Rep. Nancy Mace (RS.C.) said Tuesday that she received death threats over opposition to a bill that would ban transgender women from facilities at the Capitol.
“They're threatening to kill me over this. Men who want to use the women's restroom are threatening to kill me over this,” Mace told NewsNation. “On balance” Late Tuesday.
Mace said his concerns about integrated homosexual facilities stem from being a victim of sexual assault and rape.
She began raising the issue with her colleagues after Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) became the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. .
Mace said he plans to include the bill in the rules package for the 119th Congress or bring it to the floor as a standalone rule.
“I want to know if any of my male colleagues are not supportive of women. I'll challenge them. For example, here's where I need your vote. I'll put it on the record. I want to know your position: Do we have rights as women or not? ” she told host Leland Wittert.
“And I'm going to fight tooth and nail for this. This is different, this is not OK. That's a stupid idea. And the hypocrisy of telling women, you lose your rights and then you become a man.” “This is the height of gaslighting.'' Walk inside the room. ”
When House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that he opposed her resolution, Mace called him and those who opposed him “bullies” who would not force “obedience.” .
“Good luck. I'm the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina. If I haven't met you yet, to all the cyber bullies out there, you're going to bully me into submission.” I want people to know that there is no such thing,” Mace said on the broadcast.
“I'm not going to be intimidated. You can't threaten my life. I mean, I'm going to double, triple, quadruple this.”
Mr McBride responded to Mace's stance, describing it as an attempt to “distract” voters from real issues.
“This is a blatant attempt by far-right extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to the realities facing the American people. We are not a manufacturing culture; The focus should be on lowering the costs of housing, health care, and child care.'War,'' McBride said.politikoin a statement Monday.
“The people of Delaware sent me here to make the American Dream more affordable and accessible, and that's what I'm focused on.”
