00:02:17.000you've got nice roots there and go blonde. I'm wearing a wig topper tonight. I have a wig on
00:02:21.820as well, uh, that I wear almost every day. Um, mine's not as long as yours, but you look
00:02:26.960beautiful tonight. Thank you. You do too. And then what, okay. Your definition, what is a woman?
00:02:32.940Everybody wants to know what's a woman. Well, I think a woman is a person who can have a child.1.00
00:02:39.780Yeah. They can biologically have a child that has a uterus that has, uh, uh, women reproductive1.00
00:02:44.940of organs, whether they be functioning or not. And ultimately, women serve an incredible purpose0.98
00:02:52.480in our society. They're mothers. I have a mother. My mother has a mother in many generations before1.00
00:02:57.380that. So it's quite scary that we've somehow lost the terminology of woman somewhere in here.
00:03:04.920But since we have, I mean, Roysha is having a blast. I never thought I could be a woman.
00:03:09.320and at 35 years old this is somewhat of a midlife point to be able to become a woman you know in my
00:03:16.200midlife point is is a blessing I'm having a blast a woman that can dunk on other women I mean how0.91
00:03:22.220great would that be to be able to do that or smash the ball in their their faces so explain to us1.00
00:03:27.520why you entered why you try to enter the WNBA you and Ennis Cantor freedom why do that like
00:03:32.980what was the point? Well, I want to be included. I want to be allowed to be allowed to participate.
00:03:41.020I think I have a right to participate. Transgenders have existed since time immemorial,
00:03:46.240since the beginning of time. And we have a right to exist and we have a right to participate.
00:03:51.660We have a right to play the sports and pursue our dreams and do all the things that we want to do
00:03:57.200with the rest of society. And at the professional level, I honestly see there should be a delineation
00:04:02.780between professional sports and youth sports or college sports.
00:04:07.980Our college students are still in the bosom of their parents, right?
00:04:11.780I mean, they're adult age, but they functionally are still children in many ways.
00:04:18.100So I think we should delineate between the circus that is professional sports
00:04:22.540and a part of the community building that is youth and college sports.
00:04:29.860so in that way i think i should be able to play i mean you know every circus bearded lady1.00
00:04:36.100i know well you know that's what they want i mean that's what these liberal white women1.00
00:04:40.840loris that's that's what they want they want men to participate just like you big bona fide muscular0.97
00:04:47.000men to beat up on the women that's what they're advocating for but speaking of participation this
00:04:52.060week a letter came out from the wnba and it went to so members of congress five house members
00:04:58.000actually, and I can't believe I wasn't one of them. I don't know how this letter went out without my
00:05:01.360signature on it, but five house members wrote the WNBA. The WNBA wrote back and said, with respect
00:05:08.460to your questions regarding eligibility, only women are eligible to play in the WNBA, and the
00:05:14.160individuals you cite in your letter are both men, and the individuals they cite are you, Royce, and
00:05:19.380Ennis Cantor Freedom, saying you're both men, but isn't it true that in the WNBA's own rules, they
00:05:25.580don't even define what a woman is so does number one I got two questions about this letter does
00:05:30.600it satisfy your push to force the league to define biological sex number one and if the NBA WNBA can
00:05:37.660say you're a man why the hell can they not define what a woman is in their in their rule book
00:05:43.460well it certainly doesn't satisfy me uh I can't speak on on behalf of Venus but I saw a video
00:05:50.360that he put out in the last couple of days and I was mortified to see how he was treated at the
00:05:55.340at the atlanta game uh last night uh kicked out of the game not allowed to to sit in his seats
00:06:02.300the seats that he purchased as a fan as an american citizen more importantly as a trans woman
00:06:07.100and they wanted to hide him up in some suite like they're like they're ashamed of us i mean who would
00:06:11.580uh you know they kicked me out of the game for supporting women they kicked me out of the game
00:06:21.740they're not letting me in the arena by protecting women and supporting women shame on the nba now
00:06:27.980you have retained an attorney matt gates is that right one of my former colleagues and are you
00:06:33.500are you is the letter it doesn't sound like it satisfied you the requirement that you wanted to
00:06:38.140get in writing so gates posted that the w nba should preserve all records in anticipation of
00:06:44.220litigation or media sources say both of you are ineligible of course the league says that now
00:06:50.380um but it hasn't quite addressed it so are you still going to sue after this letter to congress
00:06:56.060from the wnba the letter is just further proof of the wnba's uh discrimination actually it it
00:07:04.700it doesn't acknowledge my trans identity which is tantamount to genocide i mean we know there's
00:07:10.620a full-blown genocide and gender is happening in this country and all around the world and you know
00:07:16.220We we have been persecuted for millennia. And I'm grateful as a as a woman that we have strong men like you and in this canter freedom who are standing up for us and our rights.0.53
00:07:26.440We only got the right to vote just over 100 years ago. We have Title IX.
00:07:30.200We fought for our rights. And in fact, I was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from the state of South Carolina.
00:07:37.620And it happened about 100 years after women's suffrage.0.98
00:07:40.500And so we've gotten pretty far, but now they're like stealing our rights away from us.0.54
00:07:46.280And so I can't thank you enough for for what Roy Shaw, what Roy Shaw is doing to bring attention to the issues that are facing women right now.
00:07:54.820And speaking of some of the mental health issues, one of the things I want to highlight tonight is that a lot of people don't know that you have run for office before.
00:08:01.680You were the Republican nominee in Minnesota, I guess, two years ago in 2024.
00:08:06.480And you ran again this summer for the United States Senate.
00:08:09.340you've made a difference in politics. You've been very outspoken on mental health issues.
00:08:14.440I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2024. I have PTSD. The reason I'm
00:08:19.880wearing the wig is because I've lost a lot of my hair, but you've also been outspoken about some
00:08:24.380of the mental health issues. And I wanted to ask you while I had you on tonight, we're going to
00:08:27.600talk about the NIL too, but what do you think about the NBA? Did they fail your mental health
00:08:33.120issues that you were facing when you were a professional basketball player? What would you
00:08:37.260tell a young player today who who may want to go into the nba is in college or is looking at it
00:08:43.240you know with respect to their mental health and getting in the game well mental health is the
00:08:48.800greatest social issue we face and i don't like to talk about mental health in terms of the dsm i
00:08:53.900think it's a much deeper issue than that i think mental health is where the mind body and spirit
00:08:58.580converge you know the perceived uh perceived or real conscious reality that's that's where a lot
00:09:05.940of the wood gets chopped in the human condition. So it's just another way to say the human
00:09:10.300condition. And because of that, it's the most important domain of our society, certainly of
00:09:15.540our science. We should be hyper-focused on the human mind and how it works. And up until this
00:09:21.060point, it would appear that the majority of the focus has gone into how to manipulate and control
00:09:27.280the human mind, vis-a-vis social media, the advent of social media, which is explicitly predatory
00:09:34.040on the human psychology and uh we we have seen a spike in mental health conditions mental illness
00:09:41.880severe mental illness just recently we we see a string of women who are murdering their own
00:09:47.460children yeah uh you know so yeah i mean mental illness is at an all-time high
00:09:52.180my battle with the nba was uh you know was ahead of its time in that i i see professional sports
00:10:00.960as a watering hole for a global corporate community and the question that all american
00:10:05.520citizens should have but citizens worldwide is what is the premium of life what is the premium
00:10:10.480of humanity for the global corporate community i've become a very anti-establishment anti-globalist
00:10:16.560politician which is part of the reason why i haven't won yet right i ran three times actually
00:10:20.880once oh okay yeah i ran in 2022 for congress i i lost in the primary by about 700 votes
00:10:28.400Good for you for getting in the arena. I mean, that's one of the toughest things. People don't understand how hard it is to put your name in the hat to get into the arena. People are looking at everything. And I'm leaving Congress. I'm leaving politics for a while. I'm looking forward to it. Less death threats. Speaking of death threats, you just got one recently. Piper, throw it up on the screen. I'm going to read it to you. It's from, I believe it's on X, but this is from an Owen McDonald. He sent this message to Royce.
00:10:57.580He goes, hey, buddy, I hope you're skinned and eaten in front of your family, you dirtbag, little you should be put so far in the ground.0.99
00:11:05.680The worms can't even reach you. And I can't wait to celebrate your death like I did the Kirky boys.1.00
00:11:11.140This is what happens when we have conservative voices, particularly when we have minority conservative voices.0.99
00:11:17.140You're a black man. Now you're a black trans man or black trans woman.0.97
00:11:20.000but be a black man and to be conservative to be anti-establishment and i've got a lifetime0.99
00:11:26.200membership to being hated royce just like you the same media that hates you they hate me the0.97
00:11:30.720new york post can't write one nice word about the conservative effort i've undergone same with you0.98
00:11:35.020they trash you as much as they trash me and it's disgusting so what what do you do when you get0.52
00:11:40.800these kinds of threats like what do you what do you have security like how are you staying safe0.67
00:11:46.340because you have been very vocal on conservative issues.
00:11:48.920Well, the first thing I think is I'm vindicated.1.00
00:11:52.320When I told the NBA that the mental health crisis was on the horizon,0.68