Transgender Milestone Sparks Bathroom Legislation Clash in Congress

What happens when the election of the first openly transgender person to Congress ignites a nationwide debate on bathroom access? This episode navigates the stormy political waters stirred by Sarah McBride's groundbreaking election and Representative Nancy Mace's legislative push to restrict bathroom access based on biological sex. As we unpack Mace's motivations, which are deeply intertwined with her personal history as a survivor of abuse, we also examine the broader political dynamics at play. Voices from across the political spectrum, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and House Speaker Mike Johnson, weigh in, offering a rich tapestry of opinions and potential compromises. 

Shifting our lens to Nancy Mace's legislative efforts, we dissect the potential ripple effects of her proposed policies on society. With a few unexpected twists and turns during our discussion, we manage to maintain focus on delivering a comprehensive narrative. Meanwhile, changes in the discourse on gender identity are highlighted by AOC's decision to remove pronouns from her social media bio, sparking conversations about evolving attitudes within the left. Join us as we untangle these complex issues and promise a thought-provoking exploration of one of today's most pressing social debates.

Chapters

• 0:28 Controversy Over Transgender Bathroom Legislation
• 11:18 Nancy Mace Legislation Discussion

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:28

So there is a new senator from Delaware who is trans and she's just elected in this election to go to the Senate. Now, obviously, the first question that comes up for this person, this trans person she came out as trans, or however you want to say it that which bathroom are they going to use? So Representative Nancy Mace came out with a bill that the left is obviously calling anti-trans or discriminatory, misogynistic, racist, bigoted, whatever. The ladies in the halls of Congress just want to go to the bathroom without a dude in. It is essentially what's happening. But this is a post from Sarah McBride, who says here I am using a woman's restroom in North Carolina that I'm technically banned from being in. They say I'm a pervert, they say I'm a man dressed as a woman, they say I'm a threat to their children, they say I'm confused, they say I'm dangerous and they say accepting me as the person I fought to be seen as reflects the downfall of a once great nation. I'm just a person, we are all people. I'm trying to pee in peace, trying to live our lives to the fullest. Blah, yada, yada, yada, yada yada. Representative Nancy Mace replied to this and said I'm just trying to pee in peace. So this is obviously some controversy.

Speaker 1: 2:12

Here is a NBC news article on the situation. Representative Nancy Mace says her anti-trans bathroom bill absolutely targets Representative Sarah McBride. Mcbride, the first out transgender person elected to Congress, will serve in the house starting next year and Mace doesn't want her using women's bathrooms in the Capitol. I mean, this is not controversial. The news is just trying to make it controversial, and the fact that the United States of America has to pass a law for a specific gender to use their assigned bathroom is just absurd.

Speaker 1: 2:54

Washington Representative Nancy Mace said Tuesday that her effort to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms at the US Capitol is a direct response to the election of Sarah McBride, who is set to be the first openly transgender person in Congress. Mace introduced a resolution Monday to prohibit any lawmakers and house employees from using single sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex. She was asked by reporters Tuesday if the move was in response to McBride yes and absolutely. And then some Mace told reporters adding I'm absolutely, 100% going to stand in the way of any man who wants to be in the woman's bathroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there, fighting every step of the way.

Speaker 1: 3:39

May said she would like to see her resolution incorporated into the House rules package for the next Congress. She said she's also working on legislation that would ban such a dynamic on federal property and legislation that would ban it in schools funded by the federal government. So that's essentially every school in the country would be banned from allowing men in women's rooms or women in men's rooms, biological men or biological women. Now there is a resolution to this. If this is banned, they do have dual-use sex bathrooms or family bathrooms where only one person can use it at a time. I mean, that's an option too in some of these areas where people do want this, but it's just ludicrous that this is what Congress and our tax dollars are going towards.

Speaker 1: 4:31

In a post on ExxonMonday, mcbride said Everyday, americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage in them respectively. I hope members of Congress can muster the same kindness. This is not about you, mcbride. You're one person who wants to use the bathroom, and then there are thousands and millions of women who don't want to share a bathroom with a biological male or a locker room. Mcbride's spokesperson declined to comment further Tuesday. And then, of course, marjorie Taylor Greene said Mesa's legislation doesn't go far enough. Greene also suggested she'd be willing to get into a physical altercation if McBride uses women's bathrooms. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are trying to resolve the issue but that they will make accommodations for McBride. So they're going to try to meet in the middle on this. Mike Johnson came out and he he made a. He made a statement that we'll we'll pull up in a minute when I can find it, but here is Nancy Mace on Newsmax dealing with a reporter.

Speaker 2: 5:49

That being a feminist makes me an extremist. I'm totally here for it. Is this effort in response to Congresswoman McBride coming to Congress? Yes and absolutely. And then some. I'm not going to stand for a man. You know someone with a penis is in the women's locker room. That's not okay, and I'm a victim of abuse myself. I'm a rape survivor. I have PTSD from the abuse I've suffered at the hands of a man and I know how vulnerable women and girls are in private spaces. So I'm absolutely, a hundred percent, going to stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women's restroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way. So that, being a feminist, Well, I mean checkmate.

Speaker 1: 6:34

they're liberals. What are you going to say to that that you know? Oh, I'm a rape survivor because the left, they recognize privilege points, right. So if you're gay or you're trans, or you're a minority, if you're black, you're Latino, you're an immigrant, you're any subsector victim status or a rape victim, you get privilege points. So who has more privilege points here? Left, the surviving raped woman who has PTSD that does not want a man in the restroom with her, or the man who is transferring into a woman who wins this battle? Left, obviously, they're never going to take the side of a Republican, no matter what. Although, although the left is now moving away from the far left and towards the center on this issue, Like we talked about yesterday, uh, aoc has removed her pronouns from her bio on Twitter and other social media platforms, which is just ludicrous to have them there. To begin with, here is Mike Johnson answering questions on the bill.

Speaker 3: 7:46

Hello everybody, I just want to make a statement for all of you here and be very clear. I was asked a question this morning at the leadership gaggle and I rejected the premise because the answer is so obvious. For anybody who doesn't know my well-established record on this issue, let me be unequivocally clear. A man is a man and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman. That said, I also believe that's what Scripture teaches, what I just said, but I also believe that we's what Scripture teaches what I just said. But I also believe that we treat everybody with dignity and so we can do and believe all those things at the same time. And I wanted to make that clear for everybody because there's lots of questions. But that's where I stand. I've stood there my whole life and those are facts.

Speaker 1: 8:30

So he comes out basically saying, yep, nope, I believe a man is a man, a woman is a woman, you can't change that and then says that we need to treat everybody with dignity. And so what does that mean? Does that mean he's going to make accommodations? Of course he's going to make accommodations. Mike Johnson is a notorious compromiser. He has his positions, but he is willing to meet people in the middle. I would assume they're going to have a bathroom or a family bathroom for this person coming in. Here's an ABC reporter trying to ambush Nancy Mace at Capitol Hill.

Speaker 4: 9:19

Here she goes. Here's Congresswoman Mace. Congresswoman Mace, can I ask you a question as you walk here? So the question is with your piece of legislation about banning women from using 100%, yes, my question to you is.

Speaker 2: 9:31

It doesn't go far enough. I'll be filing more bills.

Speaker 4: 9:33

You have said that it was created in response to Congresswoman-elect McBride. Absolutely 100%. But should legislation be created targeted at one specific person?

Speaker 2: 9:42

It doesn't mention anyone in the legislation.

Speaker 4: 9:43

But I'm not going to but you've said it was aimed at her.

Speaker 2: 9:46

No, I have said it's a result of this. I'm not going to allow biological men into women's private spaces. I will stand in the brink and stand in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks that it's okay for a penis to be in a women's locker room or a bathroom or a changing room. Hell, no, I'm not going to stand for it. And the speaker said it would be in the house rules package. If it's not, I'll be ready with a motion, a privileged motion, to force a vote on this. This is not okay. I'm a survivor of rape.

Speaker 2: 10:17

I'm a survivor of sexual abuse and I'm not going to allow any man in any female private spaces, end of story. And, by the way, I'm getting death threats from men pretending to be women. Why is it that these crazy people, the insanity, the radical left, are willing to kill women over a man's right to be in a women's restroom?

Speaker 4: 10:31

Speaker Johnson has said. Speaker Johnson has said he wants to treat every new member with the words dignity and respect. Forcing this congressperson to go into a male restroom is that dignity and respect?

Speaker 2: 10:42

Forcing women to share private spaces with men is not dignity and not respect.

Speaker 1: 10:48

I mean right, Everybody looks at the one side of this issue. Everybody looks at the. Well, you're not letting them in the bathroom. Well, what about the tons of women that don't want them there? What about that? That doesn't matter, that's just irrelevant. You're supposed to just jump on board.

Speaker 2: 11:03

I'm absolutely going to stand in the way of anyone who thinks it's okay for a man to be in our locker room and our changing rooms and our dressing rooms and women's bathrooms and, in fact, if you agree with that, that you're crazy, because that's not okay. It's not okay, congressman thank you, congressman.

Speaker 4: 11:18

We're gonna peel away from this conversation, kira.

Speaker 1: 11:20

So a little bit of the context of what we were just yeah, we're gonna, I'm gonna have my cameraman step I'm gonna move over here because I just got my pp smacked very hard and it hurts out of the active driveway.

Speaker 4: 11:31

Here was that nancy mace put forward this piece of legislation. It, she said, although the name is not in the legislation at a new member of.

Speaker 1: 11:38

Congress. Yeah, we know that, we know all of that, but we're going to cover this story, see how it goes. Don't forget to hit that like share and subscribe button and we will see you Monday through Friday at 8 pm. Live.