Mace has said that her effort “absolutely” was meant to target freshman Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., who was elected in November and is now the first openly transgender member of Congress. Mace has repeatedly misgendered McBride while pushing for the ban.
McBride has called the effort “a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they he no real solutions to what Americans are facing.”
Trump himself recently told Time magazine that he agreed with McBride that, as Time phrased it, “we should all be focused on more important issues."
Mace said last year she hoped the ban would be included in the Rules package. Asked about the omission, Mace said it is already “House policy,” referring to Johnson’s statement in November that “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.”
When pressed, Mace said that she plans to re-introduce legislation to try to codify that policy this Congress.