About this episode

Moira discusses the complex and troubling story of congresswoman Nancy Mace, exploring her political shifts and transphobic views.

For this episode, Moira walks Adrian through the troubled and troubling story of congresswoman Nancy Mace -- a moderate who first became MAGA, then a vicious transphobe, and then became a gendered apostate from that movement (while remaining hugely transphobic). Trigger warning: While we initially thought this would be an acerbic deep dive into an unusual MAGA politician, the portrait that emerged was instead pretty complicated, and Mace's story turned out to be incredibly dark.

People in this episode

Hosts: Moira Donegan, Adrian Daub

Topics covered

• politics
• MAGA
• transphobia
• gender identity
• congress
• society

Keywords

• Nancy Mace
• MAGA
• transphobia
• politics
• gender identity
• congresswoman
• society

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