Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was once again the subject of a viral campaign after an unhinged rant on the House floor Tuesday.
Ocasio-Cortez spoke out against the Women and Girls in Sports Protection Act in a two-minute tirade that included false and unsubstantiated claims. His speech ended with an inexplicable statement that “the CEOs love this bill” as it relates to the current California wildfires.
The bill eventually passed and will now head to the Senate after all 216 House Republicans voted in favor, along with just two Democrats. Meanwhile, 206 Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez, voted against the bill.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a Biden-Harris presidential campaign rally at Fremont Country Club on Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Ocasio-Cortez opened her argument by referencing Republicans’ history of voting against the “Violence Against Women Act” and an apparently false statement in reference to her stance on abortion rights.
“Republicans who have consistently voted against the violence against women law, who have taken away the right of all women to choose and have control over their own bodies, who, while women bleed to death in parking lots across the country, they stand there, allowing Now they want to pretend they care about women! Ocasio-Cortez said.
Abortion is currently protected under state law in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and President-elect Trump has repeatedly insisted that under his administration, abortion rights will remain in the hands of the states.
Ocasio-Cortez was also one of many Democrats who pushed unsubstantiated claims that the law would subject young girls to sexual predators.
“And why? To open up gender testing, and yes, genitalia, to girls in this country, in the name of attacking trans girls!” Ocasio-Cortez continued.
Nowhere in the bill does it state that girls or women would be subject to a genital examination in order to participate in sports. However, Ocasio-Cortez, along with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats who oppose it, have cited that possibility as their main argument for opposing the law.
“The majority right now is saying there’s nowhere in this bill that says it’s open to genital examinations. Well, here’s the thing: There’s no enforcement mechanism in this bill. And “When there is no law enforcement mechanism, it opens the door to all law enforcement measures.” mechanism!” said Ocasio-Cortez.
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On election morning, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns for re-election, November 8, 2022, in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens, New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
The bill establishes that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded educational programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that permit males to participate in programs or activities that are Designated for women or girls.
According to the bill, Sex is based on an individual’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
Ocasio-Cortez has been a consistent advocate for trans inclusion in women’s sports and has previously used the word “predator” to describe those who oppose it. In November, Ocasio-Cortez reshared a video of Green Party vice presidential candidate Butch Ware speaking out against trans inclusion in women’s sports, with a caption that read, “This post is predatory and people deserve something.” better”.
And now, even as many members of her party and liberal media figures publicly deny support for trans inclusion, Ocasio-Cortez is not wavering in her stance on what a woman or a girl is.
“Trans girls are girls!” Ocasio-Cortez said at Tuesday’s hearing.
Ocasio-Cortez then began with a series of incoherent and inconclusive sentences on the subject.
“And to all the people who are so concerned, thank you for your concern about women for the first time I’ve seen them. I don’t know about you. I don’t know who has been going to gym class lately. but girls, even if you think there are only two genders, I’ve played mixed sports all the time!” he said, before moving on to another point.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at Jacobi Hospital in the Morris Park neighborhood on June 3, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Ocasio-Cortez’s next point was to warn that the bill may result in an appreciation of traditional femininity.
“This also opens the door for women to try to exercise a very specific type of femininity for the same type of men who are writing this bill, and to open the question of who is a woman because of our appearance, how we present ourselves and, yes, what we choose to do with our bodies,” he said.
The bill does not address anything to do with how biological women dress, present themselves, or any potential anatomical or bodily decisions.
Ocasio-Cortez concluded her speech by stating that the bill is “loved” by “bigots” and “aggressors,” before making her inexplicable connection to CEOs and the California wildfires.
“Bigot people love this bill. Bullies love this bill, but CEOs also love this bill. Because Los Angeles is on fire right now, and this is the priority number one that this majority has,” he said, before leaving the podium.
Ocasio-Cortez came under harsh criticism on social media for her tirade on Tuesday.
Ocasio-Cortez previously co-sponsored the Equality Act, which was proposed in 2019 and had revisions that would “force public schools to allow biologically male athletes who identify as transgender on women’s sports teams.”
In March 2023, Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez, advocated for a transgender bill of rights and proposed a resolution “recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights.”
However, now the issue of preventing trans inclusion has become a bipartisan priority, with Republicans and Trump simply taking the lead.
