Pro golfer Hailey Davidson obliterates Caitlyn Jenner’s argument against trans athletes in .5 seconds
Caitlyn Jenner’s super hypocritical comments about trans women in sports on Fox News last week left golfer Hailey Davidson in an odd place.Jenner came out in support of Davidson golfing competitively against other women, saying that she is “playing by the rules”, as opposed to all the other trans athletes that Jenner has been critical of in the past.This is initially surprising in the face of her previous anti-trans athletics comments.
It becomes less surprising, however, with the fact that golf just happens to be Jenner’s sport of choice these days.In her first interview since the segment aired, Davidson carefully threads the needle of responding to a trans figure supporting her through the use of transphobic rhetoric.Related: Caitlyn Jenner was a transphobic trainwreck on Fox News last nightShe starts by telling TMZ that she appreciates the support (a point she reiterates throughout that works well to soften her objections).“The support has been awesome,” she says, though adding that it was “definitely surprising.”She asserts that she and Jenner “sure disagree on some things,” presumably in regard to other trans people in athletics.“I would love to talk to her a little bit more about how we are all athletes, and her experience may not be everyone’s experience.She says that Jenner likely has a much different view as a former decathlete, stating, “With what she was training to do, yeah, I’m pretty sure she’s pretty big and strong.”“While sports are different, it needs to be treated on more of a human basis.
