Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced efforts by House Republicans to bar transgender people from restrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, calling policies put forward this week by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “disgusting.”

Mace on Monday filed a resolution to prohibit transgender House members and staffers from using single-sex facilities that correspond to their gender identity, a move she later said was “absolutely” driven by the election of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is set to be the nation’s first openly transgender member of Congress when she takes office in January.

On Wednesday, Johnson, facing mounting pressure from his conference to act on the issue, announced a policy barring transgender people from restrooms and changing rooms that align with their gender identity in the Capitol and House office buildings.

He made the........

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