Betty Yee Comments On Olympics
With the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on the horizon, California was already facing a mounting stack of logistical and political headaches. Between wildfires torching swaths of the Palisades, hotel owners threatening to flee over crushing wage mandates, and Mayor Karen Bass’s outlandish pledge to make the event “car-free” (in Los Angeles, no less), the Olympic welcome mat is starting to look more like a caution sign.
But now, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Betty Yee may have just added the final act to this slow-moving spectacle by suggesting the unthinkable: a “gender neutral” Olympics.
In a heated interview with Piers Morgan, Yee repeatedly affirmed her support for allowing biological males who identify as transgender women to compete in women’s Olympic events. Her rationale? “Transgender female athletes are women athletes,” and therefore, she believes, they deserve full access to the women’s division. That’s not just a position—it’s a political earthquake.
California Democrat governor candidate says gender neutral 2028 Olympics in LA makes sense, suggests women’s sprinters may be able to beat men’s sprinters. Watch all of this from @piersmorgan. These Dems are batshit insane: pic.twitter.com/5fjfCmgCKc
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 15, 2025
Morgan, to his credit, pressed hard. Did she really think it was fair? Could she name any Olympic sport where biological men wouldn’t hold a competitive edge over women? Aside from perhaps archery, she couldn’t. When asked whether female athletes should compete directly against the likes of Usain Bolt, her answer was startlingly unserious: “Perhaps. I’m not a sports expert.”
That may be true. But the ramifications of her position don’t require athletic expertise—just a basic understanding of biology and fairness. And that’s exactly where this conversation becomes more than political posturing. It becomes a referendum on whether women’s sports—and women athletes—will continue to exist as distinct, protected categories in elite competition.
Even as Yee pushes this radical redefinition, it’s worth noting she wouldn’t even have the authority to implement such a policy as governor. Olympic eligibility rules are governed by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee, not the State of California.
In fact, both the Trump-era federal policies and the USOPC’s updated rules now explicitly bar male-born athletes from competing in women’s events at the elite level.
But Yee’s comments aren’t about legal authority—they’re about signaling, and that signal couldn’t be clearer. For all the Democratic Party’s claims to defend women’s rights, candidates like Yee are increasingly willing to sacrifice women’s fairness on the altar of gender ideology. And it’s not just theoretical. From high school podiums to Olympic qualifiers, female athletes are being pushed aside in their own categories by individuals who—however they identify—retain a competitive advantage rooted in male physiology.
In that context, a “gender neutral” Olympics isn’t just an idea—it’s a threat. It would mean the erasure of women from the highest levels of competition, turning what should be the pinnacle of female athletic achievement into a performative battleground where ideology trumps integrity.