"All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson said. "It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol."
"Women deserve women's only spaces," he added.
"Like all policies, it is enforceable," Johnson later told reporters. "But we have single-sex facilities for a reason, and women deserve women's only spaces. And we're not anti anyone. We're pro-women, and I think it's an important policy for us to continue. It's always been the, I guess, an unwritten policy, but now it's in writing."
Johnson's decision came after two days of intense wrangling on Capitol Hill related to incoming transvestite Rep. Sarah McBride's (D-Del).
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) had made clear that she would fight to the death to prevent "someone with a penis from invading women's spaces on the Hill.
"If being a feminist makes me an extremist, I'm totally here for it...I'm not going to stand for a man, someone with a penis, in the women's locker room, that's NOT okay!" the congresswoman said Tuesday.
Mace, who is a rape survivor, introduced a resolution to prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using "single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex."
After being derided by Democrats, including McBride, as a "right-wing extremist" she doubled down on Wednesday, introducing another bill that would "ban biological men from using women's private, protected facilities — such as bathrooms and locker rooms — on all federal property" in the United States.
McBride said Wednesday that he will use the men's restroom on Capitol Hill, as directed.
"I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them," he said.
"The radical Left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong. The radical Left says I'm a 'threat.' You better believe it," the congresswoman said in an earlier statement. "And I will shamelessly call you out for putting women and girls in harm's way. Women fought for these spaces, and I will not let them be erased to score political points with a small but loud activist class."
Mace noted that "the vast majority of Americans recognize the importance of protecting women's rights and privacy," while "the woke mob manufactures outrage."
"Women and girls shouldn't have to give up their safety or privacy just because the Left wants to win points with their activist base," Mace continued. "This isn't controversial — it's common sense. I'm going to continue defending women and girls from these harmful, out-of-touch, and straight-up weird policies."
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