Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights

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Sarah McBride just became the first transgender person elected to the United States Congress. A Democrat, she worked for the Human Rights Campaign before serving in the Delaware State Senate. McBride will be sworn in in January, but opponents of trans rights in Congress have already mobilized against her: Representative Nancy Mace, of South Carolina, introduced a bathroom bill that would require McBride to use the men’s room, and Speaker Mike Johnson made a statement denying trans identity altogether. McBride talks with David Remnick about the climate in Congress, how she’s responding to attacks, and what she was actually hoping to accomplish in Congress.

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