Nancy Mace fires back at AOC, critics of trans bathroom ban: 'Height of hypocrisy'

After the progressive Democrat claimed Mace and supporters of the bill were "endangering women and girls," Mace fired back. 

The measure will prohibit "members, officers, and employees of the House from using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex, and for other purposes," according to text previewed by Fox News Digital.

"It's just ludicrous to me that women who are victims of abuse should be forced to undress or go to the bathroom next to a man," Mace told co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy.

Mace's legislation would charge the House sergeant at arms with enforcing the rule.

AOC heavily criticized the legislation while speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday.

"What it inevitably results in are women and girls who are primed for assault...because people are going to want to check their private parts in suspecting who is trans and who is cis and who's doing what... Because she wants to suspect and point fingers at who she thinks is trans is disgusting."

The New York lawmaker even accused Mace of wanting women to "drop trow" to enforce the resolution. 

Mace rejected that notion, saying, "[AOC's] not telling the truth. No one has ever said that women should drop trow. That's really disgusting."

"It's sad and surprising that in 2024 I have to go on TV and on social media to explain to the radical left that men shouldn't be allowed in women's restrooms, that women shouldn't be forced to undress in front of men."

Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.