Sarah McBride accuses Republicans of using trans row to ‘distract’ from real problems

Transgender congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride has accused Republicans of trying to “distract” from real issues with their anti-trans bill.

A resolution banning trans people from using toilet facilities in the US house of representatives that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth was passed on Wednesday (20 November) – Trans Day of Remembrance.

The proposal’s author, Nancy Mace, admitted that it was “absolutely” targeted at Sarah McBride, who will be congress’s first out trans representative when she takes up her seat in January.

Speaker Mike Johnson later confirmed that all single-sex facilities in the Capitol and house buildings were “reserved for individuals of that biological sex.”

But in an interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday (24 November), McBride said the resolution “is an attempt to distract” from

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