Education Secretary Linda McMahon is requesting clarity on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) position on whether transgender athletes should be allowed to compete on girls’ and women’s sports teams after the progressive governor and likely 2028 presidential candidate surprised many by saying he found their participation “deeply unfair.”

Newsom made the comments early this month on the debut episode of his podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom,” which featured a conversation with Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, an organization that brings conservative politics to high school and college campuses.

National and state LGBTQ rights groups admonished Newsom for the remarks, and some California Democrats accused the governor of caving to conservative talking points. “The Governor has had many courageous moments over the decades supporting LGBTQ people,” state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) said. “This is not one of those moments.”

McMahon, in a letter sent Thursday to Newsom, said “an overwhelming majority of Americans agree with you” that transgender athletes participating on........

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