Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is a well-known anti-LGBTQ bigot, but her hateful attack on Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles is getting her ripped to shreds on social media.
Mace thought she’d weigh in on an internet dispute between Biles and swimmer Riley Gaines, who is opposed to trans athletes competing in sports.
“Honey, if biological men competed in women’s gymnastics, odds are no one would know your name,” Mace posted on Twitter/X in response to Biles’ comment calling out Gaines for targeting a transgender high school athlete.
Honey, if biological men competed in women’s gymnastics, odds are no one would know your name. https://t.co/z8winDXHTq
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) June 7, 2025
But there’s a major flaw with Mace’s asinine logic. Namely, the fact that Biles is one of the best gymnasts of the past half-century or longer. Also, most men could never hope to do some of the moves Biles and other female gymnasts do. Why? Because they’re male and their bodies are built very differently.
Mace was taken to task online.
A transgender female in gymnastics would likely do poorly on balance beam, not exhibit the grace and flexibility rewarded in floor exercises and might have difficulty adjusting to the uneven bar transitions.
— Tirah Att (@TirahAtt) June 7, 2025
Simone Biles is a champion. You, Ms. Maze, are a publicity hound.
Imagine being so desperate for attention that you pick fights with Simone Biles just to pander to transphobes.
— Vee (@BlueRNinRedMT) June 7, 2025
Trans athletes make up about 1%—they’re not the threat, but your bigotry is. Cut the fear-mongering and leave elite athletes out of your culture war cosplay.
Nancy, the men in gymnastics can't do what @Simone_Biles does. She is a phenom in gymnastic sports.
— Heath Middle Man (@heath_coghlan) June 7, 2025
What you are doing is taking away from women in all of their achievements. You are telling everyone women are less than men.
You just don’t stop do you? I’ve never in my life seen anyone so attention starved as you are!
— Tammy (@TammyWright21) June 7, 2025
NOW you are going after Simone Biles! LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, She could beat any man in Woman’s Gymnastics!
That is how much you actually know about the sport. lol lol
I'm not sure that's accurate. It takes a lot more than physical strength to be a great woman's gymnast. Biological men aren't built in a way that's conducive to being competitive (e.g. balance isn't our thing).
— Democrat Rick (@DemocratRick12) June 7, 2025
You clearly know as little about gymnastics as you do being a legislator.
— Atticus Finch (@conquistadorof1) June 7, 2025
sorry, but gymnastics, especially the women's events, are the one athletic field where men do not necessarily have an advantage at all.
— EyeRoller (@MaximumK75753) June 7, 2025
Stay in your lane, Nancy. The trunt lane.