Overview
- The Congressional Equality Caucus released a letter signed by 213 Democrats, led by first signatory Sarah McBride and including party leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar.
- The lawmakers urge Speaker Mike Johnson to publicly denounce dehumanizing attacks and to enforce House rules that prohibit the use of slurs during official business.
- They document incidents including an anti-trans slur used repeatedly in hearings and on the House floor, calls to institutionalize all transgender people, and portrayals of transgender Americans as threats, with no intervention by the chair.
- The letter cites FBI data logging 463 gender-identity hate-crime incidents and a Williams Institute finding that transgender people face far higher rates of violent victimization than cisgender people.
- Coverage notes Rep. Nancy Mace as a leading anti-trans voice and reports that Democrats, pointing to Virginia’s recent results, argue such messaging is losing traction as they await a response from the Speaker.