John Oliver, Jen Psaki spark high-profile backlash for lecturing Democrats on trans sports messaging

Left-wing media darlings are coming to Democrats’ rescue after the party’s stinging electoral defeat, gifting them with a can’t-miss message to take to voters: there’s nothing wrong with born-male athletes competing in girls’ sports, it’s barely happening anyway and you’re a total creep if you even question it.That’s the gist of John Oliver and Jen Psaki’s tone-deaf memos to Democrats over the weekend, which sparked swift outrage on social media, particularly raising the ire of author J.K.

Rowling, who has been outspoken on the issue of biological males’ encroachment into female spaces.It started with Oliver’s tirade tearing into Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for failing to come up with a compelling argument in favor of trans participation in youth sports, which he said should be a cinch.To prove it, he speedily dictated what he thought Dems should say on the issue.

“There are vanishingly few trans girls competing in high schools anywhere.Even if there were more, trans kids, like all kids, vary in athletic ability and there is no evidence they pose any threat to safety or fairness.

It’s very weird for you to be so focused on the subject,” he spat out on camera.In a lengthy missive on X, the “Harry Potter” creator responded, slamming Oliver for “motivated reasoning and confirmation bias,” firing off an impassioned takedown of his preachy polemic.

“Again and again I’ve come up against men who argue exactly what Oliver does here, using the very same talking points.With a straight face, the ‘believe the science’ guys will say, ‘actually, we don’t have enough data to say whether men and boys are stronger and faster than women and girls.’ The ‘be kind’ crew can’t see what the issue is,” she tweeted.

On her MSNBC show, Psaki echoed Oliver’s insistence that the culture war controversy is a non-issue that Democrats should ignore.The former White House press secretary patted Democrats on the head for...