A Republican candidate running for congress in California has filmed herself harassing a transgender woman who was trying to use a Denny’s female bathroom.
Jazmina Saavedra recorded the incident on Facebook Live on Tuesday night as she berated the transgender woman in the Los Angeles restaurant as fellow customers watched on.
Saavedra, an avid Donald Trump supporter, is currently campaigning for a seat in California’s 44th District.
‘I’m trying to use the ladies’ room and there is a man here claiming that he is a lady,’ Saavedra filmed herself saying loudly as she walked into the bathroom.
Jazmina Saavedra (left) recorded the incident on Facebook Live on Tuesday night as she berated the transgender woman (right) after she left the Denny’s bathroom in Los Angeles
The transgender woman was inside the stall at the time.
‘You’re invading my privacy,’ the transgender woman said from behind the door. ‘You guys are harassing me, I’m just using the rest room.’
Saavedra responded: ‘You’re invading my privacy because I’m a woman and I deserve to use the woman, the ladies’ room.
‘Why you use the ladies’ room?’
Saavedra went on to call the person in the bathroom cubicle ‘sick’ and a ‘stupid guy’.
The candidate then stood outside the bathroom for several minutes to confront the transgender woman when she emerged.
‘Excuse me? I was using the toilet, how did I invade your privacy?… I’ve seen you, yesterday, following me,’ the transgender woman told Saavedra when she came out of the bathroom.
Saavedra stood outside the bathroom for several minutes to confront the transgender woman when she emerged. She went on to call the person in the cubicle ‘sick’ and a ‘stupid guy’
Saavedra, an avid Donald Trump supporter, is currently campaigning for a seat in California’s 44th District
Saavedra then followed the woman through the restaurant as she was leaving.
Sitting back at her table, Saavedra continued to film the Facebook Live video telling viewers she had her pepper spray ready and had called the manager for help.
‘How can I be with a man inside of the ladies’ room just because he thinks he’s a lady? This is unbelievable. Only in California this happens,’ she said.
Democratic incumbent Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan issued a statement about Saavedra’s video, saying she was appalled.
‘I was appalled by the treatment that this woman received for simply trying to use the restroom,’ she said.
‘Everyone has the right to their own identity, and the right not to be discriminated against for who they are.’
DailyMail.com has contacted Denny’s for comment.
Sitting back at her table after the trans woman had left, Saavedra continued to film the Facebook video telling viewers she had her pepper spray ready and called the manager to help