The game is tied. The gym is electric. A high school volleyball player prepares to block a routine spike—just another play in just another match. But in a split second, that spike turns into a kill shot. Not in the game, but in real life. The ball crashes into Payton McNabb’s face with devastating force, […]
The game is tied. The gym is electric. A high school volleyball player prepares to block a routine spike—just another play in just another match. But in a split second, that spike turns into a kill shot. Not in the game, but in real life.
The ball crashes into Payton McNabb’s face with devastating force, knocking her unconscious and leaving her with a traumatic brain injury, partial paralysis, and permanent vision loss. The crowd gasps. The gym falls silent. The player who delivered the hit—a biological male competing in women’s sports—stands on the other side of the net.
This isn’t fiction. This isn’t political theater. This happened.
McNabb’s story is not just about a girl who lost her athletic career and her health. It’s about every young girl stepping onto a field or court, believing she’s competing in a fair game—until she’s not. Until the rules are changed mid-season, mid-match, mid-career, by politicians who lack the spine to defend them.
And that brings us to Abigail Spanberger, the former congresswoman and now Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia, who, when asked about protecting girls’ sports, did what politicians do best: deflect, dodge, and avoid the real issue.
She doesn’t say she supports biological men in women’s sports, exactly. But she doesn’t say she opposes it, either. Instead, she punts, saying that the Virginia High School League (VHSL) and NCAA should decide these things. As if leadership is about outsourcing responsibility to bureaucrats instead of standing up for what’s right.
This isn’t just weak. It’s a betrayal of every girl in Virginia.
Spanberger’s track record isn’t just “wait and see.” It’s deliberate inaction, coated in the kind of political double-speak that would make even the slickest D.C. insider blush.
In 2023, she had a chance to take a stand when the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill would have barred biological males from competing in women’s sports under Title IX—a law that was designed to protect girls, not erase them.
Spanberger voted against it.
She didn’t vote to protect Payton McNabb. She didn’t vote to protect the thousands of Virginia girls who train for years, hoping for college scholarships, only to find themselves competing against biological males with clear physical advantages. She didn’t vote for fairness, safety, or common sense.
She voted for the radical left-wing activists who are willing to sacrifice girls’ futures on the altar of political correctness.
Imagine your daughter, niece, or granddaughter working hard for years, only to lose a championship, a scholarship, or a future in sports because her opponent—who lived as a boy for 16 years—decided last year that he identifies as female.
Imagine her going up for a rebound, only to be body-checked by an athlete with a male frame. Imagine her taking a serve straight to the face at 70 miles per hour from a competitor who went through male puberty, gaining all the bone density, muscle mass, and speed advantages that come with it.
Now imagine Abigail Spanberger’s response:
“Not my problem. Let the bureaucrats handle it.”
Parents, pay attention. Because if you don’t, one day your daughter might step onto that court believing she’s playing a fair game—only to leave it on a stretcher.
This issue isn’t complicated. You either believe in women’s sports, fairness, and safety—or you don’t.
Donald Trump understands this. Governor Glenn Youngkin understands this. Even some Democrats understand this.
But Abigail Spanberger? She wants to be governor, but she refuses to lead.
And when leadership means defending the girls who trust us to protect them, that kind of political cowardice isn’t just disappointing—it’s dangerous.
This isn’t about tolerance or kindness. It’s about biological reality, fairness, and the safety of our daughters. If Abigail Spanberger won’t stand up for them now, she never will.
And Virginia’s parents need to remember that on Election Day.