Nancy Mace Slammed for Trying to Ban First Trans Member of Congress From Restrooms
thenewcivilrightsmovement.comU.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is introducing a binding resolution to ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the House of Representatives, after Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware became the first openly transgender American to be elected to Congress.
If passed, Congresswoman Mace says, it would require the Sergeant at Arms to enforce it. Speaker Johnson appeared noncommittal but reports say he may support it as a rules change.
But just three years ago, a few months into her first term as a member of Congress, Mace co-sponsored the GOP alternative to the LGBTQ Equality Act. “I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality,” Mace told the Washington Examiner‘s Brad Polumbo. “No one should be discriminated against.” “I have friends and family that identify as LGBTQ,” she added. “Understanding how they feel and how they’ve been treated is important.
Having been around gay, lesbian, and transgender people has informed my opinion over my lifetime.” READ MORE: Trump’s Plan to Defy 14th Amendment: No Passports for Children of Undocumented Parents “I feel like it’s my duty to speak up on these issues, and to sponsor legislation on these issues, because I want people on both sides of the aisle to know that there are Republicans that care,” Mace continued. “That we are compassionate.
