Congress tolerates bigotry on the house floor.

Nancy Mace repeatedly shouted a transphobic slur on the floor of the US house of representatives today. She faced no consequences for her actions, despite the use of slurs being a violation of house rules.

Name another slur, racial or otherwise, that is just overlooked in house proceedings. You can’t say the n word. You would lose your job in a hurry if you used that word, or any other kind of slur against black people, and deservedly so. You can’t use slurs to describe Jewish people, or Muslim people. You can’t call gay people f***t or d*e. You can’t call Hispanic people any of the slurs commonly used against them. You can’t use sexist or misogynistic slurs.

The only people that are so universally despised by right wing neofascist lunatics in this country are gender variant people. Repeatedly shouting the slur went entirely free of consequences.

I don’t see why this is acceptable, when no other slur is acceptable. I want Nancy Mace to be held accountable for her behavior. I’m tired of being part of the only minority in this country that it’s perfectly OK to openly spew hatred and violence provoking hate speech towards.