Durbin faces backlash for remark on trans inclusion in women's sports

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., took heat on social media on Tuesday for a post he made about transgender athletes in women’s sports.

Durbin was among the lawmakers who grilled NCAA President Charlie Baker on Capitol Hill. Durbin asked Baker how many athletes were in the collegiate organization and how many of those athletes were transgender.

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Baker said there were about 510,000 NCAA athletes with 10 or fewer of those being transgender.

"Let’s focus on ways to actually improve women’s sports," Durbin wrote on X.

The senator faced backlash for the post on X.

Baker faced questions from Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo....