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Today’s Popcorn Moment: Peggy Flanagan Doesn’t Think "Gender Affirming Care" Should Have an Age Limit · Tony Katz | Popcorn Moment

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  Speaker 1: The WNBA, which thinks they can tell us not to
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  Speaker 1: pay attention. All they did was tell us to pay attention,
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  Speaker 1: and then when we started paying attention, they told us
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  Speaker 1: stop paying attention.
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  Speaker 2: And that.
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  Speaker 1: Is not going to fly. And I said it yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: I'll say it again today. Coach Stephanie White of the
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  Speaker 1: Indiana Fever did herself no favors, absolutely no favors whatsoever
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  Speaker 1: with her statement, which was not strong and bold, but
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  Speaker 2: Fans and an emotional outburst.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it did well in the locker room, it didn't
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  Speaker 1: do well in connecting with the people. There might be
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  Speaker 1: a difference between men and women, and maybe women thought
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  Speaker 1: it was great and wonderful. What Coach White told me
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  Speaker 1: is that I have no business paying attention. I can
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  Speaker 1: disagree with something, but I want to be supportive. And
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  Speaker 1: this isn't the first time I've been supportive of the Fever.
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  Speaker 1: When I first got here and the Fever were going
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  Speaker 1: to the playoffs, we would hold events outside the MS building.
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  Speaker 1: I was there. I know nobody was doing anything for
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  Speaker 1: the Fever. There we were, there was this show. You
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  Speaker 1: guys can't say that the WNWNBA stands for women. It's weird.
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  Speaker 1: It is very odd, and is very weird. And then
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  Speaker 1: you put out a statement through your uh, your commissioner,
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  Speaker 1: Kathy Engelbert, and it reads today's meeting where you were
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  Speaker 1: going to actually dig into the conversation of whether the.
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  Speaker 2: WNBA is for women.
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  Speaker 1: Today's meeting covered a wide range of topics, including ongoing
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  Speaker 1: discussions on transgender athletes at the continued hate and vitriol
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  Speaker 1: directed to players online.
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  Speaker 2: We will continue to engage.
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  Speaker 1: All league stakeholders in the coming weeks and months. The
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  Speaker 1: minute you hear stakeholders, you know there's nothing happening. We
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  Speaker 1: will approach these important conversations thoughtfully and in alignment with
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  Speaker 1: the values of our league. There are no immediate eligibility
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  Speaker 1: matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad
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  Speaker 1: faith efforts to use those topics to demean or marginalize others.
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  Speaker 2: Translation, we're not touching this. We hope you all forget it.
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  Speaker 1: WNBA can't say what a woman is and won't defend it.
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  Speaker 2: This is on them. You can't change what's happening.
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  Speaker 1: It's here, and the reason it's here is because we
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  Speaker 1: are absolutely in a cultural war. And if the WNBA
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  Speaker 1: wants to be upset that they're caught in the culture war,
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  Speaker 1: I can appreciate that. But they are in it because
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  Speaker 1: they can't say something that Sophie Cunningham said, which is
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  Speaker 1: the normal rational point of view girls sports for girls.
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  Speaker 1: Adding to this is Peggy Flanagan, who's the Democrat nay
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  Speaker 1: Communist candidate for Senate in Minnesota, who is there on
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  Speaker 1: CNN saying that you should be able to mutilate children.
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  Speaker 3: Minnesota law does not set a minimum age for gender
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  Speaker 3: affirming care. Do you believe there should be one? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I believe that what we need to do is make
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  Speaker 3: sure that people have access to healthcare. Frankly, that's one
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  Speaker 3: of the reasons, you know why I've run so hard
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  Speaker 3: on Medicare for all and make gender firming care and
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  Speaker 3: an rnity. Should there be an age limit? I think
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  Speaker 3: gender affirming care is part of healthcare. People need a
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  Speaker 3: very answer on that for healthcare. I think our law
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  Speaker 3: as it stands is a good law I've supported in
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  Speaker 3: the past. But I think the real question the people
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  Speaker 3: are struggling with is if I go to the doctor,
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  Speaker 3: how am I going to pay that bill? You know,
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  Speaker 3: when folks have sixty.
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  Speaker 2: The spin is incredible. It's just CNN. Should you allow
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  Speaker 2: an eleven year old to be mutilated?
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  Speaker 1: And the answer is no. The answer is no. But
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  Speaker 1: they can't say no. These wild progressives cannot say no.
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  Speaker 1: There is no such thing as gender affirming care. It
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  Speaker 1: is cover for child mutilation. And the answer is no,
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  Speaker 1: And they can't say no. Connecticut is now saying no.
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  Speaker 1: We have nations overseas saying no. Of course we should
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  Speaker 1: be saying no. The answer is no. There is not
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  Speaker 1: a tough part too. Do we mutilate children?
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  Speaker 2: No? It's just that easy. It's just that simple.
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  Speaker 1: Peggy Flanagan, the progressive where the Democrats are can't do
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  Speaker 1: it like the WNBA can't do it. The W stands
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  Speaker 1: for women And until you're able to honestly address the
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  Speaker 1: situation and state what it is, you're gonna have this.
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  Speaker 2: But if your answer.
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  Speaker 1: WNBA is we don't care if men claim to be women,
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  Speaker 1: we're fine with that. Don't get angry when people decide
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  Speaker 1: they want to join the league and don't make the
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  Speaker 1: claim that they're not real women. If the WNBA cannot
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  Speaker 1: state clearly what a woman is, don't get upset with
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  Speaker 1: other people for not doing the same exact thing. Kathy Engelbert,
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  Speaker 1: you're doing this to yourself. Coach White, you're doing this
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  Speaker 1: to yourself.