OAN Staff James Myers
7:26am – Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Republican Nancy Mace unveiled a resolution Monday that would ban transgender women from using women's restrooms in the Capitol, making her the first openly transgender member of Congress. It drew immediate criticism from Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride.
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“Biological males do not belong in women's private spaces. Period. Full stop. End of story,” Mace (RS.C.) wrote about X, sharing his legislative proposal.
The resolution would “prohibit” members of the House of Representatives and staff from using restrooms, locker rooms, and locker rooms “other than those corresponding to the individual's biological sex” in the Capitol and House office buildings. I'm looking for something.
The bill directs the House Sergeant-at-Arms to implement the new measures, which Mace aims to include in the House rules for a vote early next year.
“I never expected this to happen,” Mace wrote in another tweet, declaring that “protecting biological women starts here and starts now.”
But McBride (D-Delaware) said the new bill is the result of right-wing extremism.
“This is a blatant attempt by far-right extremists to distract from the fact that we have no real solutions to the realities facing the American people,” McBride said in a statement. “We should be focusing on lowering the costs of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.”
“The people of Delaware sent me here to make the American Dream more affordable and accessible, and that's what I'm focused on,” she said.
When McBride is officially sworn in, the 34-year-old will become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
Mace, meanwhile, is calling for the measure to be included in the 119 rules package.th Should it be submitted to Congress or brought to the floor for a vote as an independent rule outside of the package?
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