Moment reporter receives brutal truth about Nancy Mace's opposition to trans using female restrooms in Congress

South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace fired disconnected a brutal effect to a newsman wondering wherefore she does not privation the archetypal trans subordinate of Congress to usage women's restrooms. 

'If being a feminist makes maine an extremist I'm wholly present for it,' she sharply replied.

'I'm a unfortunate of maltreatment myself. I'm a rape survivor. I person PTSD from the maltreatment I've suffered astatine the hands of the man, and I cognize however susceptible women and girls are successful backstage spaces.'

'So I'm absolutely, 100 percent gonna basal successful the mode of immoderate antheral who wants to beryllium successful a women's restroom, successful our locker rooms, [or] successful our changing rooms,' Mace went on.

The question was related to a measurement projected Monday by Mace that would mandate that trans individuals usage bathrooms corresponding to their biologic sex. 

Her connection targets trans legislature members and unit and comes conscionable aft the archetypal ever openly trans campaigner won a spot successful Congress. 

Delaware Democratic Representative-elect Sarah McBride, who announced they are transgender successful 2012, is expected to beryllium sworn successful travel January 2025. 

McBride is the highest-ranking openly trans elected authoritative successful U.S. history.

Mace, a rape subsister who has PTSD resulting from her assault, told the newsman her connection is straight related to McBride's accomplishment connected Capitol Hill, and that she believes her connection volition assistance support women. 

'I'm not going to basal for a man, you know, idiosyncratic with a penis, is successful the women's locker room,' she said tersely. 'That's not okay.'

Mace's sounding disconnected comes conscionable hours aft rabble-rouser Marjorie Taylor Greene stirred up play by repeatedly and purposefully calling McBride a 'man.' 

Speaking to reporters connected the Capitol steps Monday evening the Georgia Republican gave a full-throated endorsement of Mace's proposal.

'He's a man. He's a biologic male, truthful helium is not allowed to usage our women's restrooms, our women's gym, our locker rooms and our spaces that are that are specified for women,' Green said.

'He's a biologic male,' she said again. 'He has plentifulness of places helium tin go.' 

Greene adjacent changeable down the thought of having gender-neutral bathrooms successful Congress.  

'No,' she said to the idea, adding 'he tin spell successful the men's country and helium has a bath successful his bureau conscionable similar each of america do.'

'I usage the restroom astir of the clip successful my office,' Greene reasoned. 'He has a bath that volition beryllium designated for him.'

Mace's proposal prohibits House members and staffers from 'using single-sex facilities different than those corresponding to their biologic sex.' 

Greene adjacent suggested expanding the trans bath measurement to 'all payer funded facilities.' 

Speaker Mike Johnson connected Tuesday told the Republican league astatine ample that Mace's connection volition beryllium included successful an upcoming legislative package.

Coming retired of the backstage gathering Greene confirmed Johnson approves of the measure. 

'He said there's not going to beryllium immoderate biologic men utilizing our restrooms,' Greene said. 

The connection would necessitate the sergeant astatine arms to enforce the measure.

Though however the sergeant of arms volition spell astir checking and enforcing this connection is unclear. 

The trans bath debacle connected Capitol Hill is conscionable the latest speech to a larger taste warfare being waged by Republicans connected the normalization of transgender policies. 

Donald Trump repeatedly spoke astir ridding schools of 'critical contention mentation and transgender insanity' portion campaigning for president. 

He besides vowed to crowds crossed the state to 'keep men retired of women's sports.' 

It was besides reported that Greene told her colleagues successful the backstage gathering that she would commencement a 'physical confrontation' should she brushwood a biologic antheral successful the women's restroom.   

That means McBride volition apt beryllium forced to usage the men's bathrooms connected Capitol Hill travel January. 

The ballot connected the bundle containing the trans bath measurement is expected to hap aboriginal this week. 

When pressed connected whether McBride is simply a antheral oregon pistillate connected Tuesday, Speaker Johnson demurred, saying 'Um, look, I'm not gonna get into this.'