Discussion from the calls last week to keep a transgender athlete from competing against girls in the CIF Track and Field State Championships in Clovis spilled over to the Clovis City Council on Monday.

Clovis City Councilmember Lynne Ashbeck took issue during the council meeting with how fellow Councilmember Diane Pearce opposed biological male AB Hernandez from competing against girls over the weekend, leading Ashbeck to leave the dais, saying she was disrespected by Pearce.

The backstory: Pearce, the current Mayor Pro Tem for Clovis, led local leaders in a press conference last week to call on the CIF to keep Hernandez out of the girls competition. • That was fresh off a call from President Donald Trump urging local leaders to protect girls sports. • Hernandez was allowed to compe

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