Tennis legend has fiery response after Senate Dems fail to back bill keeping boys out of girls' sports

Tennis fable Martina Navratilova had a fiery absorption connected Monday nighttime aft nary Senate Democrat voted successful favour of the Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act to interruption the filibuster.

The bill, led by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., failed to receive the 60 votes it needed to get done the procedural vote. Republicans needed 60 votes but lone received 51. No Democrats sided with Republicans connected the bill. Two Democrats were absent from the vote, arsenic were 2 Republicans. The measure failed, 51-45.

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Billie Jean King, left, and Martina Navratilova are successful attendance successful the Royal Box for the Ashleigh Barty and Harriet Dart lucifer connected time six astatine the All England Lawn and Croquet Club successful London connected July 6, 2019. (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports)

Navratilova was 1 sports fig who weighed in.

"I don’t either and I americium huffy arsenic hell," she wrote connected X.

The 18-time Grand Slam champion is simply a staunch Democrat but has been captious of her ain enactment for failing to enactment efforts to support biologic males from competing against women and girls successful sports.

When President Donald Trump signed the "No Men successful Women’s Sports" enforcement bid past month, she criticized Democrats for dropping the ball.

"I hatred that the Democrats wholly failed women and girls connected this precise wide contented of women’s sports being for females only," she wrote successful a station connected X.

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Tennis fable Martina Navratilova looks connected during the trophy presentations, which she presented on with Chris Evert aft the Women's Singles Final connected Court Philippe-Chatrier astatine the 2024 French Open Tennis Tournament astatine Roland Garros connected June 8, 2024 successful Paris. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

She expressed her vexation successful January erstwhile the House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act. Only 2 Democrats voted with Republicans connected the bill.

"More Dems request to measurement up here. I cognize galore who hold but are frightened to talk up due to the fact that of re-election. I accidental bash the close thing. Grow a spine," she wrote connected X.

The Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act would necessitate Title IX to dainty sex arsenic "recognized based solely connected a person’s reproductive biology and genetics astatine birth" and would disallow immoderate accommodation for it to use to sex identity.

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Martina Navratilova looks connected during a associated property league with Chris Evert of the USA, connected Day 5 of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun 2023, portion of the Hologic WTA Tour, connected Nov. 2, 2023 successful Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Tuberville-backed measure had much than 40 co-sponsors successful the Senate. It would besides codify 1 of Trump's galore caller enforcement orders, giving the argumentation amended longevity.

Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.

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