Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) unveiled a resolution on Monday that would ban transgender women from using female bathrooms inside the Capitol Building — drawing immediate criticism from Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, who will be the first openly transgender member of Congress.
“Biological men do not belong in private women’s spaces. Period. Full stop. End of story,” Mace wrote on X, sharing her legislative proposal.
The resolution calls for a “prohibition” on House members and employees from using restrooms, changing rooms or locker rooms “other than those corresponding to the biological sex of such individuals” in the Capitol or in House office buildings.
The bill directs the House sergeant-at-arms to enforce the new measure, which Mace is seeking to attach to a House rules package that will be voted on early next year.
“Never thought this would have to happen,” Mace wrote in another tweet, declaring that “protecting biological women starts here and it starts now.”
Her proposal comes weeks after Delaware voters elected Sarah McBride to represent the state’s at-large congressional district.
When she is sworn-in, McBride will become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
McBride, 34, slammed Mace’s resolution as a distraction.
“Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness,” she wrote on X.
“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 added. “We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.”
“Delawareans sent me here to make the American dream more affordable and accessible and that’s what I’m focused on.”
