While campaigning in Montana, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump parroted the widespread falsehood that Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif transitioned. "I would like to congratulate the young woman who transitioned from a man into a boxer ," Trump boasted. Khelif defeated Yang Lui to claim gold in the women's welterweight boxing tournament at the Paris Olympics .
The 25-year-old became Algeria's first-ever gold medalist in any women's boxing event. READ MORE: Imane Khelif's Olympics win over female boxing rival divides opinion READ MORE: Female boxer that beat Imane Khelif makes feelings clear on new Olympic champion She's attracted controversy over the past week stemming from a previous qualification by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for a failed gender eligibility test. Many prominent figures, such as J.
K. Rowling and Elon Musk , have hopped on the chance to conflate Khelif's story into a "keep boys out of girls sports" story. In Montana, Trump sensed the crowd's feelings and pounced.
"How about the young Italian, beautiful Italian boxer, she got in there and she didn’t know what was going on," Trump said referencing Angela Carini, the boxer who Khalif defeated in a matter of seconds. "She’s a very good boxer, you know against other women, [but] she didn’t count on this." Trump referred to Khalif as 'he', explaining: "And he’s up here, bum, one little jab.
.. 'no one ever hit me that way'.
It’s crazy what they’re doing...
.what do you thin.