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The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives voiced support Wednesday for banning a newly elected transgender woman from using women’s restrooms in the legislature.
“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement.
Johnson’s remarks come after Democrat Sarah McBride’s election as the first openly transgender member of Congress this month.
She has received a cold welcome from her Republican colleagues, who retained control of the lower chamber in the November election.
Earlier this week, Representative Nancy Mace, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump, introduced a resolution that would ban transgender women from using female restrooms in the Capitol.
