Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws, including Arkansas’s, keeping males out of women’s and girls’ sports
But Arkansas’s Democrat Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner has a very different record:
- She previously led a pro-transgender parade in Lima, Peru, marching at the front while her organization funded the event and celebrated “being gay, lesbian, transexual, [and] bisexual.”
- Shoffner has worked for a nonprofit promoting “decisions about their sexuality” and has scrubbed references to this activism from her current campaign as a “moderate farmer.”
“Hallie Shoffner spent years leading radical transgender activism abroad. Now she wants to represent Arkansas in the U.S. Senate. Arkansas families deserve straight answers, not scrubbed websites and evasive campaigns. She must immediately clarify whether she still supports putting biological males in women’s sports,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell.
Shoffner has so far refused to detail her positions on this critical issue. Reporters should ask her the following questions:
- Given your history leading a pro-transgender and working for a group advocating on “transgenderism,” do you still believe in the ideology you championed there, or have your views changed?
- Why did you delete your pro-transgender blog and why does your campaign website not mention your work for transgender rights in Peru?
- Will you commit to supporting legislation that protects women’s sports in Arkansas and across the country based on biological sex, or will you side with activists seeking to erase fair competition for girls?
“Tom Cotton has a clear record of standing up for Arkansas women and girls,” added Cantrell. “Democrat Hallie Shoffner owes voters — and especially Arkansas mothers and daughters — direct answers today.”
Democrat Hallie Shoffner at the Peru Transgender Parade. Image taken from Shoffner’s deleted blog.
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