House Speaker Mike Johnson announced new bathroom policies for the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in response to controversy surrounding transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.).
“All single-sex facilities, including restrooms, locker rooms, and locker rooms in the Capitol and the House Office Building, are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson, R-Louisiana, said in a statement obtained by Fox News. It is booked for.'' digital. “It is important to note that each member's office has its own restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout Parliament House.”
“Women should be given their own space,” Johnson added.
“It's enforceable like any other policy,” Johnson later told reporters. “But there's a reason we have separate facilities for men and women, and women have a right to women-only spaces. And we're not against anyone. I We are pro-women and I think this is an important policy for us to continue. It's always been that way,” I think it's probably an unspoken policy, but now it's documented. ”
Speaker Johnson clarifies after remarks about transgender House members
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson departs from a press conference at the Capitol on November 19, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Rep. Nancy Mace (RS.C.) introduced a resolution earlier this week that would bar members, officers and legislators from entering. Diet staff Prohibits the use of “homosexual facilities other than facilities corresponding to biological sex.”
Mace, a rape survivor, was derided as a “right-wing extremist” by Democrats including McBride over the resolution, which the South Carolina House of Representatives doubled down on Wednesday.
She introduced another new bill that would “prohibit biological males from using female-only protected facilities (such as restrooms and locker rooms) on all federal lands nationwide.”
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)
“The radical left would rather call me an extremist than admit they're wrong. They call me a 'threat.'” You better believe it, Mace said. said in a statement. “And I shamelessly denounce the endangerment of women and girls. Women fought for these spaces, and they are being used to score political points with a small but vocal activist base.” I will not allow it to be erased.”
Mr Johnson refuses to say whether transgender MPs will be elected as male or female MPs, saying the House of Commons should treat everyone with 'respect'
Mace's office added that while “the vast majority of Americans recognize the importance of protecting women's rights and privacy,” “a woke mob is stirring up anger.”
Mace continued: “Women and girls should not have to give up their safety and privacy just because the left wants to gain support with activist groups.” “This is not controversial. It's common sense. I will continue to protect women and girls from these harmful, outrageous and just plain weird policies.”
Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride (left) joins other newly elected members of Congress for a photo of the freshman class on the steps of the Capitol on Friday, November 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Mace said she received death threats for offering the first solution and shared a social media video with Company X of a transgender individual threatening to beat her to death.
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Mr Johnson initially declined to answer questions on Tuesday about whether Mr McBride was male or female, but later that day he told reporters: “Let me be clear: a man is a man and a woman is a man. “Yes,” he gave a final explanation. And a man cannot become a woman. ”
The speaker added: “We can do and believe in all of these things at the same time because we believe in treating everyone with dignity.”
