Ex-Vikings player calls Tim Walz 'disgusting, disgrace to football' for letting trans athletes in girls sports

Ainsley, an eighth grade volleyball player in Minnesota, told Fox News Digital why she is supporting her state's legislation to keep men out of women's sports.

Former Minnesota Vikings and University of Minnesota football player Jack Brewer will be joining conservative activist Riley Gaines for a rally in his home state Monday to lobby for a bill to ban transgender athletes in women's sports. 

The "Preserving Girls' Sports Act" passed in the state's House Education Policy Committee Feb. 20 and will be voted on in the House of Representatives Monday. If it passes there, it will go to Gov. Tim Walz's desk, where it is expected to get vetoed because Walz is a strong advocate for transgender rights. 

Brewer, the founder of the Jack Brewer Foundation, told Fox News Digital he finds Walz's pro-trans stances "disgusting," especially considering Walz was a high school football coach at Mankato West High School in the 1990s. 

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"It's absolutely disgusting, and it's why, when you see him and you see his mannerisms and the way he carries himself, you know this guy doesn't appeal to real men and boys who have battled it out on the gridiron, man. I have nothing in common with this guy," Brewer said. 

"I think he's a disgrace to the football world to be honest." 

In April 2023, Walz signed the "Trans Refuge" bill that shields people seeking and providing gender-affirming care in the state. Recently, Minnesota has come under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for defying President Donald Trump's recent "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order because Minnesota has continued to allow trans athletes to compete against girls in