Tennis legend Martin Navratilova says he hates ‘Democrats completely failed’ in protecting women’s sports
Tennis legend Martin Navratilova criticized Democrats on Wednesday after the president Donald Trump He signed an executive order for the protection of girls and women’s sports.
Trump signed “No men in women’s sports” Executive command from the eastern room of the White House. The order has given federal agencies the power to ensure that the subjects receiving federal funding are complying with original IX standards.
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President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order that banish transgender athletes to compete in sports events of women or girls, in the eastern room of the White House on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. In Washington, DC (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Navratilova, a lifelong democrat who advocated righteousness in women’s sport, ridiculed the other side of the passage because he did not do what the president did.
“I hate that Democrats are completely unsuccessful women and girls on this very clear issue of female sports only for women,” she wrote in the post on X.
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This is not the first time Navratilova criticized the political party because he no longer works to protect women’s sports. She expressed frustration last month when the House of Representatives adopted the protection of women and girls in a sports act. Only two Democrats voted with the Republicans at the proposal of the law.
Martina Navratilova in a joint press conference with Chris Ever on the Fifth Day of the GNP Saguaros WTA Cancun final in the Cancun in Mexico, November 2, 2023. (Susan Mullane-Usa Today Sports)
“More DEMS has to be reinforced here. I know that many who agree, but are afraid to speak for the re-choice. I say that you do the right thing. Grow the spine,” she wrote on X.
Before Trump signed an executive order, the secretary of the Karolina Leavitt White House printing begged the Senate to raise the proposal of the law at a vote because the executive commands could be reset.
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President Donald Trump speaks in the eastern room of the White House on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. In Washington, DC (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“The Congress is incredibly important to this priority immediately,” Leavitt added. “I think the president really sets the tone, which makes this a very direct priority for this administration, just as he promised to do the campaign.”
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