Sarah McBride slams ‘proud transphobe’ Nancy Mace for deflecting Trump’s Iran threats
Sarah McBride hit out at Nancy Mace (Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images | CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rep. Sarah McBride is calling out fellow lawmaker Nancy Mace after a heated exchange on X yesterday (8 April) that quickly escalated from criticising Trump’s threats toward Iran to a personal attack from Mace.
The clash began when McBride condemned recent rhetoric from Donald Trump, who made renewed threats toward Iran amid ongoing tensions in a Truth Social post to his account on Tuesday (7 April), framing them as a potential negotiating tactic.
“A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote.
This statement isn’t the only aggressive language Trump has directed at Iran amid ongoing conflict.
On Easter (5 April), Trump took to Truth Social, writing: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*****’ Strait, you crazy b*******, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s ‘just bluster’ or ‘leverage.’ The president doesn’t get to threaten genocide as a negotiating tactic,” McBride wrote on X on 8 April, pushing back on language she described as dangerous.
Mace – who has previously described herself as a “proud transphobe” – responded by targeting McBride directly, writing: “You don’t get to call yourself a woman but you still do it,” in a comment.
McBride fired back, highlighting what she saw as a deflection at play: “According to this person in my replies, trans people exist so Donald Trump gets to genocide a country.”
The exchange quickly drew attention online, with many pointing to how discussions about international policy were derailed by Mace’s attack on McBride’s identity.
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