Mace speculates before any arrest that Kirk's shooter 'was a tranny or pro-tranny'

On September 11, 2025, before any suspect was arrested in Charlie Kirk's assassination, Mace told reporters the killer was likely transgender, based on nothing; the man later arrested had a partner who was reportedly transitioning.

September 11, 2025

The day of Charlie Kirk's assassination, before any suspect was arrested, Mace told reporters:

"It sounds like the shooter was a tranny or pro-tranny."

A 22-year-old Utah man, Tyler Robinson, was later arrested; his partner was reportedly transitioning. Mace also told reporters: "I'm going to double down on this. I'm gonna be louder than I've ever been until this shit stops."

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Mace says transgender people 'are violently ill and should be in a straitjacket with a hard steel lock on it'

On September 16, 2025, in a street interview first reported via Don Lemon's Bluesky, Mace called Tyler Robinson, the man arrested for Kirk's assassination, 'radicalized' by the transgender community, and said trans people should be institutionalized.

September 12, 2025 · Dispatch

Mace on threats after Kirk shooting: 'The hate pouring in from Democrats is vile, evil, and unhinged'

On September 12, 2025, after Mace's office received threats in response to her claims about Kirk's shooter, she issued a statement attributing all threats to Democrats while framing her own false claims about the shooter's identity as protected speech.

September 11, 2025 · Dispatch

Mace after Kirk assassination: 'I'm gonna be louder than I've ever been until this shit stops'

Immediately after Charlie Kirk's assassination on September 11, 2025, Mace pledged to escalate her rhetoric, framing Democratic speech as having caused the killing.

July 21, 2026 · Dispatch

Two threat sentencings in one day: the woman who sent kill texts went home until prison. The teenager who posted one tweet sat in jail 14 months.

On July 21, 2026, both pending threat cases against Nancy Mace ended. Shayla Addison, who sent five kill texts, a bomb-threat email, and two Instagram comments and had a record of nearly identical threats, was never jailed pretrial and got 27 months. Samuel Cain, a Greenville trans teenager who posted a single tweet that agencies reportedly could not tie to any weapon or plan, had already served roughly 14 months without bond and left with house arrest, five years of probation, and a permanent internet ban. Mace posted through all of it.

September 18, 2025 · Dispatch

Mace to D.C. Mayor Bowser: 'What is a woman?'

During a September 18, 2025 House committee hearing, Mace pressed D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on the definition of 'woman' under the D.C. Code.

September 17, 2025 · Dispatch

Mace's Omar censure resolution built on a quote Omar never said

On September 17, 2025, Mace introduced a House censure resolution against Rep. Ilhan Omar alleging she had 'mocked' Charlie Kirk's killing; journalist Mehdi Hasan stated publicly that Omar had condemned the killing, and Omar noted the resolution contained no direct quote from her. The resolution failed 214-213.