Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., called out the head of a leftist civil rights group for how she defined what a woman is, arguing her ideology puts women in danger.At a House hearing, « Standing up for the Rule of Law: Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices, » Mace challenged Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights CEO Maya Wiley, « Can you define what a woman is? »Wiley, a former MSNBC legal analyst who ran for mayor of New York City in 2021 on a defund the police platform, responded, « A woman is a person who says she is, and let me tell you one story about this -« »No, no, you’re not going to tell me a story, we’re not doing that right now, it’s not story time, » Mace said, eventually telling Wiley to be quiet as she reclaimed her time.6 STATES HALT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S TITLE IX REWRITE AFTER WEST VIRGINIA ATHLETE’S LAWSUIT »Biological women are real women, » Mace said. « A guy born as a man who wants to pretend to be a woman and put him and his big-Jim-and-the-twins in the locker room with underage girls-or, his little-Jim-and-twins by the way, is disgusting. »Mace then recounted an incident where she took her 14-year-old daughter shopping for her birthday and her child was « taken to her dressing room by a biological male in a miniskirt and a lace bralette. It is disgusting, I have no idea if that man was over 18 or under 18. It is absolutely disgusting that we’re redefining what women are, and allowing men into women’s private spaces. » »And by the way, Miss Wiley, I’m a survivor of rape, I was raped at the age of 16, » Mace added. « I am not going to put other women and girls into unsafe situations with biological men with their willy-nillies out, putting women and girls at risk. »CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe exchange went viral on social media, where commentators condemned Wiley’s stance that a woman is merely somebody who chooses to identify as such. « The left wants to erase biological reality, » the account America First Legal wrote. »Rep. @NancyMace is on FIRE today showing America just how ridiculous the left has gotten, » video journalist Nick Sortor wrote. He went on to slam Wiley, « This woman is supposedly a LAW PROFESSOR. WHEN DOES THIS END? » »These people are ridiculous, » the conservative humor account Catturd wrote. »This was the progressive’s choice for Mayor of NYC, the lady who was so woke that she quit the de Blasio administration, » YouTuber Sean FitzGerald wrote.
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Rep. Nancy Mace rips civil rights activist for defining ‘woman’ as ‘a person who says she is’
