The legend of tennis Martina Navratilova had a burning reaction on Monday night after no Senate Democrat voted in favor of the Women and Girls Protection Law in sports to break the filibuster.
The bill, led by Senator Tommy Tuberville, republican of Ala., Did not receive the 60 votes he needed to obtain the procedural vote. The Republicans needed 60 votes but only received 51. No Democrat was put on the side of the Republicans in the bill. Two Democrats were absent from the vote, as well as two Republicans. The bill failed, 51-45.
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Billie Jean King, on the left, and Martina Navratilova are present at the Royal Box for the Ashleight Barty and Harriet Dart game on day six at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club in London on July 6, 2019. (Susan Mullane-USA Today Sports)
Navratilova was a sports figure that intervened.
“I neither and I’m angry like hell,” he wrote in X.
The 18 times Grand Slam champion is a firm Democrat, but has been critical of his own party for not supporting efforts to prevent biological men from competing against women and girls in sports.
When President Donald Trump signed the executive order of “No Men In Women’s Sports” last month, he criticized the Democrats for dropping the ball.
“I hate that the Democrats completely fail women and girls in this very clear issue of women’s sports only for women,” he wrote in an X publication.
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The legend of tennis Martina Navratilova observes during the presentations of the trophy, which he presented together with Chris Evert after the final of female singles in the Philippe-Chaatrier court in the tennis tournament of the France Open 2024 in Roland Garos on June 8, 2024 in Paris. (Tim Clayton/Corbis through Getty Images)
He expressed his frustration in January when the House of Representatives approved the protection of women and girls in the sports act. Only two Democrats voted with the Republicans in the bill.
“More Democrats must advance here. I know many who agree but are afraid to speak due to re -election. I say they do the right thing. Cultivate a column,” he wrote in X.
The protection of women and girls in the sports act would require that title IX treat gender as “recognized based solely on reproductive biology and genetics of a person at birth” and would not allow any adjustment to apply to gender identity.
Martina Navratilova observes during a joint press conference with Chris Evert from the United States, on the 5th of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun 2023, part of the WTA Tour Hologic, on November 2, 2023 in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak/Nurphoto through Getty Images)
The bill backed by Tuberville had more than 40 copatrochinters in the Senate. It would also encode one of Trump’s many recent executive orders, giving policy a better longevity.
