WASHINGTON Republicans mocked Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson last month for refusing to define the word woman during her Senate confirmation hearing.

But it turns out those same Republicans on the Judiciary Committee dont agree on how to define a woman, and some wouldnt or couldnt give a definition when HuffPost asked Tuesday.

I dont have anything for you on that, said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).

Im not going to indulge you, said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) dodged the question three times in a row, citing her policy of not talking to reporters in Senate hallways even though it was Blackburn who made this an issue with Jackson in the first place.

Thirteen hours into the first day of Jacksons hearing last month, the Tennessee Republican tossed out the question : Can you define the word woman?

Can I provide a definition? Jackson said, appearing confused. No, I cant. Im not a biologist.

After some back and forth, Blackburn concluded: The fact that you cant give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about.

The next day, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) laid into Jackson too, telling her: I think you are the only Supreme Court nominee in history who has been unable to answer the question What is a woman?

The real aim of Blackburns question was almost certainly to try to corner Jackson on the issue of transgender women participating in womens sports part of a broader, ugly GOP attack on LGBTQ people heading into the 2022 elections. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is pushing for child abuse investigations of parents whose children seek gender-affirming medical care. Floridas new Dont Say Gay law prevents teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity to students younger than fourth graders. The Human Rights Campaign, meanwhile, is tracking more than 300 anti-LGBTQ bills across the country.

In a follow-up email to HuffPost, a spokesperson for Blackburn said her definition of a woman is Two X chromosomes.

The spokesperson did not respond to questions about whether Blackburn considers women born with only one X chromosome to be women, or if she considers men born with two X chromosomes to be women.

In a written statement, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) offered the same definition as Blackburn: A woman is born with two X-chromosomes.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary and the Britannica Dictionary define a woman as an adult female person and an adult female human being, respectively. Do senators agree with this?

I have more of a traditional view of what a woman is, said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).

What is that?

My wife.