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Topics: Megan Rapinoe, USA, Football
Ryan Smart
Piers Morgan has fired back at former USWNT star Megan Rapinoe after she called US President Donald Trump 'depraved' over his views on transgender athletes.
Last month, Trump signed an executive order banning the participation of trans athletes in female categories of sports.
The order largely covers high schools, universities and grassroots sports.
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In a press briefing at the White House, Trump subsequently warned that organisations would risk losing their federal funding if they did not comply with the order.
The order has proven controversial among opposing groups, with Rapinoe now having her say.
In an interview with MUNDIAL, former USWNT captain Rapinoe was asked about Trump's trans athletes ban.
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The 39-year-old, who is an advocate for numerous LGBTIA+ organisations, replied: "Don't tell me it's about the rights of women's sports.
"That is totally disingenuous to say that. I think it's just really cruel, you know. If you strip it all back, it's just kind of cruel and depraved.
"This isn't an issue, and you aren't going to be able to Executive Order trans people out of existence.
"We've just gone through a very long period over 10 years of really needing to fight just to get to a baseline of, like, equal rights and non-discriminatory behaviour. And I think when people stop just s**tting on women's sports, I think we are sort of at that moment."
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Now, television host Morgan has responded to Rapinoe.
Taking to his Twitter account, Morgan hit back: "Imagine thinking that anyone who questions biological men playing in women's sport is 'depraved'.
"Rapinoe is such a fraud."
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He also voiced his support for four-time Olympic champion and former IAAF president Seb Coe, who is running to replace Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
In a column for The Telegraph, Coe has stated that one of his first priorities, if elected, is to 'protect the female category' of sports.
Morgan responded: "For this reason alone, never mind all his other world-class credentials on and off the track, Seb Coe is obviously the stand-out candidate to be the new IOC president and should win tomorrow's vote."