Rising Republican star Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is receiving death threats after introducing legislation to protect Capitol Hill bathroom access to the women’s room.
Mace and other Republican women are demanding bathroom access be based on biological sex.
Now, transgender activists are reportedly threatening Mace’s life over the bill.
“They are threatening to kill me over this. Men that want to use women’s restrooms are threatening to kill me over this issue,” Mace told NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
Mace shared a video of one social media user threatening to grab her by her “ratty looking f**king hair and drag” her “face down to the floor while I repeatedly bash it in until the blood’s everywhere and you’re dead.”
“This is the exact type of man I don’t want in the women’s restroom with me,” she replied on the video.
Take a look —
This is the exact type of man I don’t want in the women’s restroom with me.
He says he’s going to
🚨Grab my ratty looking f*****g hair
🚨Drag my face to the floor
🚨Repeatedly bash my head until blood everywhere
🚨And kill me pic.twitter.com/WnbMgGYId4— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) November 19, 2024
The legislation would prohibit “members, officers and employees of the House from using facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex” in Capitol buildings.
Mace acknowledged that a newly elected transgendered Democratic lawmaker was “absolutely” the reason behind the push, and said it’s a concern over safety of the women on Capitol Hill.
“If I’m in, as a woman, I’m changing clothes in the locker room because I use the gym when I’m up here in D.C., the women’s gym, and a man shows up, and his genitalia, his penis is in the room, no! Like I’m not — it’s not OK,” Mace explained.
Mace said she is a sexual assault survivor and wanted to use her position to defend women.
“I have PTSD from the abuse that I’ve suffered, and I’m gonna do everything I can to protect women and girls,” she said.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic Party leaders have announced they oppose the resolution. Mace responded defiantly.
“Good luck. I was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina and, if we haven’t met yet, I want all the bullies online to know you will not bully me into submission,” Mace said about critics.
“I want to see which of my male colleagues don’t support women up here. I dare them,” Mace said. “Like, this is a place where I want your vote. I want it on record. I want to know where you stand. You protect us. Do we have rights as women or not?”
Responding to the death threats she’d received, Mace doubled down: “To everyone threatening my life: Your intimidation won’t stop me from standing up for women. Maybe channel those big feelings and loud opinions into finding the right restroom.”
“I can’t be threatened. You can’t threaten my life enough,” she declared. “That means I’m just going to double and triple, quadruple down on this issue. This is not something that’s OK. It’s an absurd idea. And it’s the height of hypocrisy and gaslighting to tell women, you lose your rights, and then a man walks in the room.”
Capitol Police declined to discuss specific security measures, stating only, “For safety reasons, we cannot discuss any potential investigations.”
Mace said she is planning to include the measure in the 119th Congress rules package or bring it to the floor for a vote as a standalone rule.