Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will block biological men from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol complex, he announced Wednesday.
Johnson’s pledge follows Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-SC) introduction of a resolution that would ban transgender women (biological men) from using biological women’s restrooms at the Capitol – weeks before Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), a transgender woman, is sworn in.
The issue quickly escalated Monday after Mace announced her intentions to file her resolution, leading to speculation on what Johnson would do. The Speaker gave mixed signals Tuesday, but his statement Wednesday made clear that McBride – and any biological male – will not be permitted to use restrooms designated for women.
“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as
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