American Newsweek is deeply outraged: Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene “misgendered” the first trans woman in Congress, Delaware Senator Sarah McBride. “He is a man” – Green said, and then continued to insist on it.
On November 18, a reporter asked Greene to comment on her Republican colleague’s resolution. Nancy Macewhich aims to ban trans women from using women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill. The proposal comes ahead of McBride’s appearance in Washington, where she will make history as the first openly transgender woman in the US Congress.
giving an interview Pablo ManriquezIn his post on social media site X, the Georgia Republican called McBride “a man” several times and used the pronoun “he.”
Newsweek emailed representatives for Greene and McBride outside of business hours for comment on the matter. In the video, Manríquez asks Greene if she would support Mace’s resolution. Green answers:
“I support a resolution that would prohibit all biological males from using women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and other private areas. “Not just here in the Capitol complex, in our office buildings, but in all taxpayer-funded facilities.”
A reporter asked Greene how they would check if a person has the right to use the women’s bathroom, since today it is obvious that there is a new member of Congress (do not subtract – do not add. — approx. EADaily), who is transgender.
“Be a man,” Greene responded. – He’s a man. Biologically he is a man. Therefore, you are not permitted to use the women’s restrooms, women’s gym, our women’s locker rooms, and other designated women’s areas. He is a biological man. “There are a lot of places you can go.”
A reporter asked Greene if there was a need for “gender-neutral bathrooms.”
“No,” Greene responded. “He can go to the men’s room and has his own bathroom in his office, like the rest of us.” I myself use this type of bathroom most of the time. “He has a bathroom dedicated to him.”
In a 2022 Pew Research Center survey, four in 10 Americans said transgender people should use public restrooms “consistent with the sex they were assigned at birth.” Numerous studies and reviews have found no evidence to support the claim that transgender women pose greater safety risks in bathrooms.
Greene appears in a video saying that transgender rights are “what this election was about.”
“This was a mandate from the American people, who are tired not only of open borders, inflation, the economic situation, but also of how the left is feeding us with their unhealthy trans ideology, of how they are invading our space and our sports feminine. “ – he said, referring to the electoral victory. donald trump.
Discontent with transgender people has been growing for several years. Republican governors have passed dozens of laws in their states restricting trans people’s access to health care, sports and public bathrooms.
During the campaign, Trump harshly criticized Democrats over transgender issues. His comments were widely circulated on election day: “Kamala for them, Trump for you”. Trump was referring to the way some people use the pronouns “they” and “them” to denote gender.
The firm AdImpact found that Trump and Republicans spent $215 million on anti-transgender ads, and this 30-second video was part of those ads. After the election, the Associated Press conducted its own poll and found that 55% of Americans and 85% of Trump voters believed the administration had gone too far with its support for transgender rights.
“I’m sorry for the awkward question,” Greene said during the interview, “but I’ll give you a straight answer. The American people had a say in the elections. He’s tired of this garbage, and that’s why McBride, who became a member of Congress for his district in Delaware, has to respect my space, my privacy, and the space and privacy of other women, because he himself is not a women”.
On Monday, X saw a flood of posts in response to Mace’s ruling, which called McBride “a biological man who has no say in women’s private space.”
Sarah McBride wrote in X (wrote, wrote? — approx. EADaily ):
“Every day, Americans travel to work with people who have different life paths than their own. And they treat them with respect. I hope members of Congress show the same kindness. “This is a blatant attempt by far-right extremists to distract people from the fact that they have no real solutions to the problems facing Americans.”
