Fencer who went viral for protest of trans athlete reacts to Team USA following Trump's women's sports order

Women's fencer Stephanie Turner speaks to Fox News Digital about the change to the USOPC's policy on trans athletes nearly four months after her protest of the issue went viral.

Women's fencer Stephanie Turner believed she was "ruining her life" when she chose to kneel in protest of a transgender competitor at a USA Fencing event in late March. 

But after nearly four months, a congressional hearing on the subject and, now, a revision in Team USA's transgender participation policy that surfaced Tuesday, Turner says she "absolutely" would do it all again. 

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) updated its policies on Tuesday to suggest it will comply with President Donald Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order.

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"This has caused so much of a hindrance to my life personally, and it's caused me so much emotional turmoil that I'm just so glad this is over and that there are a lot of women and girls out there who are very appreciative of this victory," Turner told Fox News Digital. 

"I just have to say thank you [to Trump]. I voted for him, and this was a huge reason why I voted for him. And to see him come through for me and for women and girls so soon into his administration, it just, I mean, that's a huge victory. I've never seen politics work in my favor immediately, effectively, efficiently. … I'm just so grateful for that executive order." 

Still, Turner said that the change taking as long as it did is "disappointing" to her. 

For Turner, a former longtime Democrat and Maryland native, Trump in 2024 was the first Republican she's voted for. She says she "shudders" to think where she'd be if she and other former Democrats didn't vote for