{"id":24389,"date":"2025-03-19T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24389"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:09:22","slug":"piers-morgan-fires-back-at-megan-rapinoe-after-she-brands-donald-trump-depraved-over-trans-athlete-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24389","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan fires back at Megan Rapinoe after she brands Donald Trump ‘depraved’ over trans athlete ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Piers Morgan has fired back at former USWNT star Megan Rapinoe after she called US President Donald Trump ‘depraved’ over his views on transgender athletes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month, Trump signed an executive order banning the participation of trans athletes in female categories of sports.<\/p>\n

The order largely covers high schools, universities and grassroots sports.<\/p>\n

In a press briefing at the White House, Trump subsequently warned that organisations would risk losing their federal funding if they did not comply with the order.<\/p>\n

The order has proven controversial among opposing groups, with Rapinoe now having her say.<\/p>\n

In an interview with\u00a0MUNDIAL<\/a>, former USWNT captain\u00a0Rapinoe<\/a>\u00a0was asked about Trump’s trans athletes ban.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old, who is an advocate for numerous LGBTIA+ organisations, replied: “Don’t tell me it’s about the rights of women’s sports.<\/p>\n

“That is totally disingenuous to say that. I think it’s just really cruel, you know. If you strip it all back, it’s just kind of cruel and depraved.<\/p>\n

“This isn’t an issue, and you aren’t going to be able to Executive Order trans people out of existence.<\/p>\n

“We’ve just gone through a very long period over 10 years of really needing to fight just to get to a baseline of, like, equal rights and non-discriminatory behaviour. And I think when people stop just s**tting on women’s sports, I think we are sort of at that moment.”<\/p>\n

Now, television host Morgan has responded to Rapinoe.<\/p>\n

Taking to his Twitter account, Morgan hit back: “Imagine thinking that anyone who questions biological men playing in women’s sport is ‘depraved’.<\/p>\n

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“Rapinoe is such a fraud.”<\/p>\n

He also voiced his support for four-time\u00a0Olympic<\/a>\u00a0champion and former IAAF president Seb Coe, who is running to replace Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).<\/p>\n

In a column for The Telegraph, Coe has stated that one of his first priorities, if elected, is to ‘protect the female category<\/a>‘ of sports.<\/p>\n

Morgan responded: “For this reason alone, never mind all his other world-class credentials on and off the track, Seb Coe is obviously the stand-out candidate to be the new IOC president and should win tomorrow’s vote.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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