'Pathetic' Piers Morgan reignites trans row in celebratory tweet about England Lionesses

express.co.uk:

Piers Morgan, 57, has reignited the row surrounding transgender women in sport.The broadcaster shared a controversial tweet regarding the Lionesses’ win during Tuesday's semi-final.In view of his 7.9 million followers, Piers typed: “Football’s coming home… to people who don’t identify as men! #LionessesLive”Twitter account FootballJOE soon replied to the tweet, asking: “Why are you like this?”Piers then went on to explain that his intention was to “mock” the “woke mob”.He wrote: “I’ll tell you why..

because we should be celebrating England’s women footballers for their gender-specific brilliance - but nobody’s even allowed to say what a woman is these days for fear of cancellation by the woke mob, and I want to mock that madness until it stops.”Comedian and podcast host Adam Rowe replied to Piers’ tweet, accusing Piers of making the Lionesses’ victory a “trans issue”.He penned: “That’s just not true though is it.“Loads of people are tweeting their joy and congratulations at England’s women’s team, calling them women and nobody but you is making it a Trans issue.