Tom Steyer

I'm totally in favor of trans athletes in high school.

I think when you understand the vulnerability, the stress, the danger,

of being a trans kid and you understand that almost half of them try to commit suicide.

And then you think we're going to punish those kids.

We're going to cut them off from team sports.

We're going to cut them off from participating in the community.

We're going to cut them off from fun.

It's like, no, we're not.

No, we're not.

And you know, as someone who played sports my whole life and love sports and love playing sports, they're more important things than whether you start on your high school basketball team.

And that is standing up for people who are under threat of death.

And so if you want, you know, and so there's a perfect example, but so is the example in terms of, you know, Islamophobia.

Look, clearly yesterday was a story of two very young people with absolutely controlled by hate.

And absolutely, you know, I think if you look at that story, the way I understand it is they went out to kill the kids.

They went out to kill the kids in a school because they were Muslim.

And one of the guys there who was a security guard basically saved those kids and died.

And it's like, come on.

As much as those kids, those killers who committed suicide were consumed with hate, that guy did an amazing job and stood up at the cost of his life for the lives of innocent kids.

And isn't that great?

And so, you know, as I look at it, I view this as I'm standing up for people, you know, standing up for immigrants under threat from ICE.