They are fighting words.
The supervisory committee of the House of Representatives descended into chaos Tuesday after Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., challenged Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, to a fight.
“If you want to take it outside, we can do that,” Mace said.
The argument started when Crockett said “kid, listen” during a back and forth about civil rights, women’s rights and transgender rights.
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Representatives Nancy Mace and Jasmine Crockett shared a heated discussion about trans rights and women’s rights. (Fox News)
“Someone’s campaign coffers are having a hard time right now. So she keeps saying ‘trans, trans trans’ so people feel threatened and kid, listen,” Crockett said.
Mace exploded in anger.
‘I’m not a child! Don’t call me a child! I’m not a child. Don’t even start,” Mace said, interrupting Crockett. “I’m a grown woman. I’m 47 years old. I’ve broken more glass ceilings than you ever have… You won’t do that. I’m not a kid… If you want to go public with it, we can doing.” That.”
The two were talking over each other like House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer R-Ky., tried to control the chaos as he banged his gavel.
“Order! Order! Order!”, you heard members say.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer tried to control the meeting. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Crockett later attacked Republicans, accusing them of going after “the most vulnerable in our country.”
She said: “Trans people aren’t going anywhere. Just like when the racists wanted to make sure that black people would somehow be fired in this country. We haven’t gone away either.”
Mace later went to X to continue her war of words with Crockett.
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“I’m not a child. And if I wanted a physical fight you would know it. That’s not what this was,” she wrote. “I will not be bullied by someone who wants to take away women’s rights while lecturing on civil rights. I will not be bullied by someone who thinks being afraid of rape is a ‘fantasy’. This isn’t political, it’s personal.”
Mace further sought to clarify her comments in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“There has been much speculation about my intentions during a heated discussion about women’s rights earlier today on Oversight,” she said in the statement. “Let me be clear: I wanted to take the conversation off the floor to have a more constructive conversation, not to argue. At no point was the intention to harm anyone. I was simply attacked by a pro tr*ns-man I am still in physical therapy for my injuries. I know firsthand how the left is capable of causing real physical damage. I will not be bullied into submission, I will not be verbally abused by my peers like today.I leave do not belittle or disempower me – especially as a rape survivor, I will always stand up for women and oppose the left-wing extremism that seeks to silence our voices and push aside our rights.”
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Crockett also turned to My Republican colleague threatened to physically fight me about it. Bless her heart.”
Crockett’s office also fired back at Mace, claiming it was clear Mace threatened physical violence against Crockett.
“It was clear that Representative Mace threatened physical violence against Congresswoman Crockett as part of her performative, ridiculous meltdown,” Crockett’s office said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Her smear-ridden screed illustrates exactly why the House Oversight Committee should approve Congressman Crockett’s amendment to restore the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Congresswoman Crockett ignored her obvious, desperate criticism – as Rep. Mace wants to raise money off the back of a qualified black woman, she can try someone else.”
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The feud between Mace and Crockett occurred on the same day the House passed a bill banning the ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports at schools that receive federal funding.
Two House Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Vicente Gonzales, D-Texas, were the only Democrats to vote for the bill when it passed on a 218-206 vote. Rep. Don Davis, D-C., voted “present.”
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
