USA Fencing transgender controversy gets DOGE hearing after Stephanie Turner is punished for protest kneel

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DOGE subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday announced a hearing addressing USA Fencing's gender eligibility policies that allow biological male transgender athletes to compete in the women's category. 

The hearing is scheduled for May 7. 

The announcement comes weeks after women's fencer Stephanie Turner was punished for kneeling in protest of a trans competitor in a widely publicized incident. 

Turner has been invited to the hearing along with Damien Lehfeldt, board chair of USA Fencing, to testify.

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"Women’s sports are for women only. Radical leftists pushing to let biological men compete against women are destroying fair competition and putting female athletes in physical danger. Stephanie Turner had the courage to call out this insanity, and she’s a hero to women across America," Greene said in the announcement. 

"USA Fencing must be held accountable for demeaning women and denying them of the chance to succeed in their own sport. It is out of compliance with President Trump’s executive order and it should not be recognized as the National Governing Body for fencing if it continues to defy the law."

Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Friday a newly formed Title IX investigations team will be probing the incident involving Turner and trans competitor Redmond Sullivan. 

USA Fencing previously provided a statement to Fox News Digital saying it will cooperate with the investigation. 

Fencer Stephanie Turner kneels in front of a USA Fencing official. (Courtesy of ICONS)

"USA Fencing will respond