The article discusses a heated exchange between two U.S. House Representatives, Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), during a House Oversight Committee hearing on civil rights and transgender rights.
Key Points
- Rep. Mace challenged Rep. Crockett, asking if she wanted to “take it outside”, during a discussion about transgender rights.
- The exchange grew heated after Rep. Crockett criticized Rep. Mace’s rhetoric about transgender people.
- Rep. Mace later said her comment about going outside was not intended as a call to fight, but rather to have a more constructive conversation.
- Rep. Crockett accused Rep. Mace of being “an attention seeking loser” and said she had been threatened.
- The incident took place in the same committee room where a previous hearing had also devolved into personal insults