No, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas didn’t say she’s leaving the U.S.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas recently lost a legal challenge to overturn rules barring her from competing in women’s elite swimming races. But claims that she’s leaving the U.S. as a result aren’t true. 

"Lia Thomas declares: ‘In our country, only people like Butker have a place — I’m leaving the USA,’" a June 20 Facebook post said, referring to Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who gave a controversial college commencement speech in May urging women to be homemakers.

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