{"id":217892,"date":"2025-09-11T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/217892\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:07:11","slug":"south-carolina-rep-nancy-mace-insults-san-diegos-sara-jacobs-on-house-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/217892\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace insults San Diego&#8217;s Sara Jacobs on House floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sara-Jacobs.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sara-Jacobs.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Sara Jacobs\" class=\"wp-image-160270\"  \/><\/a>Rep. Sara Jacobs speaks on the House floor this week. Screenshot from video<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/sarajacobs.house.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Jacobs<\/a> from San Diego and her colleague Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/mace.house.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Mace<\/a> from South Carolina traded sharp words on the House floor Wednesday over gender-affirming surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The House was debating amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, with Mace, a Republican, seeking to ban gender-affirming care under the military\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/tricare.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TRICARE<\/a> health benefits.<\/p>\n<p>When Jacobs, a Democrat, argued that filler surgery, breast augmentation and Botox injections are types of gender-affirming care, Mace shouted, \u201cYou are absolutely ridiculous. What the hell is your problem?<\/p>\n<p>The two then issued separate statements on X, with Mace offering to recommend a plastic surgeon for a \u201cnose job.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSaraJacobs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@RepSaraJacobs<\/a>, I talk about women\u2019s safety and your response is commentary about my body on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1965831336931078576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jacobs is Jewish and the reference to a nose job is a common antisemitic trope.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I feel sad for you. Stop lashing out against trans kids and pretending it&#8217;s to &#8220;protect women&#8221;. Hope you get the help you need. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tx4FrVMnCe\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tx4FrVMnCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@RepSaraJacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSaraJacobs\/status\/1965824798698910112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mace has authored a bill to ban transgender people, and specifically Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, from using bathrooms other than those of their sex assigned at birth.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rep. Sara Jacobs speaks on the House floor this week. Screenshot from video Rep. 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