Ex-NFL punter applauds Senate Dems after bill to prohibit males from women's sports fails to break filibuster

Not a single Senate Democrat voted in favor of the bill. Two Republicans and two Democrats were absent from the vote.

Kluwe, who played for the Minnesota Vikings his entire career, reacted in a post on BlueSky.

"I support and am happy the party came together to stop this," Kluwe wrote. "However, this is what they should be doing on EVERYTHING. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it - we are in an existential crisis as a country. We're either going to emerge as Americans, or as something else."

The bill was introduced by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and has more than 40 co-sponsors in the Senate. It would also codify one of Trump's many recent executive orders, giving the policy better longevity. 

Fox News' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.