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Rep. Sarah McBride on picking her battles and not taking the ‘bait’

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Rep. Sarah McBride , D-Del., is the first openly transgender member of Congress .

The policy bars her from women’s restrooms in the House .

McBride said she would respect the policy and wouldn’t let it distract her from what she was there to do.

Some trans people have criticized McBride 's response to the policy.

McBride said she returns to Delaware as much as she can and typically only stays overnight in Washington , D.C. , when there’s a late vote.

She said: “ KFC is not my favorite fried chicken. Taco Bell is not even Tex-Mex — it's its own thing.”.