The DOGE subcommittee held a hearing recently to investigate USA Fencing. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene led the charge in this hearing by lambasting the organization and its representatives. The growing issue of transgender participation in female sports continues.
This comes after a female fencer was disqualified from competition after taking a knee. She did this because she refused to compete against her transgender opponent.
Regarding the hearing, Greene released an opening statement on X. She stated, “Female athletes are being injured, disqualified, and pushed out of their own sports, all because woke organizations like USA Fencing are letting biological men invade women’s competition.”
Greene had several exchanges with the Chair of USA Fencing, Damien Lehfeldt. She grilled him over the question of female spaces like locker rooms. She asked him if he would accept a biological male changing in front of his daughter.
Greene commented on X, “He couldn’t say “NO.” That tells you EVERYTHING. These people have lost all common sense.”
She continued to criticize Lehfeldt’s stance by highlighting one of his blog posts. In the post, he said that he hoped his daughter wouldn’t care if she lost to a biological male. Lehfeldt’s only hope is that they would both enjoy the match.
Greene lambasted this sentiment as waging war on women’s sports. She commented, “I will NEVER accept men beating women down in their own sports. President Trump was RIGHT to act. We must codify his executive order to keep MEN out of WOMEN’S SPORTS.”
Greene also targeted USA Fencing for allowing ideology to dictate their actions. For example, the committee found that the organization plans events based on proximity to abortion clinics and LGBTQ+ acceptance.
Finally, Greene squared off with a democrat member of the committee. The member accused Greene of only caring about certain constituents.
Greene responded by highlighting the hypocrisy on display. Simply put, the member criticizes the “patriarchy,” but defends biological males in women’s sports.
Although DOGE has pledged to rid the government of waste, fraud, and abuse, this initiative is not connected to that purpose. It seems DOGE has switched focus by targeting cultural issues.
