The legend of tennis Martina Navratilova It clashed with Democrats who defended the equity of girls and women’s sports and failed to show support for her and others.
Navratilova on Thursday raised doubts on Democrats as several states continue to slap their noses on the president Donald Trump’s An executive order to keep men out of girls and women’s sports.
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The legendary tennis player Martinana Bratirova during a trophy presentation at Roland Garros’ French Open held in Paris on June 8, 2024. (Tim Clayton/Corvis via Getty Images)
“What is Dem willing to give up on men who identify as trans?” she asked in X.
Earlier this year, Navratilova criticized democratic lawmakers who killed protections for women and girls in the sports law. The tennis legend has called on Democrats to “raising their spine” in a social media post.
Trump signed the executive order in February, with Navratilova lamenting that Democrats had not done what the president had done.
“I hate how Democrats completely fail women and girls with this very clear question of women’s sports being just for women,” she wrote in X’s post.
High school organization mainCalifornia and Washington all have failed to change their policies that allow trans athletes to participate in women’s and women’s sports.
Maine Governor Janet Mills along with someone who holds the transgender flag. (AP/Image)
On the other hand, democratic lawmakers like those in charge. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Jasmine Crockett of New York and Texas downplayed the issue as Trump campaigned on it and firmly defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the general election.
In an interview with the Jon Stewart With Jon Stewart podcast on January 23, Ocasio-Cortez mentioned the overall subject of democratic support for the trans community.
“When we allow us to constantly distract ourselves from these culture wars over trans people, it’s new every day, and the answer is not just to attack those people, but to say, ‘What are you doing?’ Ocasio-Cortez thinks, we need to stand up for those people, thinking that it’s just that we haven’t even discussed it.”
“For example, we need to understand and see the food as to what it is, but we don’t just erode those rights and let them go on the roadside.”
Ocasio-Cortez previously voted in favor of several bills that would allow transathletes to play in women and girls’ sports across the country, including the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights. She also argued on January 14 that protections for women and girls in sports law empower children sexual predators and reinforce “trans girls” as “girls.”
On January 18, 2025, they gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, with transgender pride flags waving while people marching. (Nathan Morris/Nul Photo via Getty Images)
In an interview with The 19thCrockett dismissed the topic of transportation as a “distraction” for women and girls’ sports, minimizing the potential impact it had on women’s and families’ lives. Crockett made the comment, criticizing Democrats for splitting up on the issue.
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“In this election, we allowed ourselves to split ourselves, we allowed them to deflect us and we allowed them to talk about Transfolk,” Crockett said. “According to trans kids, they want to play sports. That’s the biggest problem we’ve had. Since when? When you find the little trans kids that are ruining your life. I mean, what are we doing?
Jackson Thompson of Fox News contributed to this report.
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