Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois had plenty to say about bathrooms on CNN’s State of the Union this weekend, dismissing Republican efforts to address the issue of transgender lawmakers using women’s facilities in the U.S. Capitol. Duckworth claimed the matter wasn’t worth Congress’ time, saying, “We have so much other to worry about.”
Apparently, ensuring women have private spaces is low on Duckworth’s priority list, somewhere below lecturing America about Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. She railed against Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who introduced a resolution to require individuals to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their biological sex.
“Her position is disgusting and wrong,” Duckworth fumed about Mace’s push for basic privacy rights. “We have a lot more to worry about than where somebody goes to pee.”
Let’s pause here. Isn’t this the same Democratic Party that spent years turning every obscure social justice issue into a national crisis? Duckworth and her allies had no problem prioritizing pronoun policing and drag queen story hours over, say, balancing the budget or securing the border. But when Republicans push back, suddenly the bathroom debate is “beneath” Congress?
Speaker Mike Johnson’s response was both straightforward and sensible. “Women deserve women’s only spaces,” he said, pointing out that unisex restrooms are readily available for anyone uncomfortable with this policy. But Democrats like Duckworth and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called the measure an “endangerment to girls of all kinds,” seem to think protecting women’s privacy is now a partisan issue.
Even Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, Congress’ first openly transgender member, admitted there’s no real problem here. McBride stated, “Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them.” That should end the conversation, but Democrats never let a chance for performative outrage go to waste.
This isn’t about bathrooms; it’s about Democrats rejecting common sense for the sake of woke virtue signaling. Republicans like Mike Johnson and Nancy Mace are standing up for the rights of women and girls while Democrats focus on scoring cheap political points. Americans deserve leaders who prioritize real issues, not performative distractions.
