Trump mocks trans athletes in women's sports to roaring applause at Alabama commencement speech
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President Donald Trump stirred the hearts of the University of Alabama graduates when he reaffirmed his promise to "keep men out of women's sports."
During a commencement speech at the university's graduation ceremony on Thursday night, Trump gave a shoutout to the school's SEC champion women's track and field team before igniting a raucous applause by "vowing to defend women's sports."
"As long as I'm president, we will always protect women's sports. Men will not play in women's sports," Trump said before the crowd erupted in cheers for its loudest and longest applause of the night.
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