The legend of tennis Martina Navratilova had an ardent reaction Monday evening after no democratic Senate voted for the protection of women and girls in sport to break the filibusier.
The bill, led by Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Did not receive the 60 votes he needed to travel the procedural vote. The Republicans needed 60 votes but received only 51. No democrat arranged on the side of the Republicans on the bill. Two Democrats were absent from the vote, as are two Republicans. The bill failed, 51-45.
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Billie Jean King, on the left, and Martina Navratilova are present in the Royal Box for the Ashleigh Barty and Harriet Dart match on the sixth day at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club in London on July 6, 2019. (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Navratilova was a sporting figure that weighed.
“I don’t do it either and I’m crazy like hell,” she wrote on X.
The champion of Grand Slam at 18 times is an ardent Democrat but criticized her own party for omitting to support efforts to prevent biological men from competing with women and girls in sport.
When President Donald Trump signed the decree “No Men in Women’s Sports” last month, she criticized the Democrats for abandoning the ball.
“I hate that Democrats have completely failed women and girls about this very clear problem of being female sporting for women only,” she wrote in an article on X.
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The legend of Tennis Martina Navratilova looks during the presentations of the trophy, which she presented with Chris Evert after the final of women in single at the Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Tennis tournament of the Open of France 2024 in Roland Garros on June 8, 2024 in Paris. (Tim Clayton / Corbis via Getty Images)
She expressed her frustration in January when the House of Representatives adopted the protection of women and girls in sport. Only two Democrats voted with the Republicans on the bill.
“More DEMS must intervene here. I know that many of those who agree but who are afraid to speak because of the re-election. I say doing the right thing. Ask a spine,” she wrote on X.
The protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would oblige title IX to treat sex as “recognized only on the biology and reproductive genetics of a person at birth” and prohibit any adjustment so that it applies to gender identity.
Martina Navratilova examines during a joint press conference with Chris Evert in the United States, day 5 of the SEGUROS WTA Finals Cancun 2023 GNP, which is part of Hologic WTA Tour, on November 2, 2023 in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak / Nurphoto via Getty Images)
The bill supported by Tuberville had more than 40 co-sponsors in the Senate. This would also codify one of Trump’s many recent decrees, offering politics better longevity.
