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Trump, pointing to disputed San Jose State volleyball play, vows to ban transgender athletes

Donald Trump got wind of the ongoing issue surrounding gender identity and women’s volleyball in the Mountain West Conference and declared Wednesday during a town hall on Fox News Channel’s “The Faulkner Focus” that if elected he would ban all transgender women from competing in women’s sports.

Four universities have forfeited matches against the Spartans following controversy over the gender identity of one of the team’s players.

Answering a question about transgender athletes, Trump referenced a play last week showing a San Jose State women’s volleyball player spiking a ball that hit a San Diego State player in the arms, briefly knocking her down.