More than a dozen transgender activists, including notorious military leaker Chelsea Manning, were arrested Thursday for storming a women's restroom inside the U.S. Capitol.
The activists are are protesting New rules announced last month by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) would require individuals to use single-sex facilities according to their biological sex.
“Approximately 15 people were arrested under D.C. Code Section 22-1307 (Crowding, Obstruction, or Inconvenience) for unlawfully protesting inside the Cannon House office building,” a Capitol Police spokesperson said. told the Post, noting that Manning was among those arrested.
Manning, a 36-year-old former Army intelligence analyst, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, but was released in 2017 after receiving a commutation of his sentence from then-President Barack Obama. It was done.
Manning, who was born biologically male and went by the name “Bradley Manning” during her trial, underwent gender-related treatment in prison and now identifies as female.
Demonstrators holding banners reading “Flush the bigotry down the toilet” and “Congress Stop Pissing on Our Rights” were holding banners that read “Flush the bigotry down the toilet” and “Congress Stop Pissing on Our Rights”, as well as a group of protesters holding signs that read “Flush the Bigotry Down the Toilet” and “Congress Stop Pissing on Our Rights.” Republican, South Carolina).
“From leaking state secrets to leaking in the women's bathroom, nothing seems to work,” Mace quipped to X while sharing video footage of the bathroom fracas.
The 47-year-old congressman introduced a resolution last month inspired by Rep. Sarah McBride's (D-Delaware) House race that would ban transgender women from using indoor women's facilities. , which sparked a toilet controversy. National Diet Building.
Gabriel Lipsky, a spokeswoman for Mr. Mace, told the Post that the protesters “certainly should have been arrested” under the House's new rules.
“Progressive politics is the most regressive threat to women. They just keep proving our point,” she said of the protests. “They come here and put on a show where they intentionally put men in the bathroom to intimidate women.”
McBride, 34, will be sworn in next month and become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
“Biological males do not belong in women's private spaces. Period. Full stop. End of story,” Mace wrote to X when announcing the legislative proposal.
Mace and his staff have received several vile threats after the MP called for restrictions on access to gay-only facilities.
The House speaker's office did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
