GOP Bathroom Battle: Cannabis Advocate Nancy Mace Will 'Stand In The Way Of Any Man' Who Tries To Get Into Women's Room

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), an outspoken supporter of cannabis legalization despite pushback from many in her party, has now become a single-gender bathroom warrior.

Mace introduced a resolution Monday to prohibit lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Mace said the move is meant to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol. Make that just one woman, at least for now: Delaware Congresswoman-elect, Sarah McBride, who will soon take her seat as the first openly transgender person in Congress.

“I'm absolutely 100% gonna 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,” said Mace, who recently blasted both the Dems and GOP for dragging their feet on cannabis reform.

Mace said she would like to see her bathroom bill incorporated into the House rules package for the next Congress, reported NBC News.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Puts On Her Boxing Gloves

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Mace's legislation "doesn't go far enough." She indicated that she’d fight a transgender woman if she tried to barge into the woman's bathroom. Asked about the remark she purportedly made at a private House GOP conference meeting, Taylor Greene said "It’s pretty aggressive for biological men to be invading our spaces."

Ms. McBride Responds

In an X post on Monday, McBride said, “Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness.” She added that she’s not in Congress to “fight about bathrooms. I'm here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families.”

Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness.

— Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride) November 19, 2024

House Speaker Speaks

Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) issued a statement on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender women from women's restrooms and transgender men from men's restrooms throughout the Capitol and House office buildings. 

“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings – such as restrooms, changing rooms, and lockers – are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson wrote. “Women deserve women-only spaces.”

It’s not clear if the House policy will go into effect immediately or how it will be enforced, in view of the fact that there are transgender staffers and visitors in the Capitol complex on a daily basis.

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