.280 She said, there's an infinite number of genders.
00:09:25.160 And then she goes on to say exactly your argument.
00:09:27.420 And she said, well, Serena Williams,
00:09:29.720 she can beat lots of men in tennis.
00:09:33.120 And Senator Kennedy then looks at me and he says,
00:09:35.440 you know, Raul, what's your experience?
00:09:37.860 And I told her, well, Senator Kennedy,
00:09:41.660 if Kelly Robinson is alluding to the fact
00:09:44.180 that Serena Williams can beat you in tennis,
00:09:46.760 I'm sorry, I agree.
00:09:49.540 But Serena and Venus Williams lost in a blowout
00:09:52.960 to the 203rd rate male tennis player.
00:09:55.780 That's the argument.
00:09:57.500 And to do any other argument is disingenuous
00:10:00.420 to what we're actually saying.
00:10:03.600 President Biden, we've talked about
00:10:05.860 what he's doing to Title IX.
00:10:07.080 Of course, he said he will veto HR Senate 3-4,
00:10:10.580 which is the Protection of Women and Girls
00:10:12.300 in Sports Act.
00:10:14.280 It's stuck in the Senate right now,
00:10:15.900 but he said if it makes it to his desk,
00:10:17.420 he's going to veto it.
00:10:19.120 And so what message do you think
00:10:20.440 this sends to young girls?
00:10:21.800 Young girls like your daughter who are aspiring athletes,
00:10:25.580 who are already accomplishing amazing things,
00:10:28.380 but have big dreams?
00:10:29.360 What message is this sending?
00:10:31.840 Well, it sends a terrible message
00:10:35.000 that women's sports do not deserve
00:10:39.220 the protection that it has earned
00:10:41.180 over these last 50 years
00:10:42.600 where women are encouraged to participate in sports.
00:10:45.440 Look, you know as an athlete what sports do.
00:10:47.900 I certainly benefited from participation in soccer
00:10:51.080 in my baseball teams.
00:10:52.660 I played basketball when I was a kid.
00:10:55.660 I ran on the cross-country team.
00:10:57.860 I was better at that than anything else at the time.
00:11:01.420 And so the camaraderie of teamwork
00:11:04.220 and the effort of competition
00:11:07.320 keeps you out of trouble too
00:11:08.520 when you're a teenager working.
00:11:10.860 And so we don't want to discourage young girls
00:11:13.420 from that experience.
00:11:14.580 We don't want to discourage young women
00:11:16.560 from that experience of the camaraderie
00:11:18.880 of a teen,
00:11:20.600 of pushing yourself to achieve excellence
00:11:23.240 because it's just unfair from the start.
00:11:25.760 That's not right.
00:11:27.900 And look, it's a fundamental recognition
00:11:31.200 that there are certain physical attributes
00:11:34.780 of males that are different
00:11:36.440 and biological attributes of males
00:11:38.240 that are different than attributes of females.
00:11:41.680 And to have separate,
00:11:42.740 look, we have separate categories
00:11:44.020 within the gym as well.
00:11:46.460 We don't have a featherweight
00:11:48.120 fighting a heavyweight in boxing.
00:11:49.620 We have categories.
00:11:51.720 And because when you have level playing fields,
00:11:55.380 the competition is better.
00:11:57.840 And you actually have the kind of competition
00:12:02.060 that forces those athletes
00:12:04.500 to achieve their very, very best.
00:12:06.260 And we have different divisions
00:12:09.620 in the NCAA.
00:12:11.700 We have Division I, Division II, Division III.
00:12:14.200 You know, this segregation by various categories,
00:12:17.560 and of course, in swimming is a great example,
00:12:19.540 or gymnastics, great example.
00:12:20.920 You have different categories.
00:12:22.700 And you may excel in one category
00:12:24.580 versus another.
00:12:26.160 We're trying to preserve the integrity
00:12:27.820 of that categorization.
00:12:29.300 That's not discriminatory.
00:12:30.740 That's about fair competition,
00:12:34.120 which is encouraging greater participation.
00:12:39.020 Absolutely.
00:12:39.800 You're exactly right.
00:12:41.280 We don't have the Paralympics
00:12:44.260 because we're discriminating against people
00:12:46.460 who are able-bodied.
00:12:48.660 That's not what the Paralympics is doing
00:12:51.000 by having that category.
00:12:52.840 It's giving these people
00:12:53.940 a fair opportunity to compete.
00:12:56.040 Same thing in boxing.
00:12:58.400 We're not fat-shaming the people
00:13:00.280 who are heavyweights
00:13:01.260 because they're heavier
00:13:02.860 compared to, you know,
00:13:05.020 the featherweights.
00:13:05.900 We have those distinctions
00:13:07.280 in place for a reason,
00:13:08.560 and so I couldn't agree more.
00:13:10.520 But similarly to President Biden's promise
00:13:13.840 of vetoing this bill
00:13:15.220 if it were to make it to his desk,
00:13:17.020 we saw this.
00:13:18.320 In Kentucky, Andy Beshear vetoed this.
00:13:21.100 He joined a long list
00:13:21.980 of Democratic governors
00:13:22.860 in Republican states
00:13:24.900 like Roy Cooper in North Carolina,
00:13:27.840 Laura Kelly in Kansas,
00:13:30.060 who also vetoed this bill.
00:13:32.800 Fortunately, we were able
00:13:34.060 to override this veto
00:13:35.580 with a majority vote.
00:13:38.160 But do you think
00:13:38.980 Governor Beshear's veto
00:13:40.880 represents how
00:13:42.140 Kentuckians,
00:13:43.700 Kentucky families,
00:13:45.420 feel?
00:13:46.200 No.
00:13:47.040 No, it's not.
00:13:47.940 It shows the extremism.
00:13:49.400 You asked about the partisan nature
00:13:50.860 of the vote
00:13:51.400 on Congressman Stubbe's bill
00:13:53.900 that I co-sponsored,
00:13:55.060 the Protection of Women and Girls
00:13:56.140 in Sports Act of 2023.
00:13:58.200 And then you give this example
00:13:59.420 of a governor
00:14:00.500 of a conservative state,
00:14:03.300 Kentucky,
00:14:03.660 that vetoes a very
00:14:05.140 common sense bill
00:14:06.420 to protect women and girls
00:14:07.820 in sports,
00:14:10.140 in elementary,
00:14:11.580 middle,
00:14:12.160 and in high school sports
00:14:14.520 in Kentucky.
00:14:15.680 And he vetoes that bill.
00:14:16.600 That's a real radical position
00:14:18.300 to take
00:14:18.900 in contrast
00:14:20.160 with the values
00:14:21.020 of the people of Kentucky.
00:14:22.140 I think
00:14:22.620 this extreme
00:14:24.160 transgender
00:14:25.760 gender identity
00:14:28.160 dysfunction
00:14:29.360 debate
00:14:31.000 has crept
00:14:32.280 into the
00:14:33.460 progressive movement
00:14:34.640 and has infected
00:14:35.560 the entire Democratic Party.
00:14:37.060 I know for a fact
00:14:38.000 common sense Democrats,
00:14:39.740 certainly in Kentucky,
00:14:40.720 but also here
00:14:41.560 in the Congress
00:14:42.260 who are,
00:14:43.700 you know,
00:14:44.540 advocates for homosexual rights,
00:14:46.260 for example,
00:14:47.380 or the LGBT community
00:14:48.900 who think
00:14:49.380 they've gone too far here.
00:14:51.980 And,
00:14:52.460 you know,
00:14:52.940 I applaud
00:14:54.260 Martina Navratilova,
00:14:55.860 for example,
00:14:56.400 an open lesbian
00:14:57.280 tennis star
00:14:58.580 in her sport
00:15:00.260 who has actually
00:15:00.960 spoken out
00:15:01.680 against
00:15:02.180 some of this
00:15:03.360 transgender
00:15:04.140 athlete participation
00:15:05.900 in sports
00:15:07.500 against
00:15:08.040 the,
00:15:09.300 you know,
00:15:10.680 birth assigned gender.
00:15:12.340 It's just,
00:15:12.960 it's just not right.
00:15:13.760 And I mean,
00:15:14.160 the examples are really,
00:15:15.680 I mean,
00:15:16.160 it's,
00:15:16.440 these are not,
00:15:17.580 these are no longer
00:15:18.440 aberrational cases.
00:15:19.600 You've got,
00:15:20.380 you know,
00:15:20.600 a,
00:15:20.960 there's a case
00:15:21.600 of a 50-year-old
00:15:22.580 six-foot-six-inch man
00:15:24.100 who played on a college
00:15:25.520 men's team
00:15:26.080 30 years prior
00:15:26.900 who played on a
00:15:27.600 women's junior
00:15:28.640 college basketball team.
00:15:30.160 You've got a male athlete
00:15:31.400 who formerly played
00:15:32.220 on a Division III
00:15:33.140 women's soccer team
00:15:33.960 who now plays
00:15:34.500 for a Team USA
00:15:35.360 women's beach handball.
00:15:36.900 You've got a male
00:15:38.580 who competed
00:15:39.100 in men's bodybuilding
00:15:40.240 in the past
00:15:41.120 who is now competing
00:15:42.080 as a woman.
00:15:43.540 In volleyball,
00:15:44.200 my daughter's sport
00:15:45.420 of choice,
00:15:46.720 there's a,
00:15:47.360 there's an example
00:15:48.400 of a male athlete
00:15:50.140 who competed
00:15:50.700 on an NCAA
00:15:51.580 Division III
00:15:52.400 women's volleyball team
00:15:53.580 and male athletes
00:15:54.380 have also competed
00:15:55.140 on women's professional teams
00:15:56.380 in the U.S.
00:15:56.920 and Brazil.
00:15:58.700 Women's weightlifter.
00:16:00.100 You've got a weightlifter
00:16:00.900 qualified for
00:16:01.680 and competed
00:16:02.160 in the women's category
00:16:03.280 at the 2020
00:16:05.000 Tokyo Olympics
00:16:05.800 despite being male.
00:16:07.500 And a male has competed
00:16:08.440 in women's professional
00:16:09.360 wrestling.
00:16:10.360 You can't ignore this.
00:16:11.540 You can't make this stuff up.
00:16:12.600 This is,
00:16:13.700 it's disturbing,
00:16:15.300 it's alarming,
00:16:16.040 and it's happening.
00:16:18.180 And that's why
00:16:18.820 your voice means so much.
00:16:21.020 That's why Greg Stubbe,
00:16:22.520 his leadership
00:16:23.080 is so valuable.
00:16:24.540 And I think,
00:16:25.540 look,
00:16:26.500 if,
00:16:27.340 you know,
00:16:27.820 without weighing in
00:16:28.640 on all of the aspects
00:16:30.020 of gender dysphoria
00:16:30.960 and wherever you stand
00:16:32.480 on some of the biological
00:16:33.520 issues related to that,
00:16:36.260 if my Democratic colleagues
00:16:38.620 really want to advocate
00:16:40.000 for transgender people
00:16:41.420 competing in sports,
00:16:42.620 have a separate category
00:16:43.800 for that.
00:16:45.080 You know,
00:16:45.320 we have categories.
00:16:47.060 And let there be
00:16:48.940 a transgender category.
00:16:50.660 But certainly,
00:16:52.020 do not allow
00:16:53.060 biological men
00:16:54.680 to compete
00:16:55.220 against girls.
00:16:55.980 That is not right.
00:16:58.520 Absolutely.
00:16:59.560 And those examples
00:17:00.220 you mentioned,
00:17:01.300 of course,
00:17:01.840 notice they're only
00:17:02.500 going one way.
00:17:04.480 We know that women
00:17:05.940 competing in sports
00:17:07.460 were a lot
00:17:08.060 and could never be able
00:17:09.220 to compete
00:17:09.780 at the same level
00:17:10.900 against the men.
00:17:12.540 We saw it in swimming
00:17:13.480 at the same meet
00:17:14.720 where we had Leah Thomas,
00:17:16.020 who's a male,
00:17:16.680 identifying as a woman.
00:17:17.740 We had another trans athlete
00:17:18.940 who was a woman,
00:17:20.260 a female,
00:17:21.540 identify as a man.
00:17:24.720 Finished top five
00:17:25.960 in the country
00:17:26.500 as a female,
00:17:27.260 competing with the women,
00:17:28.400 but now it is competing
00:17:29.280 with the men.
00:17:30.540 Finishes dead last
00:17:31.540 every single time.
00:17:32.800 It's not even comparable.
00:17:35.440 Which is,
00:17:36.560 it's very telling.
00:17:38.440 But Kentucky
00:17:39.720 and Andy Beshear,
00:17:42.080 there's a governor race,
00:17:43.600 which will be concluded
00:17:45.800 this in November.
00:17:47.360 And there will be
00:17:47.780 a lot of attention
00:17:48.400 around this.
00:17:49.040 And so I'm super excited
00:17:50.380 to see how this turns out.
00:17:53.320 What do you think?
00:17:54.380 Do you,
00:17:55.200 how can the lives
00:17:56.780 of Kentucky families
00:17:58.080 outside of even just
00:17:59.060 the women's sports issue?
00:18:00.500 What are issues
00:18:01.220 that matter to
00:18:02.100 Kentucky families?
00:18:03.820 And what can be done
00:18:05.220 to help create a solution
00:18:07.340 to these problems?
00:18:09.100 Well,
00:18:09.220 they want their kids
00:18:09.900 to be healthy.
00:18:11.060 I mean,
00:18:11.200 I think about my own situation
00:18:12.420 with my own kids.
00:18:13.200 They want to be healthy,
00:18:14.160 number one,
00:18:14.640 happy and prosperous.
00:18:17.000 What we want our kids,
00:18:18.080 especially if they're teenagers,
00:18:19.100 to stay out of trouble,
00:18:19.920 to do things
00:18:20.580 that are constructive,
00:18:21.920 you know,
00:18:22.560 after school
00:18:23.100 in their extracurricular life
00:18:24.420 that gives them pride,
00:18:26.820 that gives them
00:18:27.440 self-confidence.
00:18:28.540 We want our young girls
00:18:29.680 to have self-confidence,
00:18:31.280 to be able to have,
00:18:33.200 you know,
00:18:33.760 the assurance
00:18:34.680 of their own,
00:18:36.300 you know,
00:18:36.820 of their own skills,
00:18:39.240 talents,
00:18:39.780 abilities,
00:18:40.880 of their persistence,
00:18:42.580 to have that confidence
00:18:45.420 that they deserve.
00:18:47.600 And anything
00:18:48.640 that threatens that,
00:18:50.120 in my opinion,
00:18:51.420 is very destructive
00:18:52.840 to, you know,
00:18:53.940 adolescent kids
00:18:54.900 who are trying
00:18:55.820 to find their way
00:18:56.520 in the world.
00:18:57.840 And so this,
00:18:59.200 I think,
00:18:59.480 really matters to parents.
00:19:01.240 I think parents,
00:19:02.020 and by the way,
00:19:03.160 I think it does
00:19:03.940 cut across party lines.
00:19:06.780 You know,
00:19:07.560 I'm saying things
00:19:08.580 about Democrat parents
00:19:10.080 as well as Republican parents,
00:19:11.400 and I think,
00:19:11.940 I think those parents
00:19:13.160 who identify themselves
00:19:14.840 as Democrats
00:19:15.480 are starting to recognize
00:19:17.360 how off the wall
00:19:18.580 their party has become
00:19:20.720 in terms of just
00:19:21.760 how radical.
00:19:22.920 I can tell you
00:19:24.220 that Democrat moms
00:19:26.260 and dads
00:19:26.880 of a teenage daughter
00:19:29.300 does not want
00:19:30.760 a biological male
00:19:32.520 in the locker room
00:19:33.540 with them
00:19:34.580 or in the bathroom
00:19:35.620 with them,
00:19:36.700 you know,
00:19:37.060 at age 16.
00:19:39.360 And, you know,
00:19:39.920 I can't imagine
00:19:40.860 that your party
00:19:42.320 affiliation would
00:19:43.580 change that.
00:19:47.320 I mean,
00:19:47.500 it is just basic
00:19:48.380 common sense
00:19:49.100 and it's about
00:19:49.740 protecting our kids.
00:19:52.800 Absolutely.
00:19:54.220 At the state level,
00:19:55.360 we've been working
00:19:56.040 on a bill
00:19:56.860 called the Women's
00:19:57.580 Bill of Rights.
00:19:59.180 What this is,
00:19:59.960 crazily enough,
00:20:00.680 it's a piece
00:20:02.020 of legislation
00:20:02.700 that defines
00:20:03.440 a sex-based term
00:20:04.420 such as woman,
00:20:06.080 which applies
00:20:07.160 a lot broader
00:20:08.160 than just women's courts,
00:20:09.520 you know,
00:20:09.720 women's prisons,
00:20:11.020 domestic violence shelters,
00:20:12.040 anywhere in statute.
00:20:13.320 where the term
00:20:14.500 woman is used,
00:20:15.740 that word would be codified
00:20:16.780 and so it's been
00:20:17.280 passed in four states
00:20:18.320 but this piece
00:20:19.780 of legislation
00:20:20.380 is being introduced
00:20:21.800 in the federal level
00:20:23.340 and Representative
00:20:24.460 Parshberger
00:20:25.120 and Representative
00:20:25.760 Lesko
00:20:26.300 are taking on
00:20:27.480 this bill.
00:20:29.380 Is this something
00:20:30.540 you think
00:20:31.100 you would support
00:20:32.240 again?
00:20:33.460 Absolutely.
00:20:34.780 Defining it
00:20:35.760 a little.
00:20:37.080 Absolutely.
00:20:38.020 And Diana
00:20:38.800 is a great friend
00:20:39.960 and who is
00:20:41.180 the other
00:20:41.580 co-sponsor
00:20:42.160 of that,
00:20:42.740 Riley?
00:20:43.520 Representative
00:20:43.960 Lesko.
00:20:45.280 Oh yeah,
00:20:45.780 Debbie.
00:20:46.460 So,
00:20:46.780 I mean,
00:20:47.020 these are great
00:20:47.640 ladies who are
00:20:48.680 doing great work
00:20:50.220 and they're friends
00:20:51.040 of mine
00:20:51.380 and I applaud them
00:20:52.420 for their work
00:20:53.020 on this
00:20:53.420 and certainly
00:20:53.920 I will support
00:20:54.720 them in this cause.
00:20:55.900 It's sad almost
00:20:57.320 that we have
00:20:57.940 to do this.
00:20:58.740 It's sad that
00:20:59.420 we've lost
00:21:00.560 our way as a country
00:21:01.340 and we've lost
00:21:01.900 common sense
00:21:02.520 because of extreme
00:21:03.680 radical,
00:21:05.120 woke,
00:21:05.900 political correctness
00:21:07.000 where people
00:21:08.520 feel so compelled
00:21:09.620 to demonstrate
00:21:11.480 that their
00:21:13.640 inclusive
00:21:15.400 sensitivity
00:21:16.560 that they're
00:21:17.900 actually hurting
00:21:18.440 people.
00:21:19.340 That's how
00:21:20.080 extreme they've
00:21:20.860 become
00:21:21.260 is their
00:21:23.020 obsession
00:21:24.220 with showing
00:21:25.680 sensitivity
00:21:26.820 or inclusiveness
00:21:27.960 actually becomes
00:21:28.880 very exclusionary
00:21:30.160 and it actually
00:21:32.220 becomes very
00:21:32.660 discriminatory
00:21:33.500 because they're
00:21:35.160 actually pushing
00:21:36.220 an agenda
00:21:36.700 that discriminates
00:21:37.720 against women.
00:21:39.300 You know,
00:21:40.560 where did the
00:21:41.220 Democratic Party
00:21:41.920 go?
00:21:42.900 You know,
00:21:43.060 where did the
00:21:43.920 progressives,
00:21:44.980 you know,
00:21:45.260 they abandoned
00:21:46.060 women in this?
00:21:48.460 So,
00:21:49.000 you know,
00:21:49.380 I'd really applaud
00:21:50.220 Debbie and Diana
00:21:51.540 for their leadership
00:21:52.440 on this and I will
00:21:53.240 certainly support
00:21:53.940 their resolution.
00:21:55.580 Well,
00:21:55.740 that sounds
00:21:56.100 wonderful.
00:21:57.160 You've been a
00:21:57.860 champion for
00:21:58.540 Kentucky families
00:21:59.500 and of course
00:22:00.280 families across
00:22:01.080 the nation
00:22:02.160 and you have
00:22:03.460 two daughters
00:22:04.200 yourself.
00:22:05.960 Are you worried
00:22:07.000 for their future,
00:22:09.240 for the country's
00:22:10.160 future,
00:22:10.620 what this looks
00:22:11.300 like,
00:22:11.640 you know,
00:22:11.880 in five,
00:22:12.480 ten years down
00:22:13.120 the road?
00:22:14.620 Well,
00:22:14.760 I'm an optimist
00:22:15.480 and of course
00:22:15.960 we're all concerned
00:22:16.840 about this.
00:22:17.400 That's why we're
00:22:17.860 talking about it
00:22:18.600 on your podcast
00:22:19.440 and why you've
00:22:20.720 stepped in
00:22:21.440 in a courageous
00:22:22.360 way,
00:22:23.120 in a bold way
00:22:23.880 to speak the truth
00:22:25.460 and to stand
00:22:26.380 up and,
00:22:27.060 you know,
00:22:27.560 take the arrows.
00:22:28.260 You've taken the
00:22:28.880 arrows and so
00:22:30.240 that's why I'm
00:22:30.920 optimistic,
00:22:31.620 Riley,
00:22:32.440 because of people
00:22:33.280 like you,
00:22:34.420 because of people
00:22:35.120 like you who are
00:22:35.780 willing to face
00:22:36.760 all of that
00:22:38.180 hateful blowback
00:22:40.560 but you're doing
00:22:41.600 the right thing.
00:22:42.940 You're saying
00:22:43.560 the right thing
00:22:44.420 and there are
00:22:45.080 millions of
00:22:46.560 Americans who
00:22:47.540 feel silenced
00:22:48.580 because of our
00:22:49.420 politically correct
00:22:50.320 culture and
00:22:51.820 because of
00:22:52.200 cancel culture
00:22:52.960 who don't feel
00:22:54.040 liberated to say
00:22:55.500 exactly what
00:22:56.400 you are saying.
00:22:57.940 So why am I
00:22:58.660 optimistic?
00:22:59.380 Because of people
00:23:00.200 like you who
00:23:01.500 are representing
00:23:02.180 millions of
00:23:03.120 voices who have
00:23:03.740 been silenced
00:23:04.500 through woke
00:23:05.500 cancel culture.
00:23:07.780 Well, you're
00:23:08.500 right in saying
00:23:09.220 that it's
00:23:09.780 liberating because
00:23:10.600 it is.
00:23:11.120 To say the truth,
00:23:11.860 it feels like a
00:23:12.440 weight is off
00:23:12.880 your shoulders.
00:23:14.340 I know you
00:23:15.080 probably have to
00:23:15.880 go.
00:23:16.440 I'm sure there's
00:23:17.040 some votes going
00:23:17.760 on somewhere.
00:23:18.520 as we wrap
00:23:20.380 up, what's
00:23:20.900 it going to
00:23:21.340 take to
00:23:22.240 restore, again,
00:23:24.100 America?
00:23:25.240 Looking at the
00:23:26.100 broader picture
00:23:26.960 outside of just
00:23:28.380 women's sports,
00:23:29.060 what's it going
00:23:29.380 to take to
00:23:29.820 restore America?
00:23:31.280 Well, I think
00:23:31.680 we need to hold
00:23:32.620 our leaders
00:23:33.500 accountable.
00:23:34.520 When they veto
00:23:35.200 common sense
00:23:35.860 bills, when they
00:23:36.820 cast a vote
00:23:38.260 against protecting
00:23:39.760 girls, then we
00:23:41.500 need to hold
00:23:41.960 them accountable
00:23:42.480 and we need to
00:23:43.160 run elections
00:23:43.940 based on that.
00:23:45.480 And let the
00:23:46.280 American people
00:23:46.960 decide, both
00:23:48.100 Republicans,
00:23:48.800 Democrats,
00:23:49.360 Independents,
00:23:49.980 Moderates, you
00:23:51.060 know, who's on
00:23:51.520 your side?
00:23:52.720 Let them know
00:23:53.320 the record.
00:23:54.360 Who is on your
00:23:55.160 side?
00:23:55.600 Seriously, think
00:23:56.660 about this.
00:23:57.440 Who is on the
00:23:58.320 side of your
00:23:59.080 daughters?
00:24:00.600 Is it the people
00:24:02.280 who want to
00:24:02.800 allow biological
00:24:03.700 men in their
00:24:04.460 locker rooms at
00:24:05.180 age 15 years
00:24:06.140 old?
00:24:06.780 Are they on
00:24:07.620 your side?
00:24:08.180 Really?
00:24:08.900 No.
00:24:09.960 This is how we
00:24:10.860 achieve success
00:24:12.820 and we are on
00:24:14.020 the right side
00:24:14.780 of this issue
00:24:15.420 and we just
00:24:16.580 need to make
00:24:17.080 sure that we
00:24:17.720 hold politicians
00:24:19.040 accountable for
00:24:20.500 cowering to the
00:24:22.560 extremists on
00:24:23.620 this issue.
00:24:25.060 I love that
00:24:26.120 because what I've
00:24:28.080 seen this past
00:24:28.980 year and a half
00:24:29.980 really since I've
00:24:30.700 taken this stance
00:24:31.500 is the two things
00:24:32.420 that are missing
00:24:33.040 are responsibility
00:24:34.260 and accountability.
00:24:36.220 So I couldn't
00:24:36.640 agree more.
00:24:37.740 Representative Barr,
00:24:38.680 I appreciate you.
00:24:40.100 I appreciate the
00:24:40.820 work you do, the
00:24:41.580 stances you take,
00:24:42.420 and how you stand
00:24:43.300 with women.
00:24:43.740 So thank you for
00:24:45.380 doing those things
00:24:46.600 and I know you
00:24:47.700 got to run.
00:24:48.220 So thank you,
00:24:48.740 thank you,
00:24:49.060 thank you.
00:24:50.000 Thanks, Riley.
00:24:50.620 Keep up the great
00:24:51.220 work.
00:24:51.840 Go Big Blue.
00:24:53.060 Absolutely go Big
00:24:54.180 Blue.
00:24:56.320 Representative Barr
00:24:57.220 laid it all out in a
00:24:58.580 way that perfectly
00:24:59.580 highlights why this
00:25:00.840 issue and so many
00:25:02.420 other issues that
00:25:03.300 we're facing as a
00:25:04.080 nation are common
00:25:05.200 sense issues.
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