Sarah McBride says GOP should protect Americans' health coverage, not criminalize trans kids' medical carehttps://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-gop-transgender-care 🔗Christopher Wiggins (17 Dec 2025)
On the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, Congresswoman Sarah McBride, a Democrat representing Delaware, framed the U.S. House's impending votes on criminalizing transgender people's health care as a measure not only of policy, but of political intent — a decision, she said, to elevate ideology over science and cruelty over care.
Speaking alongside fellow Democratic Reps. Julie Johnson of Texas and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, McBride criticized House Republican leaders for scheduling votes on two anti-transgender bills this week while taking no action to avert a looming health care cliff for millions of Americans as Affordable Care Act tax credits near expiration.
"We are two legislative days away from the Affordable Care Act tax credits expiring, when millions of people will see their health care premiums skyrocket," McBride said. "And GOP leadership ... has decided to schedule two votes on anti-trans bills and precisely zero votes on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits."
McBride said the fixation runs deeper than legislative timing. "All Republican politicians care about is making the rich richer and attacking trans people," she said. "They are obsessed with trans people. I actually think they think more about trans people than trans people think about trans people."
