Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, accused Republicans of being "obsessed with culture war issues," saying the focus was "weird" and "bizarre."

U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) is calling out House Republicans for their “weird” and “bizarre” fixation on culture war issues—and particularly their obsession with her. As the first openly transgender member of Congress and the highest-ranking transgender elected official in the U.

Rep. Sarah McBride isn’t mincing words after Texas GOP Rep. Keith Self misgendered her during a recent hearing, addressing her as “Mr. McBride.” “I appear to live rent-free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues,

I appear to live rent-free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues,” McBride said during the Democrats’ annual retreat in Leesburg, Va., on Wednesday. Her remarks came just two days after Texas Republican Rep.