Transgender Congresswoman-Elect McBride Criticizes GOP's Focus on Bathroom Policies

[Social Media]

 

In her first term as a representative for Delaware, Sarah McBride has already faced targeted attacks from Republicans over her identity as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. Speaking on MSNBC, McBride emphasized that her campaign wasn’t about making history but about serving her constituents, saying, “I didn’t run to be a first. I didn’t run to make history. I ran to serve this state that I love and to deliver for Delawareans.”  

 

These comments came amid Republican efforts to pass a resolution banning members of Congress from using single-sex facilities inconsistent with their biological sex. Representative Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who sponsored the measure, openly admitted that it was aimed at McBride. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., supported the resolution, asserting that biological sex should determine restroom use in the Capitol. Johnson added, “Each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol.”  

 

McBride, however, dismissed these efforts as a distraction from more pressing issues. “I think we are all united that attempts to attack a vulnerable community are not only mean-spirited, but really an attempt to misdirect,” she said in an interview with CBS News’ *Face the Nation*. She argued that such actions serve to divert attention from Republican policies that she claims harm workers, seniors, and families.  

 

“Every single time we hear them say the word ‘trans,’ look what they’re doing with their right hand,” McBride stated. “Look at what they’re doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare.”  

 

On MSNBC’s *The Weekend*, McBride further described the Republican focus on her bathroom use as “a lot of noise.” She reaffirmed her commitment to her legislative priorities, saying, “Over the last two years, over the last two weeks, there’s certainly been a lot of noise around me, but I’ve remained focused.”  

 

The backlash from Republicans has drawn significant support for McBride from Democrats and other allies. Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., called the bathroom policy “disgusting and wrong” and criticized the GOP for prioritizing such issues over the country’s larger challenges. “We have a lot more to worry about than where somebody goes to pee,” Duckworth told CNN.  

 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also denounced the GOP’s actions, accusing them of “bullying” McBride instead of fostering bipartisan collaboration. “This incoming small House Republican Conference majority is beginning to transition to the new Congress by bullying a member of Congress,” Jeffries said. “This is what we’re doing? This is your priority? That you want to bully a member of Congress, as opposed to welcoming her to join this body so all of us can work together to get things done and deliver real results for the American people.”  

 

The Biden administration has also voiced its support for McBride. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that President Joe Biden is “very proud” of her. Jean-Pierre echoed McBride’s focus on substantive issues, quoting the congresswoman-elect: “I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families.”  

 

Despite the controversy, McBride remains committed to her mission, urging a focus on policy and progress rather than divisive cultural debates.

 

Based on a report by NBC News 2024-11-26

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

Scapegoated by immoral bigoted maga morons.

[jimmybcool]

"""“Every single time we hear them say the word ‘trans,’ look what they’re doing with their right hand,” McBride stated. “Look at what they’re doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare.”  """

 

😅🤣🙄

[thesetat2013]

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Scapegoated by immoral bigoted maga morons.

nothing bigoted about this and not only the opinions of maga morons as you call them. Your attitude towards maga seems more bigoted than anything else said here. 

 

I am neither maga nor lefty or rightwing in my opinion. But as a father of 4 girls I surely do not want my young girls to see some girl walking into the toilet with their pecker swinging around and them staring at the physical differences or my children. 

Trans are not exempt from having sex with other women. They do it quite often. Why would any father of a girl or any woman want to have the shame or take risks allowing a physical man into their private space in a bathroom? 

Being Trans does not exempt them from still having that pecker that can get erect. Also, more to the point, Trans have a lot more emotional stress and problems arising. Giving there to be more chances of them acting out and doing something if they think they can or have the opportunity to do it. Who is to say a girl or woman is really safe in a bathroom when there are Trans present?

[Jingthing]

Who is to say a girl or woman is safe when in the presence of adjudicated rapist Trump or one of his unvetted by the FBI cabinet picks?

This isn't about safety. It's about demagoguety.

[mdr224]

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Who is to say a girl or woman is safe when in the presence of adjudicated rapist Trump or one of his unvetted by the FBI cabinet picks?

This isn't about safety. It's about demagoguety.

Just saw a thread posted here today about an illegal alien raping someone in virginia. See you didnt post there

[JonnyF]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

“I didn’t run to be a first. I didn’t run to make history. I ran to serve this state that I love and to deliver for Delawareans.”  

 

Be quiet then and get on with your job. 

[Hanaguma]

To avoid confusion, I find it easy to just think "fake" whenever I hear the prefix "trans".  So, a trans man means a fake man ie. a woman.  

 

The issue here is womens' privacy and safety.  Not just bathrooms, but gyms, changing rooms, and other places that are segregated by sex. It is done for women, not for men.  And men with gender dysphoria or auto gynophilia should be prevented from using spaces and area designated for women. 

[quake]

What a specimen.

It just looks like a bloke with a dress on. 

 

[Cryingdick]

Just take your place at the urinal for a pee like every other dude. This is a conversation that no longer needs to be entertained.

Edited 7 hours ago by Cryingdick

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, jimmybcool said:

"""“Every single time we hear them say the word ‘trans,’ look what they’re doing with their right hand,” McBride stated. “Look at what they’re doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare.”  """

 

😅🤣🙄

This^

[Chwooly]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Who is to say a girl or woman is safe when in the presence of adjudicated rapist Trump or one of his unvetted by the FBI cabinet picks?

This isn't about safety. It's about demagoguety.

And yet we are still waiting on the release of those that used Epstein's services and attended Daddies partys. Most if not all of whom supported your hero Kamala. 

[Chomper Higgot]

5 minutes ago, Chwooly said:

And yet we are still waiting on the release of those that used Epstein's services and attended Daddies partys. Most if not all of whom supported your hero Kamala. 

And you know this despite the names not being released?

 

 

[Chwooly]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

And you know this despite the names not being released?

 

 

We know who attended Diddies partys because we have photos of them. What we don't know is who had sex with the underage or who stayed for the sexual abuse. And I am extrapolating because for the past 4 years everything and anyone connected to Trump has been gone after by the Lamestream media in an attempt to drag them thru the mud

Edited 6 hours ago by Chwooly

[Chomper Higgot]

38 minutes ago, Chwooly said:

We know who attended Diddies partys because we have photos of them. What we don't know is who had sex with the underage or who stayed for the sexual abuse. And I am extrapolating because for the past 4 years everything and anyone connected to Trump has been gone after by the Lamestream media in an attempt to drag them thru the mud

Yep, you are extrapolating’.

[soalbundy]

3 hours ago, quake said:

What a specimen.

It just looks like a bloke with a dress on. 

 

Well it is and nobody wants to see 'her' dick in the rest room.

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Well it is and nobody wants to see 'her' dick in the rest room.

She doesn’t have one.

[Jingthing]

Sleazeball religious extremist maga tool hypocrite speaker Johnson was asked whether rep. McBride is a man or a woman.

He had no answer!

So it's not only the.woke who can't define a woman!

[quake]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

She doesn’t have one.

 

Not so true.

Think it's still partly there,  just turned inside out and hollowed out a bit.

Think sex it has, if with a man,  would be Dick in Dick.

[Jingthing]

Interesting to know the history of house toilets.

When there was the first female rep in 1917 the bigots back then felt violated and threatened.

It took almost 100 years for there to be a women's toilet near the house floor.

There was a similar bigot backlash when the first black rep was elected.

Anyone that doesn't realize that this reactionary response to the first trans rep is about bigotry and demagoguery isn't paying attention. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Jingthing

[Chwooly]

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yep, you are extrapolating’.

Thank you for acknowledging what I just said. You are so insightful

[radiochaser]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Who is to say a girl or woman is safe when in the presence of adjudicated rapist Trump or one of his unvetted by the FBI cabinet picks?

This isn't about safety. It's about demagoguety.

demagoguety??? 

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, radiochaser said:

demagoguety??? 

Typo.

Spelling Police?

[renaissanc]

Sarah, women don't want to share a bathroom with men. Why is this hard to understand?

[radiochaser]

4 minutes ago, radiochaser said:

demagoguety??? 

 

Just now, Jingthing said:

Typo.

Spelling Police?

If I was being the grammar police, I would have flashed my badge!!

 

[Chwooly]

31 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

She doesn’t have one.

This should be the criteria for who can use a Woman's Bathroom.  Since she has gone all in, She should not be expected to use the men's loo. Only those that still have meat and 2 veg should be required to use the men's john. So on this I have to agree with you. I think if you still have male genitals you should be required to use male facilities.  It is not bigotry or demagoguery, It is for me just common decency, I wouldn't want a man to share a bathroom with my wife/girlfriend/mother/daughter. And someone who identifies as a woman but still has intact male genitals is a man. 

[CHdiver]

All Transgender debate is about men who want to be woman. You do not hear about woman who want to be men to fight to get into a men toilet, you don't hear about woman who want to be men to compet in sport with other men and so on. 

 

Again, woman are victims of (ex) men. You can't be more sexist then that.

 

 

[soalbundy]

51 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

She doesn’t have one.

That will make the prostate examination easier then.

[Chomper Higgot]

29 minutes ago, Chwooly said:

Thank you for acknowledging what I just said. You are so insightful

And you are widely imaginative.

[mogandave]

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Who is to say a girl or woman is safe when in the presence of adjudicated rapist Trump or one of his unvetted by the FBI cabinet picks?

This isn't about safety. It's about demagoguety.

It’s about men in girls/women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, sports and prisons. The left wants it, the right doesn’t.

 

Nothing more, nothing less.