Lauren Boebert tries to boot ‘a guy’ from women’s bathroom in Capitol but ends up eating her words
WASHINGTON, DC: Conservative firebrand Lauren Boebert ended up apologizing after attempting to force out “a guy” from the women’s washroom off the House floor in the Capitol recently.
Boebert, who serves as the representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district, allegedly attempted to kick out a person from the women’s bathroom on Thursday, January 23. But the Republican had to apologize after realizing it was a case of “mistaken identity".
As reported by the Daily Beast, Boebert was overheard on the House floor telling other members that she discovered Delaware Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride in the women’s bathroom, when she allegedly tried to force her out of the bathroom.
Lauren Boebert ‘apologizes’ after mistaking the identity of a person
A GOP lawmaker recently shared with the outlet that Lauren Boebert was overheard off the Capitol floor that she discovered Sarah McBride - the first transgender member of Congress - inside the women’s washroom.
As per Speaker Mike Johnson’s renewed ban on transgender people using single-sex bathrooms, McBride is no longer allowed to use the women’s washroom.
Boebert was heard telling other House members that when she thought she saw McBride entering the bathroom, she said, “You shouldn’t be here.”
Nevertheless, the anonymous Republican lawmaker added that soon, Boebert realized the person was not McBride and went to apologize.
"I overheard Boebert say she went to apologize,” the lawmaker told the outlet.
The Colorado congresswoman too addressed the issue when she shared a statement with the outlet admitting, “I made an error regarding a mistaken identity.”
She continued, “I apologized, learned a lesson, and it won’t happen again.”
Lauren Boebert was 'storming back from the House floor into the restroom'
Seldom does any gaffe go unnoticed. Bloomberg Congress reporter Billy House claimed in his X profile that he too witnessed the entire scenario, saying that he saw Lauren Boebert “bursting out” of the women’s washroom “complaining to security personnel stationed in the nearby Speakers Lobby of "a guy" inside".
House wrote in the first of his four consecutive posts, “I bear witness: Rep. Lauren Boebert bursting out of the House Women's restroom during this afternoon's vote series , complaining to security personnel stationed in the nearby Speakers Lobby of "a guy" inside the bathroom…”
Intrigued, I stuck around to see who would emerge from the bathroom...and saw just 4 other people leave, all women. Within minutes, however, Boebert was storming back from the House floor into the restroom, -- reinforced by Rep. Nancy Mace in tow ...2/4
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 23, 2025
He said that he was waiting to see who emerged from the bathroom as he was “intrigued".
In his second post, House wrote, “Intrigued, I stuck around to see who would emerge from the bathroom...and saw just 4 other people leave, all women. Within minutes, however, Boebert was storming back from the House floor into the restroom, -- reinforced by Rep Nancy Mace in tow …”
He continued to narrate the hullabaloo of the situation as the duo went in and out of the washroom in quick succession.
“But alas, just seconds after this duo entered the bathroom, they come back out — and went back quietly to the floor,” House shared.
A bit of bathroom vigilantism? I later asked Boebert what this was all about, noting I had heard her complain there was "a guy" in there. To her credit, she acknowledged it was a mistake. "There was a rumor there was, but it wasn't true," she told me.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 23, 2025
“A bit of bathroom vigilantism?” he continued, before noting that the Colorado Congresswoman “acknowledged” her mistake.
House continued, “I later asked Boebert what this was all about, noting I had heard her complain there was "a guy" in there. To her credit, she acknowledged it was a mistake. "There was a rumor there was, but it wasn't true," she told me.”
Sarah McBride confirms she was not confronted by Lauren Boebert
Democratic politician Sarah McBride too confirmed later that she was not confronted by Lauren Boebert in the washroom, as reported by the Daily Beast. She also claimed that she would comply by her initial stance regarding the bathroom policy.
In November, she shared in a statement with the outlet, “I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down the costs facing families. Like all members, I will follow the rules outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them."
Representatives Boebert, Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene spearheaded the transgender bathroom ban policy recently with Mace introducing the resolution to bar transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol last November.
