By Chris Jennewein
Times of San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Rep. Sara Jacobs from San Diego and her colleague Rep. Nancy Mace from South Carolina traded sharp words on the House floor Wednesday over gender-affirming surgery.
The House was debating amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, with Mace, a Republican, seeking to ban gender-affirming care under the military’s TRICARE health benefits.
When Jacobs, a Democrat, argued that filler surgery, breast augmentation and Botox injections are types of gender-affirming care, Mace shouted, “You are absolutely ridiculous. What the hell is your problem?”
The two then issued separate statements on X, with Mace offering to recommend a plastic surgeon for a “nose job.”
Jacobs is Jewish and the reference to a nose job is a common antisemitic trope.
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.
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In her posting on X, Mace directed this message toward Jacobs: “I talk about women’s safety and your response is commentary about my body on the House floor. 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 lifetime. PS—I have a good surgeon if you ever want to get your nose done.”
Jacobs commented on X: “I feel sad for you. Stop lashing out against trans kids and pretending it’s to ‘protect women’. Hope you get the help you need.”
Mace then replied: “there is no such thing as a “tr*ns child.’”
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Chris Jennewein is publisher-and-editor emeritus of Times of San Diego. This article is republished by San Diego Jewish World under auspices of the San Diego Online News Association.
Mace shame on you. You are not perfect. A bit catty! Ugly is to the bone.