Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reportedly expressed vehement criticism of Republicans on Tuesday during the House’s deliberation on the Protection of Women and Girls Act.
The legislation, designed to safeguard women’s sports leagues by prohibiting male athletes identifying as female from participating against women, was approved by the House with only two Democrats endorsing it.
“The majority right now says there’s no place in this bill that says it opens up for genital examinations. There’s no enforcement mechanism in this bill. And when there is no enforcement mechanism, you open the door to every enforcement mechanism.” AOC said.
“Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern about women for the first time that I’ve seen, I don’t know about y’all, I don’t know who’s been to gym class lately, but girls, even if you only believe in two genders, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time.” she added.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claims Republicans want to conduct “genital examinations into little girls” and that “trans girls are girls”
She also claims that CEOs love the bill protecting girls’ sports “because Los Angeles is on fire right now” pic.twitter.com/7nqSXul8DN
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“But what this also opens the door for is for women to try to perform a very specific kind of femininity for the very kind of men who are drafting this bill, and to open up questioning of who is a woman because of how we look, how we present ourselves, and yes, what we choose to do with our bodies,” she continued.
She asserted that the law was favored by bigots, sexual assaulters, and CEOs without any evidence.
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