John Oliver Urges Democrats to Double Down on Trans Athletes and Tell People It’s Absolutely Fair for Them to Compete in Women’s Sports

Oliver: “And it was frustrating to see the Harris campaign fail to formulate a response, especially because it’s pretty easy to do. Watch, I’ll do it for you right now. As we’ve discussed before, there are vanishingly few trans girls competing in high schools anywhere. Even if there were more, trans kids like all kids vary in athletic ability and there is no evidence they pose any threat to safety or fairness. It is very weird for you to be so focused on this subject. And finally, if you genuinely want to address the biggest concern for most girls who play high school sports, you’d be less worried about this and more about the creepy assistant volleyball coach who keeps liking their posts on fuc*ing Instagram.” (Cheering and Applause)