House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., posted on Bluesky criticizing the proposed Women and Girls in Sports Protection Act on Tuesday, making unsubstantiated claims that the law would “unleash horrific child predators on girls and young women.”

“The House Republican Child Predator Empowerment Act does not promote fairness and safety in sports. It will unleash horrific child predators on girls and young women across America. Unacceptable,” Jeffries wrote.

Jeffries’ office has not provided a substantial explanation of how the law would do this when Pakinomist Digital was asked for comment.

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“The post speaks for itself,” a spokesperson from Jeffries’ office told Pakinomist Digital when asked to elaborate on the comments.

The proposed Women and Girls in Sports Protection Act has been reintroduced in the Senate by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., in the House, where it will be voted on. on Tuesday.

This bill generally seeks to prohibit school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological gender at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.

The bill specifically provides 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 allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities intended to women or girls.

According to the bill sex is based on an individual’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

The bill is just one page long and clarifies that it will not be a violation for “men to train or practice with an athletic program or activity intended for women or girls, so long as no woman is deprived of a roster spot. team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational institution, or any other benefit that comes with participating in the athletic program or activity.”

Currently, 25 states already have their own similar statewide laws to prevent trans athletes from competing against girls and women.

Jeffries is not the only prominent Democrat to label the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act the Child Predator Empowerment Act.

Rep. Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., spoke against the bill during a news conference Tuesday. Aguilar suggested that the fact that the bill does not set an age limit for girls’ sports could “lead to inspections and individuals of concern.”

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“What’s most offensive about the legislation is that it doesn’t distinguish between girls’ sports at what age. It doesn’t distinguish whether you want an Olympic athlete, an NCAA player, a high school athlete regulated by your state, or if you want I’m just playing soccer as a 4-year-old or 5-year-old down the street,” Aguilar said.

“It could potentially lead to inspections and individuals of concern. And how you go about that is something that is of concern to the House Democratic Caucus. And so that’s why, you know, we felt that this is The GOP’s Child and Predator Empowerment Act.”

Jeffries and Aguilar have each previously co-sponsored a piece of legislation that would allow trans athletes to compete in women’s and girls’ sports – The Equality Act.

That bill would “amend federal education laws to ensure that they protect students from discrimination based on sex, including gender identity and gender characteristics, and guarantee students’ right to participate in team sports and programs that best align with their gender identity.” ”

However, Democrats’ push to enable trans inclusion in women’s sports became a party-wide vulnerability in the last election cycle.

ONE national exit poll conducted by CWA’s Legislative Action Committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls’ and women’s sports and transgender boys and men using girls’ and women’s bathrooms” as important to them .

And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was “very important.”

In June, a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago asked respondents to consider whether transgender athletes of either sex should be allowed to participate in sports leagues that correspond to their preferred gender identity rather than their biological sex.

65 percent answered that it should either never or rarely be allowed. When respondents were asked specifically about adult transgender female athletes competing on female sports teams, 69% opposed it.

Several Democrats have publicly backed away from their support for trans inclusion, including Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas and Rep. Tom Suozzi, DN.Y.

Biden’s education department was even forced to withdraw a proposed rule that would have prohibited states from banning trans inclusion in December.