Chris Kluwe, a former NFL punter recently thrown into the national light after he was arrested at a California City Council, expressed his support to legislators who blocked the protection of women and girls in the sports law from moving on in the Senate.
Republican lawmakers could not get the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.
Not a single Senate Democrat voted for the bill. Two Republicans and two Democrats were absent from the vote.
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Ex-NFL Punter Chris Kluwe speaks during a Huntington Beach City Council meeting. (City of Huntington Beach)
Kluwe, who played for Minnesota Vikings all her career, responded in a post on Bluesky.
“I support and am glad that the party came together to stop this,” Kluwe wrote. “That’s what they have to do on everything, though.
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Minnesota Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe goes off the field after a game against Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium. (Thomas Campbell/USA Today Sports)
The protection of women and girls in the Sports Act requires that title IX treats gender as “recognized solely based on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and would reject any adaptation to it to gender identity.
The bill was introduced by Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala, and has more than 40 co-sponsors in the Senate. It would also codify one of Trump’s many recent executive orders, giving the policy better life.
Former Minnesota Vikings NFL player Chris Kluwe joins a small group of protesters outside the Pelican Hill Country Club, where Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to attend a lunch -fundraiser in Newport Beach, California, October 9, 2017. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month to ban biological men from competing in women’s and girls sports. The order would withhold federal funding from states that continue to allow transgender’s inclusion in women’s and girls sports.
