Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) argued on the Home ground Wednesday that breast enhancement is gender-affirming care, prompting Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to name her “ridiculous,” “disgusting,” and later insult her look.
“PS – I have a good surgeon if you ever want to get your nose done,” Mace snarked at Jacobs, who’s Jewish.
The dustup erupted when Jacobs advocated for trans folks amid Mace’s efforts to additional limit trans rights in a protection authorization invoice.
“I would just like to point out that I think it’s very interesting that my colleague from South Carolina is so obsessed with the issue of trans people, using horrible slurs to talk about them, when many people in this body have received gender-affirming care,” Jacobs stated.
“Filler is gender-affirming care. Boob jobs is gender-affirming care. Botox is gender-affirming care,” Jacobs continued. “Lots of my colleagues have received gender-affirming care, and let me be clear, I think everybody should have access to the gender-affirming care they need, and I think that we should respect everybody in this country.”
Mace could be heard within the background claiming that Jacobs was speaking about “my body.”
“Ridiculous,” Mace stated to Jacobs within the C-SPAN clip. “You are absolutely ridiculous.”
The GOP lawmaker continued over the gavel, per The Hill, “What the hell is your problem? You are disgusting. You are an insult.”
Mace, who earlier this 12 months accused 4 males, together with her ex-fiance, of drugging and raping her, took her grievance with Jacobs on-line.
“To @RepSaraJacobs, I talk about women’s safety and your response is commentary about my body on the House floor,” Mace wrote on X. “If you knew anything about survivors you would know some women change their bodies because of the trauma of sexual violence. They live with the consequences for a lifetime.”
Mace then made a wisecrack about her nostril job.
“I feel sad for you,” Jacobs wrote on X in response to a different Mace submit. “Stop lashing out against trans kids and pretending it’s to ‘protect women’. Hope you get the help you need.”
The squabble ended earlier than conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. In reacting to the capturing dying, Mace baselessly stated “Democrats own this this” ― one other mouthing-off that went viral.
Mace additionally revisited her battle with Jacobs.
“I got in a screaming match with one of my colleagues today on the floor because she decided to attack the way my body looks because I don’t want men in women’s bathrooms,” she advised reporters. “So when are my colleagues on the left side of the aisle, the Democrats, gonna own the violence is happening this country against Republicans and against conservatives. It’s unforgivable.”
