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@CindyWeinstein It's not about beliefs, but raw exercise of power. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/nancy-mace-anti-trans-lgbtq-sarah-mcbride-rcna180884

@CindyWeinstein I can't decide if this is to bully McBride personally because she is in the House, or to keep who she is in the MAGA spotlight in order to endanger her life, or if there really are people who are freaked out, despite the existence of bathroom stalls. After all, we're talking about people whose forebears almost reflexively insisted on separate water fountains and bathrooms for Black people, and who enforced their order with terror.

@markstoneman

I think probably all are operative. Some (most?) are hateful and some (most?) are bullies and some (most?) are freaked out by anything or anyone that challenges their precious hierarchies and categories.

@markstoneman @CindyWeinstein I think it's about the bullying. The GOP has essentially said "Give us your lunch money."
(&, so far, it appears that House Dems are handing our collective lunch money over. Now we wait to see what the GOPs demand next.)

@CindyWeinstein It's a power flex, more than anything else, because of the unique position of the US Congress as a co-equal branch of the federal goverment. In general, the Judiciary has no jurisdiction over the internal functioning of the Legislative branch.

In other words, they are doing this precisely because no one can stop them. Not DC municipal law, not Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. Only the House can govern the House, and only the Senate can govern the Senate.

@CindyWeinstein meanwhile refusing to release a report on #MikeGaetz who probably paid for underage prostitutes. Yeah it’s all about women’s safety.

@CindyWeinstein playback.
Mace is making her bigger than life.

@CindyWeinstein Despicable.