Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) got all worked up today trying to get “a guy” kicked out of the women’s restroom in the Capitol off the House floor on Thursday. Except – there wasn’t a man. It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace screeched that there was a man in the women’s bathroom in the Capitol.
But there was no man. Are they at the point where they’re asking to look at people’s private parts? Cringe AF.pic.twitter.com/7eLO7Yohxb — Art Candee (@ArtCandee) January 24, 2025
“I overheard Boebert say she went to apologize,” a GOP lawmaker told the Daily Beast. https://t.co/g4DtEG0MDy
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 24, 2025
From The Daily Beast:
Boebert was overheard telling other members on the House floor that she found Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, inside the ladies room, a GOP representative told the Beast. (McBride is not allowed to use women’s bathrooms per Speaker Mike Johnson’s renewed ban on transgender people using single-sex bathrooms.)
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 the scandal-prone Boebert—known for her PDA and vaping at a “Beetlejuice” show—quickly realized it was not McBride, a first-term Democrat from Delaware. “I overheard Boebert say she went to apologize,” the lawmaker added.
Boebert rounded up Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) – who pitched a fit back in November about McBride using the ladies room – to go back to the ladies room to investigate. Bloomberg reporter Billy House witnessed the entire episode.
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
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