Speaker Mike Johnson’s Response To The Trans Bathroom Fracas In Congress Was Cowardly, by  John Daniel Davidson

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist, November 19, 2024

John Daniel Davidson is a senior editor at The Federalist. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Claremont Review of Books, The New York Post, and elsewhere. He is the author of Pagan America: the Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come. …

This shouldn’t be hard or need any clarification. Rep. McBride is a man, and Johnson should have said so plainly.

House Speaker Mike Johnson failed to answer a very easy question lobbed at him Tuesday morning. He was asked whether Rep. Sarah McBride, an incoming freshman lawmaker from Delaware who identifies as transgender, is a man or a woman. McBride is a man who presents as a woman, so Johnson’s answer should have been easy: McBride is a man.

But he couldn’t do it. Instead, he smirked and deflected. “I’m not gonna get into this,” he said. “We treat all persons with dignity and respect. And we will. And I’m not going to engage in silly debates about this.”

Johnson did, however, acknowledge that “there’s a concern about the uses of restroom facilities and locker room and all that.” Oh is there? …

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