Mace faces backlash over effort to ban new transgender member of Congress from women's bathrooms

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  • Source: Fox News
  • 11/19/2024

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., clashed with her critics online Tuesday as she faces backlash for her resolution to bar men who identify as female from the women's restrooms on Capitol Hill.

Mace filed the resolution on Monday, which Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind first reported will prohibit "Members, officers, and employees of the House from using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex." 

The resolution comes just as the first openly transgender lawmaker, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is set to join Congress in January. McBride is a biological male who identifies and presents as a woman. 

"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," McBride said in a statement. "We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars." 

Nancy Mace by S.C. Air National Guard is licensed under Flickr Creative Commons
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