A Democratic congresswoman has spoken out against Republican Nancy Mace’s efforts to ban transgender people from women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol — aimed directly at Democratic Congresswoman Sarah McBride.

Sarah McBride, who also made history in 2020 as the first transgender woman elected to a state Senate, defeated Republican John Whalen in the Nov. 5 election to win Delaware’s largest seat in the U.S. House of Representatives — becoming the first-ever transgender congresswoman.

A resolution introduced on Monday (November 18) would ban trans lawmakers from using “single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”

Asked Tuesday if the resolution was introduced in response to Sarah McBride’s appointment, Nancy Mace, who wrote the motion, said: “Yes and absolutely, and then some. I will absolutely 100 percent stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a woman’s restroom, in our changing rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way.”

The resolution will be voted on by House lawmakers in early January and requires a majority vote to pass. Republicans currently have the numbers in the lower chamber to succeed.

Sarah McBride reacted to the proposed billand said: “This is a blatant attempt by right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing. We should be focusing on bringing down the cost of housing, health care and child care, not on manufacturing culture wars. ”

Now, McBride’s fellow Democratic congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, the US representative for Texas’ 30th congressional district, has also spoken out strongly against the anti-transaction.

Writing on X/Twitter on November 19, she said: “Om @HouseGOP really wanted to protect women, they would release the ethics committee’s report on Matt Gaetz’s alleged sex trafficking — not try to ban their colleagues from using the restroom. Stop the bigotry and release the report.”

If @HouseGOP really wanted to protect women, they would release the ethics committee’s report on Matt Gaetz’s alleged sex trafficking — not try to ban their colleagues from using the restroom. Stop the bigotry and release the report.

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) November 19, 2024

Matt Gaetz is Trump’s controversial nominee for attorney general, calling Gaetz a “champion of the Constitution and the rule of law.”

However, Gaetz has faced several felony charges, including one federal sex trafficking investigation which ended without charges against him – and a House investigation.

Crockett’s tweet went viral, with over 3,000 retweets and 340,000 views at the time of writing. Most of the top comments amount to a right-leaning right, possibly fueled by the fact that many left-wing and moderate social media users have fled the Elon Musk-owned platform for rivals such as Bluesky and threads in recent weeks.

However, there were still quite a few who praised her viral tweet. One person wrote: “Drop the ethics report and leave Sarah alone! That’s the real way you protect women! Trans women deserve to be protected too.” Another added: “Once again, plain common sense from @RepJasmine.”