Stephanie Turner, Payton McNabb open up on chaotic DOGE hearing on trans athletes

Women's fencer Stephanie Turner and former girls' volleyball player Payton McNabb were witnesses in Wednesday's heated DOGE subcommittee hearing on trans athletes in women's sports and were faced with several shocking moments by Democrats.

Female athletes Stephanie Turner and Payton McNabb testified to members of Congress at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee's "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" hearing on Wednesday.

At one point during the hearing, the two women were approached by Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas. 

"'You're both very courageous. You're very courageous being here, and I want to say thank you for all of this,'" Crockett said to the two women, Turner told Fox News Digital.  

"And I said ‘Payton and I both took time out of our day to be there, and I find it very disrespectful that you would co-opt this hearing that is about me and Payton and make it about your own politics.’"

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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, center, speaks to Stephanie Turner, left, a fencer who refused to compete against a transgender athlete, and Payton McNabb, a former North Carolina high school volleyball player who was injured by a transgender opponent, during the hearing on "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" held by the DOGE Subcommittee on May 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Crockett had just used her turn during the hearing to divert the conversation away from protecting women's sports, the main purpose of the hearing, to condemn President Donald Trump for other issues. Crockett previously attempted to speak out of turn earlier in the hearing. 

Then Crockett even made light of the issue of trans athlete