House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) filed a resolution Monday night that would bar transgender women from using women’s bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol. Mace is seeking to amend the rules of the U.S. House to prohibit members,

The restriction, if passed by the full House, would go into effect in January just as Congress’s first trans lawmaker, Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride of Delaware, begins her term.

Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina led a charge Monday to try to ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol and House office buildings, following the election of a transgender lawmaker.

The South Carolina Republican’s resolution comes two weeks after the historic election of Democrat Sarah McBride, a trans woman, to Congress.

We're not going to have men in women's bathrooms,' House Speaker Mike Johnson declares after first transgender person is elected to Congress.