Sarah McBride, who became the first openly trans member of Congress this past election, uploaded a post on her X account on Wednesday, claiming she would follow the rules established by House Speaker Mike Johnson who had previously announced transgender women would be banned from using restrooms and locker facilities throughout the U.S. Capitol complex that align with their gender identity.
The Delaware Congresswoman posted a letter along on X, along with a caption that reads "I'm not here to fight about bathrooms. I'm here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families." The rest of the message refers to the recent outcry around bathroom usage in The House as an "effort to distract from real issues facing this country" which haven't distracted her from "preparing to represent the greatest state in the union come January."
McBride goes on to say that serving in Congress will be "the honor of a lifetime", concluding with a message to her future congresspeople:
"I have loved getting to see those qualities in the future colleagues that I've met and I look forward to seeing those qualities in every member come January. I hope all of my colleagues will seek to do the same with me"
I'm not here to fight about bathrooms. I'm here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families. pic.twitter.com/bCuv7pIZBY
— Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride) November 20, 2024
The issue around McBride and the House's bathroom has gained steam in the last few days especially backed by U.S. Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, who commented on Steve Bannon's podcast on Tuesday that allowing McBride into women's restrooms could be "an assault."
"I'm not kidding you," Greene added. "It is like a physical assault for a man to come in, charging into our private places, bathrooms, locker rooms, our gyms, places that are designated specifically for women only...He doesn't belong in there," Greene added. She also said that transgender women "will never be women" and that she "refused to recognize them that way." She also doubled down later on through an X post:
There’s a man pretending to be a woman coming to Congress in January who expects to use the same restrooms as little girls visiting the Capitol.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 19, 2024
I consider it assault for a man to charge into places that are designated specifically for women.
Restrooms are a place where women… pic.twitter.com/2DT9wVsVEF
As pressure mounted, Mike Johnson stated on Wednesday that "all single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex." The new policy is backed by the Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act, introduced by Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) which would require individuals to use single-sex facilities across all federal properties, including post offices and national parks, based on their "biological sex."
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