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Democrats boycott Senate hearing on protecting women's sports as 'vendetta' against trans athletes
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Democrats offer no witnesses of their own, with committee's top Democrat calling the hearing irrelevant and a threat to "cisgender girls" because they will endure "inappropriate gender verification checks" to exclude male athletes.
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Democrats offer no witnesses of their own, with committee's top Democrat calling the hearing irrelevant and a threat to "cisgender girls" because they will endure "inappropriate gender verification checks" to exclude male athletes.
Not a single Democrat actively participated in Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting women’s sports. Democrats did not show up, did not fill their two witness seats, or question the witnesses who were impacted by males competing in women’s sports. Democrat Sen.
Senate Democrats literally refused to “stand up for women” Wednesday by boycotting a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Standing Up for Women in Sports.” The committee’s […] Source
Senate Republicans and female athletes condemned male participation in women’s sports, promoted inexpensive saliva based sex screening, and accused Democrats and the NCAA of sacrificing fairness, privacy, and opportunity for women and girls.
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