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A GOP lawmaker introduces a Capitol bathroom rule before her trans colleague arrives

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South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace says the resolution aims to protect women's rights. Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out trans person elected to Congress, has slammed it as a distraction.

A GOP lawmaker introduces a Capitol bathroom rule before her trans colleague arrives

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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina to introduce a measure banning transgender women from using women's bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol.

The move comes just two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.

Mace characterized the measure as an attempt to protect women's rights, but Democrats criticized it as a distraction from pressing policy issues.

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