Election 2024 Live Updates: AOC slams 'bullying' GOP move to bar trans Congresswoman from bathrooms
Nancy Mace filed the resolution after Sarah McBride was elected to become the first openly transgender woman to serve in Congress, this month.
Ocasio-Cortez called the proposal "just plain bullying," while Rep. Becca Balint said, "The cruelty is the point." Rep. Joe Morelle added that McBride "is a woman.
She should use the ladies room." McBride member-elect for Delaware's at-large congressional district has urged "kindness" from her fellow House members.
However, several House Republicans have expressed support for Mace's measure; Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said she backed Mace's proposal and referred to McBride as "a man" and "he" several times in a video posted to X.Follow Newsweek's Live Blog for updates.Sarah McBride has accused Republican House members of using their trans bathroom ban bill to distract from "the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing."McBride, who was elected to become the first openly transgender woman to serve in Congress, this month, urged "kindness" from her fellow House members after South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace filed the resolution to ban trans lawmakers from using the bathrooms of their choice.The member-elect for Delaware's at-large congressional district added that Mace and those that supported her, were simply "manufacturing culture wars" to distract from their lack of policy."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," she said on X."We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.
