U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) defiantly repeated an anti-trans slur Wednesday after being called out for using it during a hearing.

Mace participated in a House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing on “Government Efficiency & Waste.” After Mace listed off a variety of government expenditures, ranking member and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) made a parliamentary inquiry about Mace’s use of the term “tranny.”

“The gentlelady has used a phrase that is considered a slur in the LGBTQ community and the trans community,” Connolly said.

Then, Connolly reacted as if Mace — who was out of frame — was about to cut him off.

“Let me please finish without interruption,” Connolly said.

Mace, however, persisted.

“Tranny, tranny, tranny!” she fired back. “I don’t really care. You want penises in women’s bathrooms and I’m not gonna have it. No, thank you. It’s disgusting.”

When order was restored, Connolly continued his inquiry.

“To me, a slur is a slur,” he said, “and here in the committee, a level of decorum requires us to try consciously to avoid slurs. You just heard the gentlelady actually actively, robustly repeat it; and I would just ask the chairman that she be counseled that we engaged. We can debate and policy discussion without offending human beings who are fellow citizens. And so, I would ask as a parliamentary inquiry whether the use of that phrase is not, in fact, a violation of the decorum rules.”

Again, Mace interrupted.

“Mr. Chairman, I’m not gonna be counseled by a man over men and women’s spaces, or men who have mental health issues dressing as women,” she said. “I’m not being counseled by some guy over this.”

The chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), stated that he would look into the matter.

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