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Mace asks Iowa crowd for permission to use anti-trans slur, then repeats it three times

On April 11, 2025, speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, Mace asked the audience whether she could say the anti-transgender slur, then repeated it three times to laughter while praising Iowa for removing transgender people as a protected class.

Nancy Mace at a public event, 2024
Photo: LGBTQ Nation. Source

Speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines on April 11, 2025, Mace said:

"Can I say trans in Iowa? Can I say tr*nny? Can I say it three times?"

She then repeated the slur three times to laughter from the crowd, praised Iowa for removing transgender people as a protected class, and added: "Democrats can't even define what a woman is." The speech was titled "Woman at the Well."

Source: LGBTQ Nation · archived