Sarah McBride says Republican attack on trans rights is ‘attempt to misdirect’ voters

First openly transgender person elected to Congress also hits back against bathroom restrictions for trans people

Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, on Sunday condemned Republicans' latest attack on trans rights as an attempt to misdirect" voters away from more central issues in communities, such as healthcare costs and economic inequality.

Delaware's incoming Democratic member of the House of Representatives, who will join Donald Trump's new administration in January, also hit back against bathroom restrictions for trans people announced by the GOP on Capitol Hill last week.