Kudos to House Speaker Mike Johnson for end-running a needless floor fight over bathrooms by issuing a simple statement: “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.”
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) had offered a resolution to impose that policy, in reaction to the much-ballyhooed election of Congress’ first transgender member, Sarah McBride of Delaware.
Which of course prompted outrage from McBride and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who claimed Mace was out to “bully a member of Congress” ...