I wanted to follow up to a story we brought to you a couple of weeks ago when U.S. Sen.Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined me to discuss the fact that the Senate was not bringing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to the floor. You can watch our conversation here.
At the time, he surmised the delay had to do with Republican leadership in the Senate looking for quick wins in the first days of Donald Trump’s second term. But Sen. Tuberville advocated for forcing senators to be on the record on where they stand on this issue that has united the American people.
“[Some] 79 percent of the people in this country – Republican and Democrat – say it is wrong for men or boys to participate,” he said. “Now it’s time to put up or shut up… Now is the time to put pressure on the Democrats… Don’t worry about winning or losing on this. Let’s get it out there where people can see what’s going on.”
Well, we can now exclusively report that the bill will, in fact, hit the Senate floor as early as tomorrow. All GOP senators are expected to vote ‘yes.’ We will see about the other side of the aisle. They have to get through the cloture vote first. Invoking cloture ends debate on a piece of legislation and requires a three-fifths majority (i.e. 60 votes).
That is where the Democrats can stop it. You need 60 ‘yes’ votes to allow a bill to move on to a vote on final passage. If they can’t get 60 ‘yes’ votes to invoke cloture, then the bill dies. If they get those 60 votes, then the Republicans should get this through easily because they have a 53 to 47 majority and all they need is a simple majority.
We are told all Republican senators are expected to support the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which does exactly what it says it is going to do. It keeps biological boys out of girls sports. Will seven Democrats cross over in the cloture vote so that we can see a substantive vote go forward?
We will be watching and we will be naming every single name who votes against this. I guarantee you that there will be an activation like you have never seen before in every single one of those senators’ states. I am talking to you, Democrats, because this issue has over 80 percent support with the American public. What kind of villain would vote against even allowing a vote to protect young girls? Let’s find out.
On the flip side, if we get seven Democrats who allow it to go forward to a final vote or who actually substantively support it, we will be celebrating you here on The Megyn Kelly Show. And don’t think it doesn’t matter. Trust me, it does.