Being the Bigger Man: Incoming Trans Representative Agrees to Comply with Speaker Johnson’s Bathroom Policy

THE GATEWAY PUNDIT | Published November 21, 2024

Incoming Representative Sarah McBride, who is transgender, has agreed to follow House Speaker Mike Johnson’s policy that everyone must use bathrooms that align with their biological sex on US Capitol premises.

Rep. McBride said in a statement posted to X, “I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families.”

 

“Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them,” McBride said. “This effort to distract from the real issues facing this country hasn’t distracted me over the last several days, as I’ve remained hard at work preparing to represent the greatest state in the union come January.”

The statement continued, “Serving in the 119th Congress will be an honor of a lifetime — and I continue to look forward to getting to know my future colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Each of us were sent here because voters saw something in us that they value. 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 my colleagues will seek to do the same with me.”

House Speaker Johnson issued a resolution regarding bathroom use on Wednesday morning.

“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,” Johnson said. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

When reporters asked if McBride was a man or a woman, Johnson replied, “Look, I’m not going to get into this. We welcome all new members with open arms who are duly elected representatives of the people. I believe it’s a command we treat all persons with dignity and respect, we will. And I’m not going to engage in silly debates about this.”

Johnson later clarified, “A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman.”

 

“For anybody who doesn’t know my well-established record on this issue, let me be unequivocally clear: a man is a man, and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman. That said, I also believe — that’s what scripture teaches, what I just said — but I also believe that we treat everybody with dignity, and so we can do and believe all those things at the same time. And I wanted to make that clear for everybody, because there’s lots of questions, but that’s where I stand. I’ve stood there my whole life. And those are facts.”

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RELATED: Speaker Johnson backs banning Sarah McBride, first openly transgender House member, from women’s restrooms

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., center, leaves a meeting of House Democrats on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
NY1 | Published November 21, 2024

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex, a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, months before she is set to arrive on Capitol Hill.

“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 Louisiana Republican said. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

The statement comes a day after Johnson was questioned on the issue and emphasized the need to “treat all persons with dignity and respect.” He also acknowledged that ”this is an issue that Congress has never had to address before, and we’re going to do that in deliberate fashion with member consensus on it.”

A resolution to restrict McBride’s access to women’s restrooms was introduced Monday by GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who pledged to fight to “keep men out of women’s spaces.” Mace said the bill was aimed specifically at McBride, who was elected to the House this month from Delaware.

In response, McBride called the effort a way to “distract from the real issues facing this country.”

“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families,” the incoming member said.

She added, “Like all members, I will follow the rules outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them.”

Referring to transgender people by the sex they were assigned at birth rather than by the gender they identify as is a tactic often used by opponents of transgender rights. The larger debate over whether transgender people should be allowed to use the bathrooms that align with their gender identity has been prevalent across the U.S. and became a focal point of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign.

At least 11 states have adopted laws barring transgender girls and women from girls and women’s bathrooms at public schools, and in some cases other government facilities.

 

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SOURCE: www.ny1.com

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