Hakeem Jeffries again claims banning trans athletes from girls sports will unleash sexual predators on girls

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U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., repeated the unsubstantiated argument that the Defending Women and Girls in Sports Act would have "unleashed" sexual predators on girls in the U.S. 

Jeffries first made this argument the day the House voted on the bill Jan. 14, joining other prominent Democratic representatives, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The argument prompted harsh backlash among some registered Democratic voters and was not repeated leading up to the Senate's vote of the bill Monday.

But Jeffries raised the argument again when asked about California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent comments about transgender athletes in girls sports being "unfair."

"I haven't seen [Newsom's] comments. What Democrats opposed was unleashing sexual predators on girls throughout the United States of America," Jeffries told reporters Thursday. 

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hakeem Jeffries with a trans flag background (Getty Images)

When Jeffries and other House Democrats pushed the argument in January, it was not rooted in any language within the bill. Republicans insisted no genital inspection would ever be necessary and that proof of birth gender could simply be determined with a birth certificate. 

The bill ended up passing in the House by a vote of 218-206. Two Democratic representatives, Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both of Texas, voted in favor of it despite Jeffries and others labeling the bill "The House Republican Child Predator Empowerment Act." 

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