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Detroit Mayor Duggan: "Boys don't belong in girls sports"

Detroit Mayor Duggan: "Boys don't belong in girls sports"

Mike Duggan's comment happened while meeting with Arab American leaders earlier this week at a closed-door meeting in Genesee County.

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Mayor Mike Duggan at the Detroit Policy Conference last week. Photo: Samuel Robinson

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan met with Arab American community leaders earlier this week in Genesee County, where conversation with attendees ranged from the failures of Democrats, to the war in Gaza and transgender athletes.

Duggan told the group, “Boys don’t belong in girls sports,” according to two sources who requested anonymity out of concern for reprisal considering the event was by invite-only and closed to news media.

A spokesperson for Duggan’s campaign didn’t offer further comment Wednesday evening when asked about his remarks on transgender athletes or what was said related to the Middle East.

The off-the-record comments are the latest sign the longtime Democrat is courting Republican votes in his unconventional gubernatorial run as an independent.

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