Rep.Nancy Mace (R-SC) said Tuesday that transgender Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride is “absolutely” the reason behind her new bathroom bill that seeks to ban trans women from using female bathrooms inside the Capitol.“I’m not going to stand for a man, someone with a penis in the women’s locker room — that’s not OK,” Mace said.“I’m a victim of abuse myself.
I’m a rape survivor.I have PTSD from the abuse I’ve suffered at the hands of a man,” she continued.“I know vulnerable how women and girls are in private spaces so I’m absolutely 100% going to stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women’s restroom.”It comes after Mace unveiled a resolution Monday that would ban transgender women from using the female restrooms — drawing immediate criticism from McBride, who is set to be the first openly transgender member of Congress....