Rep. Nancy Mace repeatedly used a slur for transgender people during a House Oversight Committee hearing, drawing criticism from the panel's Democratic ranking member. Mace, known for her anti-trans stances, used the slur while questioning witnesses about the U.S. Agency for International Development's expenditures. Rep. Gerald Connolly condemned Mace's language, stating it was a slur and violated the committee's decorum. Mace defended her use of the word, claiming she was not being counseled by a man on men's and women's spaces.
South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace repeatedly used a slur for transgender people during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, sparking backlash from the Democratic ranking member of the panel.The ContextMace is one of the loudest anti-transgender voices in Congress and introduced a bill last year to ban transgender women from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity on Capitol Hill.
Comer then stepped in, saying, 'The inquiry is about decorum. Decorum is at the discretion of the chair. I'll be honest with the ranking member. I'm not up to date on my politically correct LGBTQ term—terminology. We'll look into that and get back with you on that.'The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation described the word Mace used as 'a derogatory slur used to express contempt for transgender people' and said it 'should be understood accordingly.
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