USA Today newspapers delete senator’s op-ed blasting trans athletes in collegiate sports

An op-ed penned by U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has been deleted from eight USA Today-affiliated Louisiana newspapers for alleged “inflammatory” language toward transgender athletes.

On May 11, the Louisiana Republican’s piece ran in eight newspapers owned by USA Today’s parent company, Gannett. Now those URLs have the statement: “This content has been removed because it did not meet our editorial standards.”

USA Today has not responded to The College Fix’s requests for comment.

National Review on Tuesday republished the memory-holed piece, stating: “We are republishing it so that readers can judge its argument for themselves.”

Emails obtained by Fox News, which first reported the story, “showed the Republican was told his op-ed criticizing biological men playing women’s sports contained ‘inflammatory’ speech that didn’t meet company standards.”