Every day callers learned that 19-year-old Payton McNabb, who spoke about a transgender-identifying man spiked volleyball into her head and then left a traumatic brain injury, becoming a special guest for President Donald Trump in his first joint speech before Congress.
McNabb testified about how when she was 17, her high school volleyball team played against another team with a biological man on the roster. During the match, the biological male spiked the ball into McNab’s head and left unconscious for 30 seconds, which she shared. The incident is terrible I’m injured McNab said she left brain hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, partial paralysis and loss of peripheral vision on the right. The president is scheduled to shout McNab during his speech on Tuesday, promoting his recent executive order banning biological men from women’s sports, White House officials told callers.
“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to be part of such a historic event, to contribute to a bigger conversation, and to highlight how big this issue is,” McNabb told callers on Tuesday about the opportunity to attend the joint address.
✉✉️ @paytonmcnabb_ Here’s a message to the Senate regarding today’s vote @SentubervilleProtection of women and girls in sports law:https://t.co/j0igjqtqow pic.twitter.com/11lyevicmd
– Independent Women’s Forum (@IWF) March 3, 2025
His second administration, Trump’s only weeks signature An executive order banning biological men from competing in women’s sports across the country. Additionally, the executive order also addresses visa policies and the International Olympic Committee, White House officials previously told reporters. Officials explained that under the order, the administration will do everything it can use its authority to protect women’s sports when events take place in US soil.
“All the emotions are set to be right when it was happening. And I remember, I couldn’t believe it, so I just started crying. We were so grateful that we had a government that was willing to do it and stood up for women.
Trump’s executive order directly responded to actions taken by the Biden administration to amend Title IX. During Biden’s time as president, his Department of Education proposed policies that require public schools to consider “competition justice” and “sports-related injuries” when developing policies for the creation of sports teams. It has also prohibited federally funded schools from adopting “all-all-all politics” that prohibit students from joining sports teams by gender identity. (Related: Exclusive: Trump administrators urge the NCAA to strip the woman’s title from other trans athlete Leah Thomas)
Watch the clip where Payton McNabb spikes face by men competing with women. Then take a look at her testimony that she first published today. I was honored to be with her in North Carolina to continue my fight to protect women’s sports. pic.twitter.com/mvjmwprkax
– Riley Gaines (@riley_gaines_) April 20, 2023
Spike McNabb was suffered by a transgender man during a 2022 high school volleyball game. Due to her injuries, she had to give up her dream of playing college softball, she I said Interviewed at the New York Post. McNabb told the outlet he is still struggling with the impact of the hit, including continuing cognitive issues such as memory loss and retention issues, including damaging headaches and anxiety. As of April 2023, McNabb was still healed from partial paralysis and vision loss, she I said With public remarks. McNabb told the caller he didn’t know if the doctor would fully recover from the injury.
While continuing her studies at university, McNabb told callers she was working with an independent women’s forum to inherit the law that she died at the state level.
“It’s more permanent because we’re trying to get them to pass on in each state. Of course, we’re very grateful for the executive order and it was a really big step in the right direction. But we want it to be permanent, so if there’s a new administration in the next four years, they won’t be able to throw it away. So there’s no need to start over this,” McNabb told the caller.
Disclosure: Reagan Reese is an independent women’s forum visiting fellow.
