House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to answer a reporter's question about whether transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) is a man or a woman, but on Tuesday he clarified.
“I want to be very clear to everyone here: I was asked this morning at a party meeting, and I rejected that premise because the answer is so obvious,” Johnson told reporters at Parliament House on Tuesday. That's why.'' afternoon. “For those who don't know my solid track record on this issue, let me be clear: Men are men and women are women. And men cannot be women.”
“Having said that, I also believe that that is what the Bible teaches and what I just said. But I also believe that we treat everyone with dignity. So we can do and believe all these things at the same time,” he added. “And I wanted to make that clear to you all because there are a lot of questions. But that's my position. I've stood there all my life, and those are the facts.”
At House Republicans' weekly news conference earlier Tuesday, a reporter asked Johnson, “Are freshmen elected?” sarah mcbride Male or female? ”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks during a press conference with other House Republican leaders at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Prime Minister Johnson responded: “Listen, I'm not going to get into this. We welcome with open arms all new members who are duly elected representatives of the people.” “I believe it is a mandate…to treat all people with dignity and respect, and I intend to do so.”
The question came after Rep. Nancy Mace, R.C., introduced a resolution Monday that would bar members, officers and legislators from entering. Diet staff Prohibits the use of “homosexual facilities other than facilities corresponding to biological sex.”
Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R.S.C.) attends the House Republican Caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Asked Tuesday if the resolution was in response to McBride's appearance in Congress, Mace said: “Yes, and of course, and in part.”
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“I'm not going to support a man. Someone with a penis in the women's locker room, that's not OK,” Mace said. “I am a victim of abuse myself. I am a rape survivor. I suffer from PTSD from the abuse I suffered at the hands of men. I also know how vulnerable women and girls are in their private spaces. I will never do that.'' 100% of the time I will get in the way of men trying to go to the women's bathroom, locker room, locker room, I will fight you every step of the way. ”
Outside the Capitol late Tuesday, Mace said Johnson told her he intended to add her resolution to the House rules package on Monday.
November 15, 2024 Incoming members of the 119th Congress Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Maryland), Rep. Sarah McBride (Delaware), Rep. Emily Randall (Washington), and other members of the 119th Congress New students take a group photo. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“If that doesn't work, we're going to modify the house rules package,” Mace said. “And I'm also prepared to file a privilege motion if it's not in the House rules package for the 119th Congress. I'm going to force a vote on this. This is not OK. I'm a survivor. The idea of privilege is in the women's bathroom, in the locker room, in the locker room. I'm uncomfortable with the men and I'm not done here. I'm going to introduce the bill tonight and you can all hold your breath and wait for it, but I'm going to let this happen. We are going to make sure that every woman and girl across the country is protected from this madness.”
“And today I'm receiving death threats from men pretending to be women. They're trying to kill me over my rights and the women's rights I'm fighting for,” Mace said. added. “That's madness. It's nonsense. And I'm going to stand up and fight back against the radical left every day, 365 days a year. Good luck. Come on, brother.”
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In an X post on Monday, McBride derided the resolution as “a blatant attempt by far-right extremists to distract from the fact that there are no real solutions to the realities facing the American people.” .
