MSNBC’s Monday edition of The 11th Hour could not hide their displeasure that Republicans were forcing them to talk about the competitive integrity of women’s sports. Host Stephanie Ruhle claimed that conservative concerns don’t “have any evidence,” and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser claimed it was “very painful” to have to spend time discussing the issue.
After a clip of Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Ruhle quickly grew impatient, “This is not a topic we cover much here, but it's an important fact-check because Senator Tuberville has made this claim before. Last month he said it while championing his bill to ban trans athletes from women's sports. An Alabama news outlet reached out to his office for evidence that there are teams comprised only of trans girls and they didn't have any evidence.”
Ruhle then sought to provide context but only ended up making an unrelated point, “When pressed, they said that Tuberville was referring to the fact that he had heard stories. He just heard them out there in the ether about women who have lost trophies and scholarships to trans athletes. So, I just want to set something for the record: in December, the president of the NCAA told a Senate panel that he knew of fewer than ten, fewer than ten transgender athletes in all of college sports, and to Tuberville's claim that women's sports are going extinct.”
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