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Vetoes show lack of GOP lockstep on transgender sports bans

FILE - Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas waits for results after swimming the women's 200 freestyle final at the NCAA swimming and diving championships, Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Republican governors of two states this week vetoed legislation to ban transgender players from girls' sports, but their decisions to buck the party's conservative wing could prove short-lived against a fired-up GOP base. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) FILE - Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, waits before a vote on bill banning transgender girls in female school sports on the Senate floor, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Republican governors of two states this week vetoed legislation to ban transgender players from girls' sports, but their decisions to buck the party's conservative wing could prove short-lived against a fired-up GOP base. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) The Utah State Capitol is shown Friday, March 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Transgender girls in Utah won't be able to play sports on teams that correspond with their gender identity under legislation that the state Senate passed late Friday. The legislation would make the state the 12th in the United States with such a ban. Eleventh-hour amendments introduced in the final hours before lawmakers adjourn must return to the House for approval and then be signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox before becoming state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Vetoes show lack of GOP lockstep on transgender sports bans