Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) contended House Republicans banning transgender people from Capitol bathrooms is “an attempt” to distract the public. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a policy banning transgender individuals from using single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms inside the Capitol building following legislation introduced by Rep.

Del., the first openly transgender person elected to serve in Congress, on Sunday called House Republicans’ moves to ban her from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol “mean-spirited” and an “attempt to misdirect” from other policy priorities.