AOC speaks out against the bathroom ban, stands with Sarah McBride

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Sarah Gleason, USA TODAY
November 22, 2024 at 5:52 PM

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounced House Republicans’ efforts this week to ban trans people from using single-sex bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol building reserved for “individuals of that biological sex,” just weeks after the election of the first transgender member of Congress, Sarah McBride of Delaware.

In a video interview with Spectrum News on Wednesday, the New York progressive, known as AOC, described the policy as “disgusting.”

“If a woman doesn’t look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect her genitals to use a bathroom?” asked Ocasio-Cortez. “No matter how you may feel about this issue, (you) should reject it completely” ...

https://www.aol.com/aoc-speaks-against-bathroom-ban-225225777.html

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1. AOC baseless threats and urges followers to call Bondi's bluff

By Sean McPolin
10:32 ET, FEB 22 2025Updated10:18 ET, FEB 23 2025

... Ocasio-Cortez wrote: "These baseless threats are meant to intimidate us into censoring ourselves first. They know they have nothing and can’t come after us all.

"Be brave. Keep speaking up. We must use our freedom of speech now more than ever to defend from their threats against it. Call their bluff" ...

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/aoc-hits-out-pam-bondi-34729157

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2. AOC accuses JD Vance of lying to the world with his free speech claims

... "If this administration believed in free speech as you claimed, its leaders wouldn't be threatening members of Congress with criminal investigations for educating the public of their Constitutional rights."

"Look in the mirror," she added ...

https://www.tag24.com/politics/politicians/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-accuses-jd-vance-of-having-lied-to-the-world-with-free-speech-claims-3361440

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3. She's out there fighting the good fight 📎

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4. I think our country needs more women of color in office

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5. I'll agree..we need more women of all colors, shapes n sizes. We are 51% of the population but under represented

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6. Is there a reason this piece from November is back in the news?

Her position is good - but this isn't something which just happened.

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7. I am just thinking about who speaks out

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8. Single sex bathrooms