SEATTLE - U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has taken another shot at a fellow member of the House of Representatives. This time around the target was Delaware's Sarah McBride, who after her victory over John Whalen became the first openly transgender member of Congress.
Since being elected as a member of Congress in 2020, Greene has been very vocal about her views on LGBTQIA+ rights, co-sponsoring bills that tried to ban pride flags from being displayed in embassies, supporting the creation of laws that seek to ban transgender women and girls from participating in women's sports, as well as bills that ban schools from allowing transgender students to use facilities such as bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity.
While speaking at Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast, Greene continuously misgendered McBride and declared that allowing the Delaware representative into women's restrooms and areas designated only for women would be "an assault."
"I'm not kidding you," Greene said. "It is like a physical assault for a man to come in, charging into our private places, bathrooms, locker rooms, our gyms, places that are designated specifically for women only...He doesn't belong in there," Greene added.
There’s a man pretending to be a woman coming to Congress in January who expects to use the same restrooms as little girls visiting the Capitol.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 19, 2024
I consider it assault for a man to charge into places that are designated specifically for women.
Restrooms are a place where women… pic.twitter.com/2DT9wVsVEF
During the interview, Greene added that transgender women "will never be women" and added that she "refused to recognize them that way." After continuously misgendering McBride and making baseless claims of mental illness, Greene doubled down on her comments on her X social media account by saying that "there's a man pretending to be a woman coming to Congress in January who expects to use the same restrooms as little girls visiting the Capitol."
Greene added that she considers it an assault "for a man to charge into places that are designated specifically for women," arguing that restrooms are a place where women are vulnerable and said "it's mentally ill for a man to think he should be allowed there."
There’s a man pretending to be a woman coming to Congress in January who expects to use the same restrooms as little girls visiting the Capitol.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 19, 2024
I consider it assault for a man to charge into places that are designated specifically for women.
Restrooms are a place where women… pic.twitter.com/2DT9wVsVEF
The Georgia representative revealed that she attended a House Republican conference meeting and demanded House Speaker Mike Johnson to address the issue, to which he allegedly told her that "no biological man will be allowed in bathrooms and women's private places" within the U.S. Capitol.
After Greene's comments went viral, representative-elect McBride responded to the anti-trans comments on her X account on Nov. 18.
"Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness," McBride wrote.
Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness.
— Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride) November 19, 2024
Despite Greene's comments, studies have found no evidence to support claims that transgender people pose a threat in bathrooms and areas that correspond to their gender identity.
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