Republican’s effort to block first transgender House member from using women’s bathrooms brings campaign issue to the Capitol

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-20 20:28:07 | Updated at 2024-11-22 15:33:17 1 day ago

Republican’s effort to block first transgender House member from using women’s bathrooms brings campaign issue to the Capitol
CNN ^ | 11/20/24 | Annie Grayer,

Posted on 11/20/2024 12:27:48 PM PST by DallasBiff

On one side of the Capitol, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace vowed to “stand in the way” of Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out transgender woman elected to Congress, using women’s bathrooms in the US Capitol.

Across the building, McBride was privately counseling her Democratic colleagues how to balance both pushing back on dehumanizing rhetoric while also staying on message. McBride, who came up through the Delaware legislature, assured Democrats that she has faced similar attacks before and was not going to let this define her.

“This is not her first rodeo,” Democratic Rep. Becca Balint said of McBride. “I’m so impressed by the way Rep. McBride is really helping us navigate this. Because she said, ‘If we let them, this entire Congress, all we’ll talk about is bathrooms.’”

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: transgender

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"Her first rodeo", more like "its" first rodeo.

Well it is from Delaware, Brandon's supposed home state.

1 posted on 11/20/2024 12:27:48 PM PST by DallasBiff

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