Washington, DC - Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has called out fellow Democrats who defected on a GOP bill to ban transgender women and girls from school sports.

The Republican-led House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 218–206 in favor of barring transgender students from playing on female sports teams at federally funded schools or universities.

Democratic congressmen Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez both defected from the Democrats to vote in favor of the bill.

"We can’t be ninnies about this. These are just the early days," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The Independent.

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"Trump hasn’t even been sworn in yet, and if a little bitty sports bill was gonna make Dems defect, we’re not in good shape."

House Leader Mike Johnson only commands a slim majority in the chamber, making even minor Democratic defections a make-or-break when it comes to passing legislation.

The bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, as it would require a total of seven Democrats to defect and vote in its favor.

In a speech yesterday, Ocasio-Cortez powerfully denounced the bill and called out the Republicans for what she sees as hypocrisy on women's rights.

"Republicans who have consistently voted against the violence against women act, who have taken away the right of all women to choose and have control over their own body... Now want to pretend today that they care about women," AOC said in an address to Congress.

"Why? To open up gender and, yes, genital examinations into little girls in this country in the so-called name of attacking trans girls."

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Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the bill has no enforcement mechanism, paving the way to "every enforcement mechanism" and, potentially, genital examinations of small children.

"Bigoted folks love this bill. Assaulters love this bill. But also, CEOs love this bill because Los Angeles is on fire right now and this is the number one priority this majority has."