GOP Congresswoman snaps at conservative who accused her of supporting trans people by wearing a tux

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is not a supporter of LGBTQ+ equality. She campaigned on transphobic lies to get her seat in the past two elections, she regularly posts anti-trans equality messages to social media, and she scored just 17 out of 100 on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard.

But that’s not enough for one of her supporters who accused her of supporting transgender people because she wore a tuxedo to last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And while it was just one person making the comment on Twitter, Mace’s outsized reaction shows that the rightwing troll may have struck a nerve.

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People are calling for her to be fired because of her 8-year-old child.

“Further, as our culture continues to undermine women by celebrating men who pretend to be them – why would you choose to wear a tux to the WHCD?” asked Randan Steinhauser, a self-described “Counter-Cultural Christian Conservative WOMAN,” according to her Twitter bio.

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@NancyMace – I have known you for a longtime. But your recent anti-life statements & positions are very concerning.

Further, as our culture continues to undermine women by celebrating men who pretend to be them — why would you choose to wear a tux to the WHCD? pic.twitter.com/dCZIDag6Ii

— Randan Steinhauser (@RandanMarie) April 30, 2023

Steinhauser also brought up Mace’s position on abortion, which is anti-choice. Mace suggested that Republicans find a “middle ground” on the issue on CBS’s Face the Nation last Sunday.

The comments got under Mace’s skin and she responded with quite a few tweets. First, she tweeted that “This ain’t Gilead,” a reference to the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale.

“When they can’t win the policy or the debate, they go straight for your appearance. So it goes…,” she wrote.

When they can’t win the policy or the debate, they go straight for your appearance. So it goes…

This ain’t Gilead.

And the pearl clutching has me