Mace sells merchandise off transgender bathroom bill
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is using publicity from her legislation to prevent transgender women from using women's restroom facilities in federal buildings to sell merchandise to her followers on the social platform X.
Mace in a post on X is advertising T-shirts for $35.
The post shows a photo of Mace next to T-shirts with the words “come and take it” below a picture of a women's bathroom sign. On the back it reads “Mace for Congress.”
“Every purchase will help FUEL MY FIGHT to protect women and girls across America. HOLD THE LINE! 🇺🇸⬇️” Mace wrote in the Thursday post.
Earlier this week, the lawmaker said she received death threats for proposing that transgender women use single-sex facilities that correspond to their gender identity in the Capitol.
She suggested the building enforce a ban as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.) became the first transgender woman elected to Congress in November and prepares for her tenure in the House in January.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) subsequently backed her stance by enacting a new policy requiring individuals to use facilities that correlate with their gender assigned at birth.
“Women deserve women’s only spaces” he said Wednesday.
The same day, Mace shared plans to present a similar bill outlawing the practice in federal buildings across the nation.
McBride said she would "follow" the rules in place but would continue to advocate for her constituents in the 119th Congress.
“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down the costs facing families. Like all members, I will follow the rules outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them,” McBride said Wednesday in a statement posted to X.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday criticized Mace, saying the policies she and Johnson were advocating were "disgusting."
“What Nancy Mace and what Speaker Johnson are doing are endangering all women and girls,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters late Wednesday.
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