Watch: Nancy Mace repeatedly shouts LGBTQ+ slur as Dems object at hearing

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) repeatedly shouted a slur for transgender people after a Democratic member of Congress cautioned her against it.

At a Wednesday House Oversight hearing on government efficiency, Mace asked witnesses about funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

"USAID awarded $2 million to strengthen trans-led organizations to deliver gender-affirming healthcare in Guatemala," Mace said. "Does this advance the interests of American citizens, paying for trannies in Guatemala to the tune of $2 million?"

"I have no position," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) stated.

"Of course you don't," Mace snapped.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) responded with a parliamentary inquiry about Mace's slur.

"The gentlelady has used a phrase that is considered a slur in the LGBTQ community and the transgender community," he noted.

"Tranny! Tranny! Tranny!" Mace shouted. "I don't really care! You want penises in women's bathrooms, and I'm not going to have it!"

"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 stated. "You just heard the gentlelady actually actively, robustly repeat it, and I would just ask the chairman that she be counseled that we ought not to be engaged."

"We can have debate and policy discussion without offending human beings who are our 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," he added.

"Mr. Chairman, I'm not going to be counseled by a man over men in women's spaces or men who have mental health issues dressing as women," Mace replied.

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Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) pleaded ignorant on the topic of LGBTQ+ slurs.

"I will be honest with the ranking member," he said. "I'm not up to date on my politically correct LGBTQ terminology. We'll look into that and get back with you on that. I don't know what's offensive and what's not. I don't know much about pronouns or offensive terms."

"I thank the chair for his willingness to further engage in this matter," Connolly said as Mace left the hearing.

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