U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katherine Robertson, in her role as chief counsel for the Alabama Attorney General's Office, gave speeches defending women's sports in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguements in two cases Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., barring male athletes who identify as "transgender" from participating on women's and girls' sports teams.

"I've had three votes in that building over there in the last four years — three on the Senate floor about keeping men out of women's sports. I've got not one damn vote from a Democrat. Not one. They voted it down three times. They [couldn't] care less. They care about power.
They care about greed. They don't care about women. They [can't] care less," Tuberville said to a crowd gathered to support female athletes, in a video posted to X by Moms For Liberty.

"I cannot believe there's women standing over there. I can't believe it. Title IX has given people an opportunity. 
Folks, let me tell you something. If we don't make a stand now, as Senator Justice said a while ago, if we don't make this stand now, this country will go down so fast, our head will swim," he continued.

Tuberville thanked the crowd for coming and for fighting.

"I've got my first grandchild, Rosie Grace. I'd be damned if she's going to take a shower with a man," he shouted.

"Keep fighting. Keep fighting against mental illness, because that's what we're doing. Fighting against it every day."

Robertson spoke at a press conference for the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA).

"Alabama was very proud to lead the multi-state amicus brief in this case, because Alabamians have a great deal of common sense, just like the states behind me. And in some ways, I just want to say, 'We told you so!'"

She then outlined the timeline of the fight.

"I know when Alabama debated our law, and many laws on this topic, and we were told that it was a solution, in need, of a problem. But you may remember that this all started at the tail end of the Obama administration, when we were told that sharing private spaces between boys and girls was more about fairness and had nothing to do with public safety," Robertson explained.

"In 2019, Jerry Nadler told us that arguments about bathrooms and sports were mere scare tactics," she continued. "On the campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden stated that the idea that trans children are a threat to sports or anyone else just isn't true. But then, a year later, after he took office, Jen Psaki stated that President Biden believed that trans kids should be able to play sports, and that doing so doesn't pose a threat to fairness. But you've heard today that that wasn't true."


"Alabama is proud of the role we've played. We're so grateful to partner with states like West Virginia, Idaho and others. We believe tomorrow, we're going to win that case, and hopefully put this issue to rest for a while," Robertson closed.

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