More than two dozen transgender people and their allies staged a sit-in at a U.S. Capitol bathroom Thursday to protest a proposed policy that would prohibit the country’s first openly trans member of Congress from using the women’s restrooms in the building. More than two dozen transgender people and their allies staged a sit-in at a U.S. Capitol bathroom on Thursday. This is about safety for anyone, for women or otherwise.”Following the protest, Mace shared a video on social media addressing the demonstrators by calling them an anti-trans slur. Standing outside of what appeared to be a Capitol police station, she then read the protesters their Miranda rights using a megaphone. We didn’t start this fight, but we are together now.”McBride did not immediately return a request for comment about the protest.

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