An Independent Public RecordWednesday, June 17, 2026

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Tag

define-a-woman

5 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.

Incidents

  • "What is a woman?", Mace's recurring hearing-room test

    Across at least six House Oversight appearances from June 2024 to March 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace pressed an adversarial witness, Maya Wiley, Martin O'Malley, Fatima Goss Graves, Gov. Tim Walz (twice), and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, to answer 'What is a woman?' on camera. The clips, the verbatim exchanges, and her own posts are collected here.

Clips

  • "What is a woman?", Mace vs. Gov. Tim Walz

    A supercut of the full exchange from Rep. Nancy Mace’s questioning of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at the March 4, 2026 House Oversight hearing, Mace’s question, Walz’s "prop" retort, and Mace’s closing line on fraud.

  • "You're groomers", Mace vs. Fatima Goss Graves at the DOGE sports hearing

    A supercut of three verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace's questioning of Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, at the May 7, 2025 DOGE Subcommittee hearing on women's sports, from the opening question on defining woman, through the trans athletes exchange, to Mace calling the witnesses "groomers."

  • "What is a woman?", Mace vs. Martin O’Malley

    A supercut of three verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace’s questioning of former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley at the January 15, 2025 House Oversight Committee hearing on federal telework, Mace’s challenge, O’Malley’s “distinguished woman” dodge, and Mace pressing again.

  • "It's not story time", Mace vs. Maya Wiley on defining woman

    A supercut of four verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace's questioning of Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, at the June 27, 2024 House Oversight hearing on employment discrimination, from the opening question to Mace cutting off Wiley's answer and reclaiming her time.