Tennis legend Martina Navratilova had a fiery reaction on Monday night after no Senate Democrat voted to protect women and girls in the sports law to break the Filibuster.
The bill, led by Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Does not receive the 60 votes it needed to get through the procedural vote. Republicans needed 60 votes, but received only 51. No Democrats are sitting with 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, Left, and Martina Navratilova are present in the Royal Box for Ashleigh Barty and Harriet Dart match on Day six at All England Lawn and Croquet Club in London on July 6, 2019. (Susan Mullane-USA Today Sports)
Navratilova was a sports figure that weighed in.
“I don’t either, and I’m angry as hell,” she wrote at X.
The 18-time Grand Slam Master is a stubborn Democrat, but has been critical of his own party for not supporting the efforts to prevent biological men from competing against women and girls in sports.
When President Donald Trump signed “No Men Men Men In Women’s Sports” executive order last month, she criticized Democrats for dropping the ball.
“I hate that the Democrats totally failed women and girls on this very clear question of only women’s sports for women,” she wrote in a post on X.
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova looks at during the trophy presentations, which she presented with Chris Evert after the woman’s single final at Court Philippe-Chatrier by 2024 French Open Tennis Tournament 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 passed the protection of women and girls in the Sports Act. Only two Democrats voted with Republicans on the bill.
“More dems have to step up here. I know many who agree but are afraid of talking up because of re -election. I say to do the right thing. Wax a spine,” she wrote on X.
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.
Martina Navratilova looks at during a joint press conference with Chris Evert from the USA, on day 5 in GDP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun 2023, part of the Hologic WTA Tour, November 2nd, 2023 in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
The tuberville-supported bill had 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.
