WASHINGTON — Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., mentioned Tuesday that her effort to ban transgender girls from utilizing feminine bogs on the U.S. Capitol is a direct response to the election of Sarah McBride, who is ready to be the primary overtly transgender individual in Congress.
Mace launched a decision Monday to ban any lawmakers and House workers from “utilizing single-sex amenities aside from these similar to their organic intercourse.” She was requested by reporters Tuesday if the transfer was in response to McBride.
“Yes and completely, after which some,” Mace advised reporters, including, “I’m completely 100% gonna stand in the best way of any man who desires to be in a girls’s restroom, in our locker rooms, in our altering rooms. I might be there combating you each step of the best way.”
Mace mentioned she wish to see her decision included into the House Rules package deal for the subsequent Congress. She mentioned she’s additionally engaged on laws that will ban such a dynamic on federal property and laws that will ban it in colleges funded by the federal authorities.
In a publish on X Monday night time, McBride mentioned, “Every day Americans go to work with individuals who have life journeys completely different than their very own and interact with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that very same kindness.”
McBride didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Tuesday about Mace’s newest feedback.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., mentioned Mace’s laws “doesn’t go far sufficient.” Greene additionally instructed she’d be keen to get right into a bodily altercation if McBride makes use of girls’s restrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., mentioned Tuesday that Republicans try to resolve the problem however that they are going to make lodging for McBride.
“This is an unprecedented matter, so we’re going to, we’ll discover a decision that that solves the issue, however we’re engaged on that … and keep tuned for the way we reply,” he mentioned.
He added, “We welcome all new members with open arms who’re duly elected representatives of the folks. I consider it’s a command we deal with all individuals with dignity and respect …. this is a matter that Congress has by no means needed to deal with earlier than. We’re going to try this in a deliberate trend with member consensus on it, and we are going to accommodate the wants of each single individual.”
Jo Yurcaba and Kyle Stewart contributed.