GOP Fights For Middle Class With Bathroom Bill Targeting One Person

Democrats soul-search, while Republicans think about toilets.

While Democrats dive into existential crises about their failure to connect with the middle class, Republicans are busy harassing that one coworker who hasn’t even started yet. That should definitely bring down the price of eggs!

This week, Republican Nancy Mace introduced a resolution targeting Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, to bar her from using the women’s restroom in the Capitol when her term starts next year. Mace, a self-proclaimed “advocate for women’s safety,” has no problem supporting men accused of rape and sex trafficking in office but apparently draws the line at trans women needing to pee.

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When Naomi Klein warned us about the dangers of this Mirror World, this is precisely what she meant. Klein describes to us on Airplane Mode, a distorted, upside-down version of reality where narratives are flipped, contradictions reign, and dangerous ideas are dressed up as moral crusades. In this funhouse of contradictions, Nancy Mace can cosplay as a champion for women’s safety while literally voting against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. The Mirror World isn’t just a metaphor; it’s a hellish vibe shift where every moral crusade comes with a knife behind its back.

Mace’s resolution is Klein’s warnings in high-definition. The same party that’s waged war on women’s bodily autonomy now claims to defend women’s rights—just as long as those rights can be weaponized against someone else. And let’s call this bill what it is: meaningless political theater. Every member of Congress already has a private bathroom in their office, so who’s this really protecting? It’s distraction dressed as legislation.

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As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed out, enforcing bathroom bills like this doesn’t even make logistical sense. These laws would require monitoring people’s genitals, which would actually endanger women and girls far more. Are we hiring “bathroom cops” now? What’s the plan—mandatory ID checks or genital inspections at the door? When one party is obsessed with our private parts, it’s women and girls who become the first to lose their safety.

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So please, spare me your hot takes about how Republicans care about the average American. Don’t tell me they’re “fighting for the middle class” when their “fight” is fear-mongering over imaginary boogeymen in bathrooms. Meanwhile, a Trump-appointed judge just quietly blocked a provision that would have expanded overtime pay for millions of salaried workers across the U.S.—a real policy with tangible benefits that Trump promised and then failed to deliver. Their political theater is intentional distraction!!

The truth is, this isn’t about protecting women, the middle class, or anyone else—it’s about stoking fear to distract from their own incompetence. But here’s the thing: no amount of toilet laws can plaster over the cracks in their crumbling empire. As I wrote about yesterday, this is what the beginning of the end looks like. While they cling to power with smoke and mirrors, we’ll be here, tearing down their fake facade, brick by brick. Their fear-mongering isn’t a sign of strength—it’s the death rattle of a system that knows its time is up.

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