Few would label Mace kind or gentle now, and today, as she engages in a relentless crusade against trans rights, she is more one-trick pony than “caucus of one.” She has used slurs like “tranny” in committee meetings; bullied trans congresswoman Sarah McBride, whom she has labeled a threat; and suggested that people like her are not women but rather “mentally ill.” In November, she pushed a bill that would ban transgender women from using bathrooms on federal property, that aimed to discourage them from public service, and otherwise served to discourage them even from visiting government buildings or national parks. “I am a general’s daughter,” she wrote in her memoir. “I know a battle when I see one.”
Mace is best known for theatrical displays of cruelty that capitalize on anti-trans sentiment and almost always stand out in a chaotic news cycle. For her, every anti-trans stunt she engages in creates a virtuous cycle: She does something bigoted and provocative; trans people and allies respond; she then claims she’s been “bullied” or “silenced”—in a vicious cycle that never ends.
If Mace’s monomaniacal focus on trans issues has made her something of a joke, her bigotry is rarely challenged by her colleagues. Democrats are still licking their wounds from an electoral defeat that many partially blame—with little evidence—on the perception that the party is too pro-trans. More often than not, Mace’s abhorrent statements are left unchallenged by Democratic politicians who are terrified of being labeled “pro-trans.” Their silence only reinforces Mace’s core argument: that providing government resources to trans people is indefensible.
Selective moderation is out; embracing crank conspiracies is in.The sincerity of Mace’s politics is largely beside the point; it doesn’t matter if she genuinely holds bigoted views or if she simply pretends to. What is clear is that she is desperate for recognition and not particularly interested in most aspects of governance—and in this way, few people better embody the spirit of Trump’s Republican Party than she does. Ex-staffers report that she does not believe her job in Washington is to pass legislation or even to represent her constituents. She believes her job is to go on television. More often than not, she goes on national news to demean and dehumanize trans people.
None of this is true, of course. The dystopia she describes, where women are forced to strip naked in front of gawking men, is a fantasy, while Republican state legislatures across the country are currently working to erode gay rights. It’s a narrative that inverts reality, cloaking the GOP in moral seriousness and expunging the party’s long, appalling record on LGBTQ rights and women’s issues. In Mace’s telling, Democrats have not only abandoned women and jettisoned gay rights; they have transformed into a party of immoral psychopaths encouraging groomers. Perfect culture-war fodder for an unscrupulous politician. Perfect for getting on television.
Outlets like Washingtonian and Slate claim that some congressional offices, like Mace’s, “have become PR firms for attention-hungry members who see their job … as building a personal brand.” Like Trump, Mace is fashioning an identity built on short-term populism. Meanwhile, staffers spoke with Washingtonian about Mace’s mistreatment and the fact she used her office as a means to get on TV. Her goal was to provoke in order to get coverage, not lead with a legislative agenda. She wanted to look like a “hot mama” or “MILF.” Mostly, though she wants attention and has discovered an ideal front in the culture wars to get it: People—Democrats and Republicans alike—tune in when she’s tough on Big Trans.
Stripping health care from trans people is, of course, a goal in and of itself for Republican lawmakers. GOP members have made it clear that they believe trans people are unwelcome in public spaces and even that they should not exist at all. But the denial of government funding for trans health care betrays a deeper, more insidious goal as well—it justifies austerity politics for everyone. By making the case that some people are fundamentally undeserving of material support, Republicans are undermining the idea that any government program could be universal. Health care, they argue, is a privilege, not a right.
Like most of her Republican colleagues, Mace typically votes to slash health care spending and opposes programs like the ACA that expand access. She has recently begun dabbling in vaccine skepticism. But she does not seem to have any particular interest in the nitty-gritty of health care policy or legislation, having long since determined that her purpose in Washington is to spend as much time on television as possible.
Mace is the Republican caucus’s most vocal transphobe, but her views are hardly unique. Those views are, moreover, common across right-wing media and have emerged as a core part of several new outlets, such as former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss’s The Free Press, that appeal to political centrists who have soured on the mainstream press for allegedly being too social justice–oriented. Instead, landing a viral TikTok may be even more effective than actually drafting and passing legislation, or drafting an op-ed. The radicalization of alternative platforms like Substack and social media outlets like X has led to a new brand of Republican superstar. Trans rights are almost always on the docket. Being tough on the so-called trans agenda sells and polls well with the GOP base. Those conflicted on whether or not trans people are human need content. Mace is happy to fill the void—a brutally effective clown armed with fact-free nonsense while the Democrats remain divided on how to approach the country’s far-right drift. Even Sarah McBride seems content to step aside, ignoring Republicans’ vitriol-filled invectives in favor of trying to actually do her job—which is to say, passing legislation, servicing her constituents, and attending hearings. Perhaps a stronger counterattack is necessary.
After all, Mace’s crusade won’t stop at health care, bathrooms, or sports. Safety is a moving target, after all. In the name of protection, Mace is ready to deal a lot of damage.
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