South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace is standing firm after backing legislation to keep men out of women’s facilities in Congress.

The legislation came after the first transgender representative, “Sarah McBride,” was elected to Congress.

“If being a feminist makes me an extremist, I’m totally here for it,” she said in response to a reporter’s question.

“Is this effort in response in response to Congresswoman McBridge coming to Congress?” the reporter said.

“Yes and absolutely, and then some,” the Congresswoman said. “I’m not going to stand for a man. When someone with a penis is in the women’s locker room, that’s not okay. I’m a victim of abuse, I’m a rape survivor. I have PTSD from the abuse I’ve suffered at the hands of a man and I know how vulnerable women are in private spaces.”

“I’m absolutely 100% gonna stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women’s restroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way,” she said.

🔥🔥🔥 @NancyMace just made this ABC reporter rethink his entire career when he approached her about the new tr*ns congress member using women's restrooms 😂 pic.twitter.com/85WPZgzFui

— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) November 19, 2024

The representative received praise from many on X, formerly Twitter.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if @NancyMace didn’t have to work this hard just to avoid having to share a locker room with a biological male? She’s not asking too much here Shame on those who are shaming her for it She’s not the problem here,” Sen. Mike Lee said.

“Why should @NancyMace or any other female member of Congress/staff have to share their bathroom with a man pretending to be a woman? It’s NOT about the feelings of the man masquerading as a fake woman. It’s about not forcing actual women to have to worry that a man is in their bathroom where they are vulnerable (and which is supposed to be a safe, private, female-only space). Members should STAND UP FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS and not be cowed by empty claims of ‘bullying.’ WOMEN are the ones being bullied into submission,” former Fox News host Megyn Kelly said.

“I don’t care if they’re a Congressman or a collegiate swimmer. A man is a damn man and they have NO place in women’s restrooms, CJ Pearson said.