GOP senator calls out Dems' reported pro-women attire at Trump speech after blocking trans athlete bill

As Democratic congresswomen are reportedly readying to deterioration pinkish to President Donald Trump's associated code Tuesday to protestation successful enactment of women's rights, 1 Republican legislator is reminding them what their party voted against Monday.

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., told Time connected Tuesday that dozens of her Democrat colleagues volition amusement up to Capitol Hill to deterioration pinkish for Trump's code to "signal our protestation of Trump's policies which are negatively impacting women and families."

"Pink is simply a colour of powerfulness and protest," Fernández told the outlet. "It’s clip to rev up the absorption and travel astatine Trump large and clear."

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In effect to this news, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, called retired the enactment for its reported protestation attire for women conscionable 1 time aft Senate Democrats voted unanimously against the Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act.

"When you spot Democrats wearing pinkish for the TV cameras tonight, retrieve that 45 of them voted for men to invade women’s sports conscionable yesterday," Lee wrote successful effect to the Time nonfiction connected X. "It’s each an act."

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., arrives for the Senate Republicans enactment predetermination successful the Capitol connected Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The measure failed to wide the cardinal procedural hurdle by a ballot of 51-45, on enactment lines. All Democratic senators voted against the question to proceed, with the exceptions of Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Peter Welch, D-V.t., who were absent.

So the measure was filibustered and is presumed dead, unless it is re-introduced astatine a aboriginal date. 

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., did not conscionable ballot against the bill, but she also made a mocking "thumbs down" motion portion she voted no. 

Many Democrats person since faced a flury of online backlash for voting against the bill.

Meanwhile, Trump passed an enforcement bid to support trans athletes retired of girls' and women's sports connected Feb. 5, which has been wide praised by women's rights groups. 

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