Tommy Tuberville on why he's pushing trans athlete ban bill: 'There's been an attack on women'

Sen. Tommy Tuberville appears on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" to talk about the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is leading the charge for a national ban on trans athletes in college sports. 

Tuberville previously told Fox News Digital he will be re-introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to Congress after the new House rules package passed last week, which would punish schools financially if they allow trans athletes to compete against girls and women. 

For the Republican, who has been a longtime advocate for the bill, certain decisions that have been made over the last four years under the Biden administration are the driving force behind his urgency on this issue. 

"It's just a shame what's happened here over the last four years. It's been an attack on gender, it's been really an attack on women, all women," Tuberville said during an interview on OutKick's "Don't @ Me With Dan Dakich."

"They don't like women," he said. "They like everybody to think when they're born, ‘you’re not a woman, you're actually a man in women's clothing.'" 

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., talks during a television interview before former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Biden administration, alongside other Democrats, has taken sweeping actions over the last four years to enable trans athletes in women's and girls' sports. 

On Jan. 20, 2021, just hours after President Biden assumed office, he issued an executive order on "Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or