“The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
What PolitiFact found
Sen. Tuberville, R-Ala., was referring to a USA Boxing policy change that allows trans athletes to compete under strict conditions, not Olympic rules. It remains unclear whether transgender women at the Olympic level.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tommy Tuberville (Senator) made this claim around 22 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Tommy Tuberville has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.