President Trump mocks transgender weightlifters with impersonation

President Donald Trump delivered a commencement address at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Thursday after completing 100 days in office.

Trump recounted a weightlifting competition in which a trans girl beat a competitor identified as female at birth girl by breaking a record by an astonishing 119 pounds.

It’s unclear what competition Trump was referring to.

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