CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- The track and stands at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis sat empty Tuesday afternoon, offering no hint of the controversy brewing ahead of the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships it's set to host this weekend.

At the center of it all is AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete from Southern California, who recently won titles in the triple and long jump at the CIF Southern Section.

Her participation sparked outrage from President Donald Trump, who posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning, calling it "NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS."

He threatened to withhold "large-scale" federal funding from California, possibly permanently, unless the state complies with his February executive order banning trans athletes from f

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