Rep. Nancy Mace fired back at a transgender activist who was kicked out of a tech conference for protesting a bathroom bill, later calling the instigator “a raging lunatic pretending to be a woman.”
South Carolina Republican shared video On Thursday, Evan Grier stood with an LGBTQ flag, disrupted his attendance at Georgetown University's Future of the Internet Summit, and banned transgender women from women-only facilities at the Capitol. expressed anger at the bill.
“Dozens of transgender people have died this year because of the hate and lies you spread,” Greer shouted as a security guard led her away.
“Are we going to protect the lives of transgender people? …Are we fighting for justice or are we fighting for big tech?” Greer said to little applause. shouted.
Mace, who has received death threats over bathroom bills, remained calm until he delivered a scathing rebuke of the protesters.
Mace captioned the video with a similar message: “God loves him and I love him. But his penis isn't in my bathroom.” spoke.
She told those who booed her remarks: “If you're professional men in the locker room watching me undress, you're part of the problem.”
Mace went on to attack Greer, a Boston-based musician and author who is the director of the digital rights organization Fight for Freedom.
“An angry madman pretending to be a woman tried to lunge at me from the stage moments ago,” the representative said. I wrote to X.
“It's all because we don't want men to see women undressing in the locker room.”
glia I shared Mace's post.a rep posted while claiming that she “didn't 'rush the stage' for everyone to see in the video.”
“I stood up and spoke the truth,” Greer said.
“You've done nothing in your career to address the harm and censorship of Big Tech. You're too busy obsessing over other people's genitals. Get a hobby,” Greer said. told Mace.
“I would do it again,” Greer said in another post.
House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that women's facilities in the Capitol are reserved for biological women only.
“All single-sex facilities, including restrooms, locker rooms, and locker rooms in the Capitol and the House Office Building, are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in a statement. ” he said.
“It is important to note that each member's office has its own restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout Parliament House,” he added. “Women should be given their own space.”
