GOP congresswoman introduces bigoted bill to bully new Democrat
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has introduced legislation which would require the House sergeant-at-arms to enforce segregation of bathrooms on the Capitol, preventing transgender members of the House from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with. Mace’s resolution was made in response to the recent election of Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history. The actual job of the sergeant-at-arms is to protect the Capitol and maintain order in House facilities. Traditionally this has been in response to attacks like the Jan. 6 insurgency, backed by conservatives that share Mace and Donald Trump’s ideology. But now Mace wants bigoted bullying added to the office’s portfolio, part of a wider Republican attack on equal rights and in support of open bullying and harassment of minority groups. “This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing,” McBride wrote in response to the resolution. “We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told Axios, “This is not just bigotry, this is just plain bullying.” Mace’s resolution backs up millions in advertising spent on behalf of Trump and other Republicans in the recent election attacking transgender people. Republicans (and their allies at pro-Republican outlets like Fox News) have sought to demean this group as they attempt to gain recognition of their full equality as Americans. The right seeks to demonize transgender people much like conservatives of the past bullied and harassed other groups, including gay and lesbian Americans, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians—among others. Conservative Republicans have passed legislation at the state level restricting transgender rights, and there has been a simultaneous rise in suicides by transgender teens as their humanity comes under attack. Mace’s attempt to bully McBride follows in the footsteps of the right’s similarly cruel-minded behavior and shows that the election of Trump has accelerated the conservative movement’s bigotry. Campaign Action
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has introduced legislation which would require the House sergeant-at-arms to enforce segregation of bathrooms on the Capitol, preventing transgender members of the House from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with. Mace’s resolution was made in response to the recent election of Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history. The actual job of the sergeant-at-arms is to protect the Capitol and maintain order in House facilities. Traditionally this has been in response to attacks like the Jan. 6 insurgency, backed by conservatives that share Mace and Donald Trump’s ideology. But now Mace wants bigoted bullying added to the office’s portfolio, part of a wider Republican attack on equal rights and in support of open bullying and harassment of minority groups. “This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing,” McBride wrote in response to the resolution. “We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told Axios, “This is not just bigotry, this is just plain bullying.” Mace’s resolution backs up millions in advertising spent on behalf of Trump and other Republicans in the recent election attacking transgender people. Republicans (and their allies at pro-Republican outlets like Fox News) have sought to demean this group as they attempt to gain recognition of their full equality as Americans. The right seeks to demonize transgender people much like conservatives of the past bullied and harassed other groups, including gay and lesbian Americans, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians—among others. Conservative Republicans have passed legislation at the state level restricting transgender rights, and there has been a simultaneous rise in suicides by transgender teens as their humanity comes under attack. Mace’s attempt to bully McBride follows in the footsteps of the right’s similarly cruel-minded behavior and shows that the election of Trump has accelerated the conservative movement’s bigotry. Campaign Action
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