By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-19 16:27:02 | Updated at 2024-11-19 18:25:00
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Rabble-rouser Marjorie Taylor Greene is stirring up drama on Capitol Hill yet again by repeatedly and purposefully calling the first openly transgender woman in Congress a 'man.'
Speaking to reporters on the Capitol steps Monday evening the Georgia Republican gave a full-throated endorsement of a proposal from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., that would prevent the first trans member from using women's bathrooms.
Delaware Democratic Representative-elect Sarah McBride - who will become the first openly trans member of Congress - is expected to be sworn in come January 2025.
But Mace says they should not be 'allowed in women's private spaces,' like the ladies' rooms around the Capitol complex.
Greene doubled down on Mace's resolution, saying: 'He's a man. He's a biological male, so he is not allowed to use our women's restrooms, our women's gym, our locker rooms and our spaces that are that are specified for women.
'He's a biological male,' she said again. 'He has plenty of places he can go.'
Greene even shot down the idea of having gender-neutral bathrooms in Congress.
'No,' she said to the idea, adding 'he can go in the men's room and he has a bathroom in his office just like all of us do.'
Representative-elect Sarah McBride on the steps of the Capitol, in Washington, DC, 15 November 2024
McBride will be the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters Monday she does not want McBride to be able to use the women's restrooms on Capitol Hill, calling it an invasion of women's spaces should the trans representative-elect opt to use the ladies' room
'I use the restroom most of the time in my office,' Greene reasoned. 'He has a bathroom that will be designated for him.'
Mace's proposal prohibits House members and staffers from 'using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.'
Greene even suggested expanding the trans bathroom measure to 'all taxpayer funded facilities.'
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday told the Republican conference at large that Mace's proposal will be included in an upcoming legislative package.
Coming out of the private meeting Greene confirmed Johnson approves of the measure.
'He said there's not going to be any biological men using our restrooms,' Greene said.
The proposal would require the sergeant at arms to enforce the measure.
Though how the sergeant of arms will go about checking and enforcing this proposal is unclear.
The trans bathroom debacle on Capitol Hill is just the latest aside to a larger cultural war being waged by Republicans on the normalization of transgender policies.
Donald Trump repeatedly spoke about ridding schools of 'critical race theory and transgender insanity' while campaigning for president.
He also vowed to crowds across the country to 'keep men out of women's sports.'
Greene has frequently critiqued transgender policies surrounding bathrooms and sports
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is kissed by her boyfriend Brian Glenn, Programming Director of Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN)
It was also reported that Greene told her colleagues in the private meeting that she would start a 'physical confrontation' should she encounter a biological male in the women's restroom.
That means McBride will likely be forced to use the men's bathrooms on Capitol Hill come January.
The vote on the package containing the trans bathroom measure is expected to happen later this week.
When pressed on whether McBride is a man or woman on Tuesday, Speaker Johnson demurred, saying 'Um, look, I'm not gonna get into this.'
