UVA’s District Rep Bob Good Congratulates Swimmer Emma Weyant For ‘Finishing First Among All Women’ in the 500y Freestyle

U.S. House Rep Bob Good (R-VA) is the latest politician to declare UVA swimmer Emma Weyant the true winner after she was the runner-up to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the 500y freestyle at the NCAA championships.

In a Facebook post, Good, who represents the district that UVA is in, shared a Fox News article that reported on Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis calling Thomas the “best” swimmer in the stroke and distance.

Good declared in the post, “Congratulations to Virginia’s Emma Weyant for finishing first among all women competing in the NCAA 500 Free Championships.”

“Science confirms the God-created two—and only two—sexes,” Good explained.

As we previously reported, DeSantis issued a proclamation on the subject and shared it in a tweet where he said, “By allowing men to compete in women’s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud.”

“In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota’s Emma Weyant as the best women’s swimmer in the 500y freestyle,” DeSantis declared.

Twitter user Wahoos79 responded, “Well done governor! And we too recognize UVA’s Emma Weyant as the true national champion, not Will Thomas. Wahoowa!”

The decision by DeSantis comes after Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, won the event on Thursday by nearly two seconds.

As we also previously reported, Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy recently spoke out after she missed out on competing in the finals by one spot.