DOGE hearing on trans athletes in women's sports descends into chaos

Subcommittee connected Delivering connected Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene got into screaming matches and a gavel-smashing marathon astatine Wednesday's proceeding connected protecting women's sports. 

The proceeding connected "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" featured a signature rant by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC, and Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Cal, suggest that protecting women's sports volition pb to bringing backmost radical segregation.

Mace ensured the proceeding ended with a roar erstwhile she got into a heated back-and-forth with witnesser Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the National Women's Law Center.

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Mace deed Goss Graves with 1 of the oldest tricks successful the publication erstwhile she bluntly asked the witnesser "what is simply a woman?" astatine the commencement of her rant. The question was met with incoherent rambling by Goss Graves astir assorted categories of females based connected however a idiosyncratic identifies.

Mace kept cutting Goss Graves disconnected portion the witnesser was trying to respond, earlier Mace began dishing insults that included "you dependable similar a lunatic," and repeated references of antheral genitalia.  

The 2 women past proceeded to loudly talk implicit each different for much than 2 consecutive minutes. 

Mace ended her archetypal rant by calling Goss Graves and USA Fencing seat Damien Lehfeldt, who was subpoenaed to the proceeding aft his enactment punished a women for refusing to look a trans fencer, "shameful." 

"You each are shameful," Mace said. "You're groomers." 

Mace was yet granted other time, arsenic Greene interjected to forestall Goss Graves from interrupting Mace. 

Mace utilized her clip to inquire Lehfeldt to apologize to the women's fencer his enactment punished, Stephanie Turner, who was determination to testify. Mace suggested Lehfeldt was "not" a antheral successful response. 

"Real men support women, you're not one," Mace said. 

A akin shouting lucifer played retired earlier successful the proceeding betwixt Greene and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-NM.,

After Stansbury utilized her speaking clip to stress a tendency to support the trans  community, Greene reminded Stansbury that her clip was up. But Stansbury continued speaking anyway. 

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) holds up maps of the U.S. successful beforehand of an alleged screenshot from USA Fencing committee manager Damien Lehfeldt's instagram during the proceeding connected "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" held by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee astatine the U.S. Capitol connected May 07, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

"The gentlelady's clip is expired!" Greene exclaimed, again and again. 

But Stansbury kept going connected and connected with an hold of her monologue connected prioritizing trans rights.

"To the trans community, we basal with you!" Stansbury said.

Greene slammed her gavel down implicit and over, for astir 40 consecutive seconds.

"This proceeding volition travel order!" Greene shouted implicit and implicit until Stansbury yet yielded, and fto the adjacent talker go. 

Meanwhile, Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett made attempts to talk up of her crook during the archetypal 55 minutes. 

When Crocket yet did go, she delivered a boisterous rant, rallying against the Trump medication for policies unrelated to women's sports. Then she made airy of the taxable by turning her monologue into a crippled with  Goss Graves.

Crockett called the crippled "Trump oregon Trans, and it was conscionable her asking Goss Graves whether to blasted President Trump oregon trans radical successful a bid of unsubstantiated claims, that included "increasing the terms of everything" and "ignoring the constitution." Goss Graves responded "Trump" each 12 times. 

After a little intermission, Simon took her clip to talk and made the proposition that women's athlete's extortion laws would bring backmost "racial segregation." 

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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) talk during the proceeding connected "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" held by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee astatine the U.S. Capitol connected May 07, 2025 successful Washington, DC.  (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

"Even if you're not transgender, folks who are watching, I privation you to recognize wherefore this infinitesimal is truthful important. We person a portion who has been precise wide astir what their intentions are for this country," Simon said. "I deliberation it's bringing america backmost to a 1950s America wherever segregation was legal. Who is to accidental that your African American daughter, due to the fact that of her BMI, would beryllium taxable to the aforesaid benignant of conversation?" 

Simon besides referenced unsubstantiated statement that laws keeping trans athletes retired of women's sports would effect successful genital inspections of children. This statement was initially utilized by House Democrats 

"Who is to accidental that if we determination forth, that your daughter, who was calved a pistillate would beryllium taxable to inspection of her genitals erstwhile she went up to the mound to play T-ball due to the fact that she looks a small different?" Simon asked. 

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