Posted on 09/23/2026 6:40:57 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON – For most of Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting women's sports, not a single Democratic senator was in attendance.
The only two Democrats to show up at all were ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. Both of them left within the first hour of the hearing and Klobuchar never spoke. The Democrats also did not host a single witness for the hearing.
Durbin's devoted much of his opening testimony to dismissing the issue of trans athletes in women's sports, bringing up issues like affordability, getting cell phones out of the hands of children, AI and trust in government.
Prior to leaving, Durbin would "refuse to treat this hearing like a responsible exercise of this committee. I will not ask questions, and I already did not call any witnesses." He left shortly thereafter.
OutKick reached out to all 10 Democratic members about their absence for either the majority of or the entire hearing. Only Durbin's office responded, saying, "Sen. Durbin explained his position during his opening statement this morning."
The only times Durbin addressed the issue of the hearing was when he raised concerns for the LGBTQ community, citing a study by the Trevor Project that found young LGBTQ+ people are at a "higher risk of suicide," and potential sex verification checks for female athletes as a result of protective measures for women's sports, while calling measures a "vendetta."
"We can all agree that we want to be fair and safe in women's athletics, but this vendetta against a small number of people in the trans community affects everyone, including cisgender girls, who can be subject to inappropriate gender verification checks," Durbin said.
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“What A Dick” had to get down to the bazaar to trade girl slaves with his Islamic buddies.
They all have the same views on women.
Does this infer that those Dems are bi’s too?
Let’s start a rumor :).
Any person with testosterone is going to be stronger and faster than someone without testosterone. That is why they test for it before the race.
That is the current “sex” test for determining if somebody can compete in women sports.
If their testosterone is low.
But that is not what determines sex. testosterone levels can be easily manipulated and changed.
Even with low testosterone levels, men are bigger, stronger build, have more muscle mas, etc.
The only real sex test is the DNA, which is given to every individual during conception and cannot be changed!
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