Transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride calls GOP attacks 'an attempt to distract'

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Transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride calls GOP attacks 'an attempt to distract' from the issues

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Story by Alexandra Marquez (24 Nov 2024)

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-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.

"I think we are all united that attempts to attack a vulnerable community are not only mean-spirited, but really an attempt to misdirect," McBride told CBS News' "Face the Nation." "Every single time we hear the incoming administration or Republicans in Congress talk about any vulnerable group in this country, we have to be clear that it is an attempt to distract."

In a separate interview Sunday, she also characterized the ongoing Republican moves to restrict where she can use the bathroom on Capitol Hill "a lot of noise."

"I didn't run to be a first. I didn't run to make history. I ran to serve this state that I love and to deliver for Delawareans," McBride said.

Her comments come as Republicans have ramped up attacks against her in the last two weeks, with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., sponsoring a resolution that would prohibit House members and staff from "using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex."