GOP senator calls out Dems' reported pro-women attire at Trump speech after blocking trans athlete bill

"Pink is a color of power and protest," Fernández told the outlet. "It's time to rev up the opposition and come at Trump loud and clear."

In response to this news, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, called out the party for its reported protest attire for women just one day after Senate Democrats voted unanimously against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

"When you see Democrats wearing pink for the TV cameras tonight, remember that 45 of them voted for men to invade women's sports just yesterday," Lee wrote in response to the Time article on X. "It's all an act."

The bill failed to clear the key procedural hurdle by a vote of 51-45, along party lines. All Democratic senators voted against the motion to proceed, with the exceptions of Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Peter Welch, D-V.t., who were absent.

So the bill was filibustered and is presumed dead, unless it is re-introduced at a later date. 

Many Democrats have since faced a flury of online backlash for voting against the bill.

Meanwhile, Trump passed an executive order to keep trans athletes out of girls' and women's sports on Feb. 5, which has been widely praised by women's rights groups.