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The Daily Beast reports:
Conservative brawler Lauren Boebert attempted to get “a guy” kicked out of the women’s restroom in the Capitol off the House floor on Thursday. Only problem: It wasn’t a man at all. It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Boebert was overheard telling other members on the House floor that she found Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride inside the ladies room.
Boebert, according to the unnamed GOP lawmaker who requested anonymity in order speak freely about the bathroom scene, told other members on the House floor that when she saw McBride walk into the ladies room, she said, “You shouldn’t be here.” But quickly realized it was not McBride, a first-term Democrat from Delaware. “I overheard Boebert say she went to apologize,” the lawmaker added.
Read the full article. Tweets are from a Bloomberg reporter. House Speaker Mike Johnson has banned McBride from using any ladies room on Capitol Hill.
I bear witness: Rep. Lauren Boebert bursting out of the House Women’s restroom during this afternoon’s vote series , complaining to security personnel stationed in the nearby Speakers Lobby of “a guy” inside the bathroom… 1/4.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 23, 2025
Intrigued, I stuck around to see who would emerge from the bathroom…and saw just 4 other people leave, all women. Within minutes, however, Boebert was storming back from the House floor into the restroom, — reinforced by Rep. Nancy Mace in tow …2/4
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 23, 2025
Who would dare leave this scene now? Not me. Mace is author of the resolution prohibiting transgender women in the chamber from using the women’s restroom. But alas, just seconds after this duo entered the bathroom, they come back out — and went back quietly to the floor. 3/4
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 23, 2025
A bit of bathroom vigilantism? I later asked Boebert what this was all about, noting I had heard her complain there was “a guy” in there. To her credit, she acknowledged it was a mistake. “There was a rumor there was, but it wasn’t true,” she told me.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 23, 2025