Firebrand Republican Nancy Mace stares down trans teenager who threatened to ‘assassinate’ her’

Firebrand Republican Rep. Nancy Mace stared down a transgender teenager in courtroom on Friday after he was once arrested for allegedly threatening to assassinate her in a chilling social media publish.

Samuel Theodore Cain, 19 — who additionally is going by means of the title ‘Roxie Wolfe’ — was once taken into custody on Thursday and charged with threatening the lifetime of a public reputable, in line with paperwork reviewed by means of Law&Crime.

The South Carolina teenager allegedly posted the risk on X, mentioning he was once ‘100% lifeless a–‘ eager about sporting out the assault on Mace. 

The outspoken Republican seemed in individual at Cain’s listening to this week, the place she mocked the transgender teenager and stated she ‘hopes they have got make-up wipes in jail.’ 

Per a warrant from the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Cain posted the risk on April 26 to X.

Federal investigators introduced an inquiry and interviewed Cain on April 30. During that assembly, Cain allegedly ‘admitted to authoring and posting the risk’ geared toward Mace.

The warrant states Cain ‘unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully delivered or conveyed a risk to take the lifetime of a public reputable,’ including that the risk was once ‘immediately associated with Mace’s public reputable tasks.’

Local shops record that Cain is a organic male who identifies as a transgender lady.

Rep. Mace, a widespread critic of transgender insurance policies, temporarily spoke back to the arrest by means of making sweeping remarks in regards to the transgender group. 

Samuel Theodore Cain, 19 — who additionally is going by means of the title ‘Roxie Wolfe’ — was once taken into custody on Thursday and charged with threatening the lifetime of a public reputable

The South Carolina teenager allegedly posted the risk on X, mentioning he was once ‘100% lifeless a–‘ eager about sporting out the assault on Mace

‘I am hoping they have got make-up wipes in jail,’ Mace informed Fox Digital News. ‘I’ve waited for this for a very long time. Trans activists had been threatening to kill me each day for over six months, ever since I began submitting expenses to give protection to girls’s areas.’

Mace additionally seemed in courtroom all through Cain’s bond listening to on Friday, the place she delivered a sufferer affect observation and declared: ‘Men who cross-dress as girls are mentally in poor health… This is who those persons are.’

The pass judgement on denied bond for Cain, who faces as much as 5 years in jail and a $5,000 wonderful if convicted.

Ahead of the listening to, Mace posted on X: ‘Heading to Greenville, SC for the bond listening to of the person in a costume who threatened to kill me. Real girls stand in combination. Real males rise up to give protection to girls.’

Mace, 47, has change into one in all Congress’ maximum vocal fighters of transgender rights. 

She’s led efforts to limit get entry to to gendered areas, together with introducing a November answer barring lawmakers from the usage of amenities that do not align with their organic intercourse. 

Currently, the one overtly transgender member of Congress is Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware.

Mace has additionally sponsored bans on transgender athletes competing in women’ college sports activities and insurance policies limiting rest room get entry to on the Capitol. 

Mace attended Cain’s bond listening to on Friday (pictured), an afternoon that she stated she were ‘ready a very long time’ for 

The warrant states Cain ‘unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully delivered or conveyed a risk to take the lifetime of a public reputable,” including that the risk was once “immediately associated with Mace’s public reputable tasks’

Her advocacy has sparked intense backlash—together with threats and various public altercations.

In one X publish following Cain’s arrest, Mace wrote: ‘The radical trns motion is now not with regards to pronouns. It’s about silencing any person who dares to talk the reality. With threats. With violence. With hate.’*

She informed Fox News that Cain had additionally allegedly threatened her kids.

After being contacted by means of the FBI, Cain reportedly confessed to writing the risk, although claimed he ‘did not imply it.’

Mace later posted Cain’s mugshot on social media, writing: ‘Samuel Theodore Cain is first trans activist in nation to be arrested for loss of life threats in opposition to us, because of Capitol Police and SLED. Roxie was once ‘deadss’ arrested. We’ll let the picture stand for itself as a result of this particular person is clearly in poor health in additional tactics than one. Hopefully they have got make-up wipes in jail.’*

A survivor of sexual attack, Mace has time and again framed her advocacy as a venture to safeguard girls’s areas.

‘Real males do not threaten or harm girls,’ she posted. ‘Although, you clearly would not know that. You additionally it sounds as if did not know movements have penalties.’

Mace dressed in a lady’s rest room T-shirt that claims ‘come and take it’

When Mace faced Cain in courtroom this week, she mocked the transgender teenager and stated she ‘hopes they have got make-up wipes in jail’ 

Photos of Cain’s now-deleted social media accounts display fortify for liberal reasons and Democratic applicants. One publish options Cain conserving two ‘I Voted’ stickers with the caption: ‘did my civic accountability as of late and voted for Kamala two times.’

In the times following the threatening publish, Cain seemed occupied with backlash and the potential of being doxxed.

This isn’t Mace’s first antagonistic stumble upon with transgender activists. In December, she stated she was once ‘bodily accosted’ by means of one particular person on the Capitol—an individual later arrested by means of Capitol Police. Mace wore a sling for days later on.

She has additionally sparred with Rep. McBride, time and again relating to the Delaware lawmaker as a ‘guy’ and acknowledging that her proposed rest room ban was once immediately geared toward her.

In one example, Mace and Rep. Lauren Boebert reportedly chased a lady into a rest room, mistakenly believing she was once transgender.

At a up to date constituent tournament, any other war of words erupted when Mace used the time period ‘tr***y,’ prompting an attendee to just about throw a plant at her.