AOC blasts Republicans' anti-trans Capitol bathroom ban and hits out at Nancy Mace: "It's gross"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aoc-blasts-republicans-anti-trans-capitol-bathroom-ban-and-hits-out-at-nancy-mace-it-s-gross/ar-AA1uvrJk?ocid=windirect&cvid=f9f060c123034a0593a732691ed5d5f4&ei=4Story by Kaitlyn Kennedy (21 Nov 2024)
Washington DC - Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has issued a scathing response to House Republicans' efforts to institute an anti-trans bathroom ban in the Capitol.
"Frankly, all it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," the New York representative said.
South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace on Monday introduced a resolution to prohibit transgender House members, officers, and employees from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
AOC blasted her House colleagues backing the bathroom ban, noting the dangerous implications of such a measure: "People have a right to express themselves, to dress how they want, and to be who they are, and if a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect her genitals to use a bathroom."
"They're doing this so Nancy Mace can make a buck and fundraise off an email," she said. "They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women. They're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
