Nancy Mace Challenges Jasmine Crockett to ‘Come Out’ During Controversial House Hearing

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, got into a heated exchange during a House hearing Tuesday that culminated when Mace challenged Crockett by asking if she wanted “l ‘take outside’.

The war of words took place during a discussion on civil rights and transgender rights, with Crockett calling for the reestablishment of a subcommittee on civil rights and criticizing Mace’s rhetoric on transgender people.

“I can see someone’s campaign coffers are really struggling right now. So (Mace) is going to keep saying ‘trans, trans, trans, trans’ to make people feel threatened, and boy, listen…,” Crockett said.

“I’m not a child, don’t call me a child, I’m not a child,” Mace interjected, prompting committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., to call to order, without success.

“If you want to take him outside, we can do that,” Mace said, addressing Crockett.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, Democrat of Florida, tried to defend Crockett, saying Mace incited violence against her.

After some discussion, Comer ruled that Mace’s remark was not a call for violence, saying she could have asked Crockett to go outside to “have a cup of coffee or maybe a beer.”

Spokespeople for Mace and Crockett did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday evening.

However, both men turned to X for defense.

Mace has spoken about the incident more than a dozen times, acknowledging that she went out on Crockett, but saying her call to come out was not intended to mean she wanted to fight.

“Let me be clear: I wanted to take the conversation off the field to have a more constructive conversation, not to fight. At no time was there any intention to harm anyone,” she wrote in one post.

Crockett said on X that she had been threatened and she called Mace an “attention-seeking loser.”

“Last time I checked, threatening members in a committee room doesn’t exactly reduce the price of eggs,” she wrote.

Mace has become known in recent months for her actions towards transgender people. Following the election of the first openly transgender member of Congress, Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del. , Mace introduced a measure banning transgender women from accessing women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. Mace later said the resolution was “absolutely” intended to target McBride, and she has since traveled to her district to speak to the state Republican Party about the measure.

The House Oversight Committee room where Tuesday’s exchange took place was also the site of a meeting last year that descended into chaos amid personal insults. In May, a hearing imploded after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Crockett by saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are ruining what you’re reading.” »

When Comer ruled that Greene’s words did not violate committee rules, Crockett asked, “I’m just curious, just to better understand your decision.” If anyone on this committee starts talking about someone’s bleach blonde, poorly built body, that wouldn’t engage in personalities, would it?