Senate Democrats once again blocked a common-sense Republican amendment that would have protected women’s and girls’ sports from biological males competing as transgender athletes.
On Saturday, the Senate voted 49-41 along strict party lines to kill the amendment to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.
The measure needed 60 votes to advance and failed, marking the fourth time Democrats have shot down identical protections.
The amendment, known as the Protection for Women and Girls in Sports Act, was sponsored by Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Marsha Blackburn. It would have barred federally funded schools and programs from allowing biological males, those identifying as transgender women or girls, to compete in female sports categories.
Republicans introduced the amendment at the demand of President Donald Trump, who has made protecting women’s sports a top priority alongside the SAVE America Act’s core goal of requiring proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Tuberville blasted the repeated Democratic obstruction.
“This is the fourth time that I’ve had this bill on the floor. I’ll continue to try until I’m gone,” Tuberville said. “Every time that we’ve voted on this, I have not got one single Democrat to vote for it.”
Tuberville continued, “How about the trophies and awards that are stolen from young girls and ladies that work all their life to win a game or a sport … and they lose to somebody that’s much more physical, bigger, stronger and faster?”
Blackburn called the situation “disgusting,” pointing to cases like swimmer Lia Thomas, a biological male who switched from the men’s team at the University of Pennsylvania to the women’s squad and went on to win a national championship.
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