Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas BARRED From Olympics

Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke discuss the ruling that transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is not allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics. #Olympics #LiaThomas

Originally aired June 14, 2024.

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[MarkSmithhhh]

Lia thomas is not banned from the olympics...he can try out for the mens team, he just isnt good enough

[SherminatorPT]

Take back all the medals and awards HE stole!

[colinrobinson]

Trans swimmer? You mean ‘male’ swimmer.
You cannot change your chromosomes.
Fact.

[the_eerie_faerie_tales]

good! they shouldn't allow cheaters.

[gomblebomble]

Shouldn't even be a topic of conversation.

[charupoom]

He is not being discriminated against
He cause all the discrimination against women !
Shame on the people who actually allowed him to swim against women

[VoodooCosmonaut]

I am 100% blue-wave registered Democrat and this whole transgender sports debate is ridiculous. Lia should have never been allowed to compete against biological women.

[HB-iqbl]

He can swim in the mens team if he wants the exercise.

[freesaxon]

It's a crazy world, this shouldn't be even up for discussion

[torimcneel]

I’m losing brain cells listening to Jessica .

[m.g.]

Me-me-me. That's when you know he is an opportunist. Glad he got rejected. Time to protect women from insecure male opportunists. Good on the Olympics, there's still hope

[MatthewMortensen]

Like it or not they made the right decision.

[anujchandkapoor]

So a male swimmer is barred from women's competition. Yes that's correct.

[Francine-Cichy]

William Thomas swam in the men’s division from 2017-2020 and ranked around 60th in the top 100.

Joins the female division and ranks 1st.

What a joke.

[emckinney]

Jessica's arguments get weaker each time this topic is discussed.

[Dragon-dizg]

HE has not been banned from swimming in competitions, HE has been banned from taking part in WOMENS competitions. HE needs to give back all the medals and trophies he stole by competing against WOMEN.

[octopusman]

Biology should be the only marker that determines whether a person competes as a male or female in any sport

[emartinezr]

He's not been barred. He's free to compete against the men.

[artgurrl]

I'm not sure if Jessica actually believes what she says but her take on this is so warped and such a lie that I wonder what planet she lives on.

[michalerudster]

HE is a cheater and has no interest in protecting women's sports. He was only interested in protecting his own selfish interests !!! Booo hooo hoooo