House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to say whether transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) is a man or a woman, vowing to “treat all people with dignity and respect.”
At the House Republicans' weekly news conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Mr. Johnson, “Is first-time candidate Sarah McBride a man or a woman?”
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 this is a mandate to treat everyone with dignity and respect, and I intend to do so. And I… am not going to engage in stupid debates about this. Toilet facilities “There are concerns about the use of locker rooms and the like.''This is an issue that Congress has not had to deal with before, and we will work with councilors to meet everyone's needs. ”
FOX News Radio Capitol Hill and White House Correspondent Ryan Schmeltz asked Johnson additional questions about banning transgender women from using women's restrooms, introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (RS.C.) I asked him if he intended to introduce a resolution to do so. U.S. Capitol “and incorporate it into the rules package”?
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at the Capitol on November 19, 2024, accompanied by House Minority Leader Tom Emmer and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“I'm not going to talk about any plans in that regard,” Johnson said. “I just said what I'm going to say on this issue. I'm not going to get involved in this. We don't disrespect anyone. We treat everyone with dignity and respect. That's my principle.'' We treat this issue, our first impression of Congress, like we treat anything else. ”
Mace introduced a resolution Monday that would ban members of Congress, officers and employees from using “same-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.” The group argues that “placing biological males in single-sex facilities, such as women's restrooms, locker rooms, and locker rooms, jeopardizes the safety and dignity of female members of Congress, officers, and staff.” I am doing it.
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.” .
“Every day, Americans go to work with people whose journeys in life are different than our own, and we treat them with respect. We want our members of Congress to mobilize that same kindness,” McBride said. he wrote.
Rep. Nancy Mace speaks with reporters before the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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“The radical left is calling me an extremist for being a feminist who is fighting for the rights of women and girls,” Mace said in a follow-up video message shared with X on Tuesday. “If being a feminist makes me an extremist or a bigot or a monster, then I fully support that, because I stand for every woman and every girl in this country. Because I will fight tooth and nail to protect you and keep you safe.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told the men in the House Republican conference on Tuesday that biological men should not use space reserved for biological women in the U.S. Capitol. He said he asked what he would do to prevent this.
Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride, left, poses for a photo of her freshman class with her colleagues on the steps of the Capitol on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“As you know, Sarah McBride (who he officially calls Tim McBride) is a biological human being and should not be using the restrooms of the Capitol or the restrooms of any office building. But Nancy・Mace's resolve remains unchanged. That's more than enough,” Green told reporters. “America has empowered itself in this election to say not only are we tired of open borders, invasions, out-of-control inflation, and foreign wars, but we are also tired of trans ideology being shoved down our throats. It's an attack on the women and children inside.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., told reporters that the Democratic caucus supports McBride “100 percent” and criticized the resolution introduced by Mace.
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“I just hate it,” Garcia told reporters. “I actually felt sick to my stomach when I read this yesterday. And I think it's really unfortunate that someone is being attacked. She just got to Congress. She uses whatever bathroom she needs. I'm going to say, “This is really disgusting.'' We have to have this conversation…I'm going to be honest, I've heard the hate from both sides of the aisle, so I don't want this to move forward. , I hope she legislates and moves on. ”
