WATCH: MTG skewers fencing chief over his daughter losing to a man
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Wednesday chaired a hearing of the House DOGE subcommittee lambasted the chairman of USA Fencing, Damien Lehfeldt, one of the witnesses who testified.
Lehfeldt was there to justify his organization’s inclusion of biological males in female categories of fencing competition. Quoting from a blog post of Lehfeldt’s, Greene noted his feelings on his daughter hypothetically competing against a man.
“You came here today to defeat women in their own sport,” Greene told Lehfeldt. “You are a man who would tell his daughter to lose to a biological man and enjoy it!”
Greene’s hearing was in response to a female fencer who recently refused to compete against a male fencer who “identifies” as a woman.
WATCH:
The Chair of USA Fencing, Damien Lehfeldt, said he hopes his daughter doesn’t care if she loses to a man, as long as everyone “enjoys the match.”
This is sick!
I will NEVER accept men beating women down in their own sports.
President Trump was RIGHT to act. We must codify his… pic.twitter.com/fUMMDBrFoA
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene?ﾟﾇﾸ (@RepMTG) May 7, 2025