Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is set to speak to the Delaware GOP this week about her crusade to ban trans people from using bathrooms that align with their gender at the U.S. Capitol. Delaware is represented by transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D), who Mace has viciously bullied since her victory in November. The party is hosting an event in Newark, Delaware, specifically to honor Mace, who the now-defunct event page called one of Congresss boldest conservative voices, according to Delaware Online. While the event has been scheduled since mid-December, Axios recently obtained information on the contents of her speech. Related Mike Johnson may use anti-trans measures to hold onto his job as House Speaker Johnson could use anti-trans measures to placate far-right opponents who want to replace him. Mace spokesperson Syndey Long told the publication she will speak about her fight for bathroom bans as well as other key womens issues, including her Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Meanwhile, McBride will be in Williamsburg, Virginia, at a bipartisan event hosted by the Congressional Research Office. This weekend Congresswoman McBride will attend a bipartisan meeting with her colleagues from the House to discuss solutions to the most pressing issues facing her constituents, said her spokesperson Michaela Kurinsky-Malos. Mace has made national headlines since November for her crusade against McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress. Mace introduced a resolution to ban McBride from using the womens facilities at the Capitol complex, has posted hundreds of times to social media attacking transgender people, and has made numerous media appearances to promote anti-transgender policies. Trans people have been working at the Capitol and visiting it for decades without incident, and McBride has a private restroom in her office, so Maces rule would mainly have the effect of making it harder for trans staffers to work at the Capitol and for trans people to visit the Capitol and participate in democracy.While the Houses new rule package did not include a measure limiting trans peoples restroom usage at the Capitol, the rule was slipped into the January 3 edition of theCongressional Record. The policy, mentioned onpage 26 of the dense, 87-page document, says that access to all gendered facilities at the Capitol complex will be based on biological sex. It says that the policy will be enforced by the sergeant-at-arms butdoesnt explain how biological sex will be defined. The inclusion of the policy in theCongressional Recordwithout a vote from the House means that it was enacted with Speaker Mike Johnsons (R-LA) own authority governing Capitol facilities, not the Houses power to pass its own rules.This cruel and discriminatory policy has nothing to do with helping the American people or addressing their priorities; its all about hurting people, The Human Rights Campaigns Kelley Robinson said. It targets not just Congresswoman McBride, but all trans and nonbinary people who work and visit the Capitol public servants who have been working in the Capitol for years but are now the subject of cynical political games. Speaker Johnson has proven yet again that the Republican majority is more focused on culture wars than on the needs of the country.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.