Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) offered Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first transgender member of Congress, his personal office bathroom as House Republicans push to restrict who can use women’s restrooms on the Hill.
“There’s no job I’m afraid to lose if it requires me to degrade anyone,” Fetterman said Wednesday in a post on X. “If that’s a defining issue for a voter, there will be a different candidate. We have a bathroom in my office that anybody is welcome to use, including Representative-elect Sarah McBride.”
McBride, a biological male who identifies as a woman, became the first transgender person elected to Congress, during a presidential election in which transgender athletes competing in women’s sports became a flashpoint issue.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced the rule change in direct response to McBride’s election to Congress.
“I’m absolutely 100% 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,” Mace told reporters. “I will be there fighting you every step of the way.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had also announced a policy change barring transgender people from using a bathroom that is not the same as their biological sex.
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Meanwhile, McBride is respecting the rules.
“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms,” McBride said. “I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families.”