Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) used a slur on a video on X.com when describing protesters who were arrested Thursday after staging a sit-in on Capitol Hill.
Today a group of protesters staged a sit-in on Capitol Hill to push back against the new rule that people must use bathrooms that correspond with their assigned gender at birth. Organized by the Gender Liberation Movement, protesters including Chelsea Manning and Raquel Willis occupied a women’s restroom on Capitol Hill with signs that said “Stop Pissing on Our Rights” and “Flush Bathroom Bigotry.”
The protest follows Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) proposed resolution from two weeks ago, which seeks to bar transgender individuals from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. This resolution would specifically prevent Sarah McBride, the nation’s first transgender member of Congress, from using the women’s restroom. Days later, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson implemented a new policy to enforce the ban.
As of this report, at least 15 protesters were arrested. In response to the protests and subsequent arrests, Rep. Mace released a video on X where she used a slur to describe the protesters. News is Out won’t republish the slur here
“Alright, so some (slur) protesters showed up at the Capitol today to protest my bathroom bill,” said Mace, standing outside a D.C. police station. “But they got arrested, poor things. So I have a message for the protesters that got arrested.”
Mace then proceeded to mock the protesters with a megaphone, reciting Miranda Rights and doubting that many of the protesters could afford attorneys to represent them.
The video was followed by a Mace for Congress placard.
