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Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them,
she wrote in a statement obtained by DailyMail.com
If you're going to ask stupid questions, don't advocate for mentally ill men pretending to be women invading our spaces,
she shot back at the female reporterThis 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,
she went onWe’re not going to have men in women’s bathrooms,
Johnson told the Associated Press news agency
What are they talking about there, on day one, is where one member out of 435 is going, where she is going to use the bathroom?”
Representative Katherine Clark, the second-highest ranked Democrat in the House, said during a press conference TuesdayIt is important to note that each member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol. Women deserve women’s only spaces.”
He added
Here, I am using a women’s restroom in North Carolina that I’m technically barred from being in. They say I’m a pervert, they say I’m a man dressed as a woman. They say I’m a threat to their children. They say I’m confused, they say l’m dangerous. We’re all just people trying to pee in peace.”
Accompanying the photo of herself in front of bathroom stalls, she postedWe’re all just people trying to pee in peace.”
She posted on Bluesky a selfie taken in a women’s bathroom, sayingI also believe that we treat everybody with dignity, and so we can do and believe all those things at the same time."
The speaker added
Women and girls shouldn’t have to give up their safety or privacy just because the Left wants to win points with their activist base,
Mace continuedThe radical Left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong. The radical Left says I’m a ‘threat.’ You better believe it,
Mace said in a statementLike all policies, it is enforceable,
Johnson later told reportersThis is not just bigotry, this is just plain bullying,
New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ... according to Axios
They’re threatening to kill me over this. Men who want to use women’s restrooms are threatening to kill me over this issue,
Mace told News Nation’s On Balance on Tuesday
The banning of trans people from women’s bathrooms in the Capitol represents the beginning of extreme anti-trans talking points brought to life at the federal level,
trans activist and TransLash Media founder Imara Jones told The Independent in a statementI literally just got out of meetings with members of Congress & used the bathroom on my way out. Trans women are women—full stop, ... We’re every bit as ‘biologically female’ as cis women & @SpeakerJohnson‘s statement doesn’t change the fact that women’s spaces include trans women.”
she wrote on X.jpg)
Too many transgender people have been killed just for living as their true, authentic selves,
Pramila Jayapal of Washington wrote in a statement accompanying the resolutionIf @HouseGOP really wanted to protect women, they’d release the Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz’ alleged sex trafficking - not try to ban their colleagues from using the bathroom,
she wrote on X on TuesdayEvery day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness."
McBride herself has only publicly released one statement following Mace's resolution, writing in a post on X
This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing. We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars."
She added in a second post