Axios: Nobody knows how Mike Johnson's bathroom ban gets enforced

[Dennis Donovan]

Axios - Nobody knows how Mike Johnson's bathroom ban gets enforced

Andrew Solender
9 mins ago



Neither of the House members who oversee the administration of the lower chamber has a clear answer on how House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) new transgender bathroom ban will be enforced.

Why it matters: Transgender bathroom access is a fight that has raged for years on the state level, and enforceability has been a central point of tension. Now Johnson is bringing that fight to Congress' doorstep.

Johnson told reporters on Wednesday that "like all policies, it's enforceable," but did not offer any specifics.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who first raised the issue earlier this week in an effort to target Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), has suggested having the House sergeant-at-arms enforce the ban.

What they're saying: "I think the speaker's statement speaks for itself," House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wisc.) told Axios when asked about enforcement.

Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), Steil's Democratic counterpart, said he hasn't seen the language of the ban and that it's "not clear exactly who's being banned."

"I have no idea how it's going to be [enforced]," Morelle added, jokingly suggesting that Mace and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) be appointed as "bathroom monitors."

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[surfered]

1. Matt Gaetz has volunteered to monitor the women's restroom.

[Johonny]

2. Mike Johnson texts his son every time he sees

A trans person in his bathroom and his son has to talk him down.

[riversedge]

3. Moses Johnson will have to start assigning bathroom duty. Start with Rep. Mace

[chouchou]

4. Looks like it's time to take a look at Airport Security ..for bathrooms.

[peregrinus]

5. Mace can guard the shitter

Her, MTG and Boebert can do it in shifts

[Think. Again.]

6. Unless I'm mistaken...

It is the responsibility (and authority) of the 'Architect of the Capitol' to both create and enforce the rules, regulations, and policies that affect the building and structures on Capitol hill, but if little mikey wants to play "I'm the boss thing!" to the press, no one can stop him.

[tulipsandroses]

7. So they are not working on the price of eggs?

Where their colleague goes to the bathroom is of the utmost importance to the American people.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Enforcement doesn't matter. McBride said she would comply and no one is standing up for her.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. These bans are virtually unenforceable

[republianmushroom]

10. Who does the inspecting, Mikey or Gaetz or will it be a shared endeavor.

[milestogo]

11. Why didn't Mikey tell the Jan 6 coup plotters where they could poop?

If its job to give bathroom advice...