Let’s talk about this week’s Skidmark of the Week, shall we? Nancy Mace. Nancy Mace is like that coworker who brings tuna salad to the office fridge and never eats it, but somehow keeps reheating it. Over and over again. This week, she took her already questionable reputation and flushed it straight down the legislative toilet with an all-out attack on Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. And what was Mace’s big contribution to American democracy? Banning Sarah McBride from using the bathroom. Yeah, that’s the level of pettiness we’re dealing with here.
Here’s how it went down. Mace rolled into Congress, looked around, and said, “You know what we’re missing? A bathroom bill! But make it meaner.” She introduced a resolution that says transgender people can’t use the bathroom matching their gender identity in the Capitol complex. Why? Because apparently the thing holding America back isn’t inflation, or climate change, or healthcare costs—it’s Sarah McBride having to pee in peace.
And Mace didn’t just stop there. When asked if this was aimed at McBride, she said, “Yes, and absolutely, and then some.” Wow. That’s not just discriminatory—that’s the political equivalent of kicking a puppy and then Instagramming it for likes. This is a level of vindictive most people save for their exes, not their coworkers.
But wait, it gets better. House Speaker Mike Johnson chimed in to back her up, declaring that Capitol bathrooms should only be used by people of the same “biological sex.” Cool. Real progressive energy there, Mike. Nothing screams “modern leadership” like bathroom policing. What’s next? A TSA checkpoint at the Capitol urinals? Are we going to start DNA testing at the tampon dispenser? It’s absurd, it’s invasive, and it’s disgusting—and that’s just Nancy Mace’s personality.
Meanwhile, Sarah McBride has handled this whole mess with the kind of grace and dignity that Mace couldn’t fake if her life depended on it. McBride’s response? “I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families.” That’s the energy we need. Because while Mace is out here auditioning for “Mean Girls: The Congressional Edition,” McBride is focused on actual governance. You know, the thing Congress is supposed to do.
Even other members of Congress are calling this out for what it is: a ridiculous, bullying sideshow. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tore into Mace’s actions, calling them dangerous and discriminatory. AOC doesn’t mince words, and this time she’s dead on. Policies like this don’t protect anyone—they just give bigots a license to harass people for existing.
Here’s the kicker, though. Nancy Mace doesn’t think she’s the problem. She thinks she’s the hero. And that’s what makes her the ultimate Skidmark of the Week. Not just for this bathroom bill stunt, but for the sheer audacity to double down on cruelty and call it courage. Skidmarks don’t clean up after themselves, and neither will Nancy Mace. So here’s to you, Congresswoman—this week’s shining beacon of what happens when bad intentions meet worse ideas. Flush twice, everybody. It’s going to take a while to get this one down.
