House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has privately said he supports an effort led by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) to prevent biological males from using women's restrooms at the U.S. Capitol. I promised.
Mace announced Monday that he will introduce a resolution to ban transgender women (biological males) from using biological women's restrooms at the U.S. Capitol.
Transgender women will not be allowed to use the women's restrooms in Parliament House, Johnson said Tuesday morning during the weekly House of Commons Republican meeting. politiko Reported.
“He said our restrooms would never be used by biological males,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said politiko.
mace Confirmed Green's account tell Johnson “told me last night that he was going to include it in the rules of the House of Commons,” Axios said.
Despite his private commitments, Johnson was less forthcoming in his post-meeting press conference, refusing to say whether Mace's proposals would be included in the rules package.
“We will provide appropriate accommodations to all members,” he said, noting this is a new issue for members to address.
The previous speaker is refused Tell us whether freshman transgender Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) is male or female.
“Look, I'm not going to get into this,” he replied. “We welcome with open arms all new members who are duly elected as representatives of the people. I believe this is a command. We treat everyone with dignity and respect. We will. I'm not going to get into a stupid discussion about this.”
Typically, the majority party negotiates the rules package for each chamber internally, before taking it to a typically partisan House floor for an up-or-down vote. Although the practice was generally uncontroversial, conservatives in the 118th Congress took advantage of the small Republican majority to change the rules in exchange for support for eventual speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Forced change.
In January 2023, after intense internal negotiations that occasionally spilled over into the public, one Republican member joined all Democrats in voting against the rules package.
If Prime Minister Johnson does not address Mace's concerns through a rules package for the next parliament, he could force a resolution through the House of Commons that would require MPs to publicly record their votes. Mr Mace's threat is likely to prompt Mr Johnson to move towards rules that would insulate members from public disputes over the issue.
It is unclear exactly how Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address the issue through regulation. Mace's binding resolution requires enforcement by Sgt.
Transgender advocates are attacking Mace. said Her efforts are “100 percent” in response to the rise of McBride, who is set to become the first transgender person elected to Congress. McBride was born biologically human.
But Mace and other women believe this is a safety and privacy issue.
“Just because you play dress up doesn't mean you're allowed to enter a woman's private space,” says Mace. said.
Bradley Jay is Breitbart News' Capitol Hill correspondent. Follow him on X/Twitter. @BradleyAJay.
