Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently went on a tirade on the House floor, during which she criticized the claim of there being “two genders.” AOC took to the podium, speaking out against The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act in a two-minute monologue. The bill passed, garnering support from all 216 House Republicans and opposition from all but two Democrats. The bill will now head to the Senate.
During her remarks, AOC blasted Republicans for voting against the “Violence Against Women Act,” delivering a seemingly false statement about supposed abortion restriction. According to the progressive “Squad” member, women faced life-threatening circumstances “across the country” because of the GOP opposition to abortion. However, abortion is protected by law in 21 different states, which Trump has maintained he will not threaten.
“Republicans who have voted consistently against the Violence Against Women Act, who have taken away the right of all women to choose and have control over their own body, who, as women are bleeding out in parking lots across the country, standing there, allowing us to die, now want to pretend today that they care about women!” AOC exclaimed.
The New York Democrat proceeded to claim the law would subject young girls to “genital examinations” in the supposed attack on “trans girls.” She continued in her statement on the floor, “And why? To open up gender, and yes, genital examinations into little girls of this country, in the so-called name of attacking trans girls!”
“The majority right now says there’s no place in this bill that says it opens up for genital examinations. Well, here’s the thing, there’s no enforcement mechanism in this bill. And when there is no enforcement mechanism, you open the door to every enforcement mechanism!” Ocasio-Cortez further noted, doubling down on her argument.
Furthermore, AOC took issue with part of the bill, which mandates that Title IX rules not support athletics programs or activities intended for biological females in which the male sex participates. The bill, sex is defined by the individual’s reproductive organs and genetics that are observed at birth. “Trans girls are girls!” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“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 there’s only two genders, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time!” she said, before moving on to another point.
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AOC continued, “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 chose to do with our bodies.” She then argued that the bill is “loved” by “bigots” and “assaulters.”
Concluding her remarks on the House floor, she made an unsubstantiated insinuation that CEOs also favor the bill, somehow connecting it to the California wildfires. “Biggoted folks love this bill. Assaulters love this bill, but also CEOs love this bill. Because Los Angeles is on fire right now, and this is the No. 1 priority this majority has,” she said, before leaving the podium.
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