South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace wasted no time getting back to her attention-seeking antics as she erupted into an anti-trans rant mere days into the 119th Congress.
During a Wednesday hearing on ”government efficiency and waste,” Mace grilled Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds about her government’s operations but directed most of her venom at USAID-funded programs abroad.
“USAID has become rotten to its core, sacrificing the prudent use of tax payer dollars at the altar of advancing, radical, sinister, social political agendas abroad,” started Mace. “From discriminatory DEI initiatives to extreme gender ideology to marginalize real bonafide biological women for decades.”
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Mace alleged that USAID (United States Agency for International Development) has “plundered the American treasury.” She added, “Funding some of the dumbest, I mean stupidest... just dumbest initiatives imaginative. All supported by the left.”
Listing off $2 million in USAID funding for gender-affirming care in Guatemala, Mace asked, “Does this advance the interest of American citizens? Paying for trannies in Guatemala to the tune of $2 million dollars? Yes or no?”
“No,” answered Reynolds. Joining Reynolds as witnesses was Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, and William Resh, a University of Southern California public policy and management associate professor. Schatz also responded ”no” while Resh said he had no position.
Taking note of Mace’s use of the anti-trans slur, Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly urged Mace to show a sense of decorum.
“The gentlelady has used a phrase that is considered a slur in the LGBTQ community and the trans community,” Connolly began, but Mace immediately fired back in an outburst.
“Tranny, tranny, tranny! I don’t really care. You want penises in women’s bathrooms, and I’m not gonna have it. No, thank you. It’s disgusting,” said Mace, turning to look at Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for support.
The room erupted in murmurs as Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer, who is oversight chairman, called for a restoration of order.
Connolly began again, “To me, a slur is a slur, and here in the committee, a level of decorum requires us to try consciously to avoid slurs.”
Connolly added, “You just heard the gentlelady actually actively, robustly repeat it; and I would just ask the chairman that she be counseled that we engaged. We can debate and policy discussion without offending human beings who are fellow citizens. And so, I would ask as a parliamentary inquiry whether the use of that phrase is not, in fact, a violation of the decorum rules.”
Comer said that he would investigate the matter further.
