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After alienating Democratic voters who don’t stand by claims that protecting women and girls in sports would enable child predators to give genital exams to young girls, the most prominent figures on the left in the House are not addressing the issue.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. And the actor. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD.N.Y. He was among 206 Democrats who voted against a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing against girls and women last week.

Jeffries and Ocasio-Cortez pushed baseless claims that they would subject girls to genital probing by child predators. There is no language in the bill indicating reproductive exams would occur, and Republicans have argued under proof of sex through a birth certificate.

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Jeffries and Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital regarding their arguments, and backlash from Democratic voters who said they were leaving the party in response to arguments and statements suggesting that a majority of Democrats oppose transgender inclusion in women’s sports.

However, Ocasio-Cortez addressed the culture wars idea of ​​trans people being a distraction during an interview with “Daily show” Thursday.

“When we allow ourselves to be constantly distracted by culture wars around trans people, it’s something new every day, and the answer is not that we let these people get attacked, it’s that we can say, ‘What are you doing, man?’ “I think we need these people to be motivated, just such an afterthought that it’s not even a discussion,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“Like, we need to understand and see the bait for what it is, but we don’t take the bait by letting these rights just erode and go by the wayside.”

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Ocasio-Cortez’s suggestion that the party should make protections for transgender people an afterthought comes after Pill presented in defense of transgender people and in opposition to protections for women and girls on the House floor last week.

Her rant prompted widespread ridicule, and Democrats have since spoken out about their dislike of her and the party’s handling of the issue.

Prominent Rutgers law professor Gary Francione, a lifelong Democrat and LGBTQ rights advocate, told Fox News Digital that he left the Democratic Party in response to his opposition to the bill.

“That made me very upset because it screamed lack of integrity, lack of honesty,” Francione told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “This is how you fight battles? By trying to insult others who oppose you and disagree with you and pass off as pedophiles or child molesters? It seems to me that you have lost the game… I don’t know how they will come back from this.”

Francione said many other Democrats in his Law and Education network share his disdain for the party’s response to the bill and he will also leave the party.

“I can confidently say of the people I know who are Democrats that I’ve talked to, the vast majority of them are unhappy with all of these things and feel like the party has lost its way,” Francione said. “I know a couple who said they were going to UNGISTER.”

Voter registration data shows the party is losing members in Pennsylvania’s Franciennes. However, there is no specific information on why it is available. Prominent political organizer Scott Bresdler announced in X voter registration data that the number of Democratic voters dropped by 24,867 from January 14 to January 21, the week following the House session.

Only two Democrats joined the Republican majority in voting for the bill, Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both from Texas. Their decision to break with the rest of the party and vote to protect women and girls in sports reflects a growing stance of many voters in their party and their independence, according to recent data.

accident New York Times/Ipsos survey It found that the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not believe transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Of the 2,128 people surveyed, 79% said biological males who identify as women are not allowed to participate in women’s sports. Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democratic or leaned Democratic, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.

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Protections for women and girls in sports are headed to the Senate after passing the House, and would need more votes by Democrats to win over President Donald Trump’s desk.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., He told Fox News Digital In an exclusive interview, she expects and hopes the bill will get the Democratic votes it needs to pass the Senate.

“I expect there will be. I hope there will be,” she said.

“Many of my friends who are Democrats will tell you that they think Title IX is a thing, and that having biological males against women is inappropriate. And they want opportunities for their daughters, great-granddaughters, or granddaughters to hear about or see transgender males playing in a women’s or girls’ league. “

Blackburn added that she had “no idea” what Democrats who proposed the law subject girls to reproductive exams were thinking when they made that argument.

“I find it difficult to believe that protecting girls in sport would have such a negative impact,” Blackburn said. “Given the content of the bill is the best way to argue against it and know that the vast majority of Americans support protecting girls in girls’ sports.”

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