Republican bill to restrict first transgender member of Congress draws criticism

20/11/2024 6:49

        A Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at blocking the chamber's first openly transgender member from
        using women's bathrooms, a move that Democrats denounced on Tuesday.
        
        Representative Nancy Mace's bill would prohibit House members and employees from using bathrooms "other than those corresponding to their biological sex," weeks after the election of Democrat Sarah McBride to the House.
        
        Mace on social media called her bill "common sense" and referred to transgender women as "men in a mini skirt."
        
        Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries called the bill "bullying."
        
        McBride, 34, said it was a "blatant attempt" by Republicans "to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing."