Nancy Mace challenges Jasmine Crockett to ‘take it outside’ at a contentious House hearing

Rep. Nancy Mace, RS.C., and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange at a House hearing Tuesday that culminated with Mace challenging Crockett by asking if she wanted to “take it outside.”

The war of words came during a discussion on civil rights and transgender rights, in which Crockett called for the re-establishment of a subcommittee on civil rights and criticized Mace’s rhetoric about transgender people.

“I can see that somebody’s campaign coffers are really struggling right now. So (Mace) is going to keep saying ‘trans, trans, trans, trans,’ so people are going to feel threatened, and kid, listen to —” Crockett said.

“I’m no kid, don’t call me a kid, I’m no kid,” Mace interjected, prompting Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., to call for order without success.

“If you want to take it outside, we can do that,” Mace said, addressing Crockett.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., tried to defend Crockett, saying Mace had incited violence against her.

After some discussion, Comer ruled that Mace’s remark had not been an incitement to violence, saying that she could have asked Crockett to go outside to “get a cup of coffee or maybe a beer.”

Spokesmen for Mace and Crockett did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday evening.

However, the two went to X to defend themselves.

Mace wrote about the incident more than a dozen times, admits she went “off” at Crockett, but saying her call to go outside wasn’t meant for her to fight.

“Let me be clear: I wanted to take the conversation off the floor to have a more constructive conversation, not to fight. At no time was there any intent to hurt anyone,” she wrote in a post.

Crockett told the X that she had been threatened, and she called Mace “an attention-seeking loser.”

“Last I checked, threatening members in a committee room doesn’t exactly reduce the price of eggs,” she wrote.

Mace has become known in recent months for his actions towards transgender people. After the election of the first openly transgender member of Congress, Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del. , Mace introduced a measure banning transgender women from women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill. Mace later said the resolution was “absolutely” intended to target McBride, and she has since visited her district to speak with the state Republican Party about the measure.

The House Oversight Committee room, where Tuesday’s exchange took place, was also the site of a meeting last year that descended into chaos amid personal insults. In May, a hearing imploded after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Crockett by saying, “I think your false eyelashes are ruining what you’re reading.”

When Comer ruled that Greene’s words had not violated the committee’s rules, Crockett asked, “I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling. If anybody on this committee starts talking about someone’s pale blonde, poorly built butch body, it wouldn’t involve personalities, would it?”