Speaker Johnson: Capitol bathrooms restricted by 'biological sex'

WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled enactment Tuesday for a Republican effort to prohibition Democrat Sarah McBride — the archetypal transgender idiosyncratic to beryllium elected to Congress — from utilizing women’s restrooms successful the Capitol erstwhile she's sworn into bureau adjacent year.

“All single-sex facilities successful the Capitol and House Office Buildings — specified arsenic restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biologic sex,” a connection from Johnson said successful part.

A solution projected Monday by GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina would prohibit immoderate lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities different than those corresponding to their biologic sex.” Mace said the measure is aimed specifically astatine McBride, who was elected to the House this period from Delaware.

“It’s the tallness of hypocrisy and gaslighting to archer women, you suffer your rights, and past a antheral walks successful the room. I don’t deliberation so,” Mace said Tuesday connected NewsNation’s “On Balance.” “I’m precise socially sensible, but this is astir women’s safety. It’s astir women’s security, it’s astir women’s privacy, and we person rights.”

The statement implicit whether transgender radical should beryllium allowed to usage the bathrooms that align with their sex individuality has been prevalent crossed the U.S. and was a focal constituent of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign. At slightest 11 states person adopted laws barring transgender girls and women from girls and women’s bathrooms astatine nationalist schools and successful immoderate cases different authorities facilities.

McBride was elected to the House this period aft gathering a nationalist illustration arsenic an LGBTQ+ activistic and raising much than $3 cardinal successful run contributions from astir the country. She became the archetypal openly transgender idiosyncratic to code a large enactment normal successful the United States successful 2016 erstwhile she spoke astatine the Democratic National Convention.

“We should beryllium focused connected bringing down the outgo of housing, wellness attraction and kid care, not manufacturing civilization wars,” McBride said. “Delawareans sent maine present to marque the American imagination much affordable and accessible, and that’s what I’m focused on.”