Rep. Nancy Mace (RS.C.) clashed with critics online Tuesday as she faced backlash over her resolution banning men who identify as women from women’s restrooms at the Capitol.
Mace introduced the resolution on Monday, and was first reported by Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind that the resolution would allow “members of the House, officials, and employees to It prohibited the use of gender-segregated facilities.
The resolution comes as the first openly transgender lawmaker, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), is scheduled to join Congress in January. Although biologically male, McBride identifies and describes herself as female.
“This is a blatant attempt by far-right extremists to distract from the fact that there are no real solutions to the realities facing the American people,” McBride said in a statement. “We should be focused on lowering the costs of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.”
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R.S., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference on June 6, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol. (Getty Images)
“The people of Delaware sent me here to make the American dream more affordable and accessible, and that’s what I’m focused on,” McBride added. .
Critics online called Mace’s resolution “obviously aimed at McBride,” but the South Carolina congresswoman acknowledged that was her intention.
“Yes, and part of it. Biological men have no right to a woman’s private space. It’s perversion to think otherwise,” Mace posted on X in response to another user.
“And Sarah McBride has no say here. I will always protect women and girls. Period. End of story.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for men to be banned from women-only spaces in “all taxpayer-funded facilities.”
Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) poses for a photo after taking a group photo with other freshmen of the 119th Congress on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on November 15, 2024 in Washington. ), DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Her uncompromising stance inspired McBride’s defenders to call Mace a bigot and a bully.
Left-wing journalist Aaron Looper shared a screenshot of Mace’s response and wrote, “Notice how ‘concerns about fairness in sports’ have already turned into blatant transphobic bigotry.”
Mace responded: “Protecting women and girls is common sense, not prejudice. I will stand to the brink to protect women’s rights from the far-left extremists who seek to wipe us out.”
Harry Sisson, a Democratic content creator on TikTok, similarly accused Mace of “directly accusing him of bigotry and bullying.”
Citing his own “I will do everything I can to add to the burden of abuse, both as a victim and as a perpetrator.” As a voice for other women who have been abused by men, I leave you with four words: Beyond my corpse. ”
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Transgender rights activist and current Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride speaks on stage at the Women in the World Summit in New York, USA, on April 11, 2019.
Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, called Mace’s efforts to ban McBride from the women’s restroom “pathetic.”
“Nancy, what are you afraid of?” he asked.
Quoting his own response, Mace wrote, “I don’t want people with penises.” [sic] We’re showing them off in our locker room. ”
In a follow-up post, Phillips asked, “Why don’t we ‘allow’ our fellow citizens the right to use the bathroom of the gender they live their lives in?”
“You might not like it, and I get that. But it’s still common sense and it seems un-American to ban it,” he continued. “Now, patriots, let’s all calm down.”
But Mace refused to back down.
In the 2020 election, Congresswoman Nancy Mace narrowly defeated incumbent Joe Cunningham (Democratic) by a margin of 1 percentage point, or about 5,400 votes. With a newly redrawn redistricting map in place, she easily won reelection by a 14% margin. (Getty Images)
“As a victim of abuse, I know firsthand the vulnerability of women. I will stand up to those who violate our rights and set us back 100 years.” she wrote.
Semaphore political reporter David Weigel wrote about Mace’s support for a Republican alternative to the Democratic-backed Equality Act that would add sexual orientation and gender identity language to federal anti-discrimination law. He said his position was a “shift” to the right.
The Republican Fairness for All Act would expand civil rights protections to gay and transgender people, but exclude religious groups, nonprofit organizations, and certain individuals. .
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Mace told the Washington Examiner in 2021, “I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against.”
She further stated that gender issues are not “black and white”.
“I believe that religious freedom, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist. I am also a constitutionalist and believe that anti-discrimination laws support First Amendment rights. “We must ensure that we do not infringe on religious freedom,” Mace said at the time.
“I have friends and family who identify as LGBTQ,” she added. “It’s important to understand how they feel and how they’ve been treated. Being around gay, lesbian and transgender people has influenced me throughout my life. It influenced my opinion.”
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
