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Sabre, aka Bottleneckloser, a trans social media influencer and teacher, hit back at Representative Nancy Mace after the South Carolina Republican called her out in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
In a viral video posted on her Instagram, Sabre said that Mace is "bullying" her for "being hot." Sabre told Newsweek that opening X to see that Mace had posted about her was "insane."
Newsweek has reached out to a representative for Mace via email.
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Why It Matters
Mace is one of the loudest anti-transgender voices in Congress and introduced a bill last year to ban transgender women from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity on Capitol Hill.
In February, she repeatedly used a slur for transgender people during a House Oversight Committee hearing.
President Donald Trump has taken steps to unravel protections for transgender people.
What To Know
On February 24, Sabre posted on X in response to a trend where you show one picture of yourself in 2020 and one in 2025. Sabre shared a picture of her pre- and post-transition, with the caption "God I love estrogen," in reference to the sex hormone that is responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. Estrogen is prescribed as a sex-change hormone to assist in the transition process. Her post has been viewed 3.3 million times.
On March 14, Mace shared Sabre's post on X, writing "Estrogen doesn't love you." Mace's post has been viewed 15 million times.
Sabre responded to Mace's post in an Instagram reel shared on Sunday, March 16.
"I had such a glow up on HRT that I am now officially an enemy of the state," she says in the video. "Nancy Mace, the current representative for South Carolina and the same person who yelled slurs in Congress is bullying me for being hot on Twitter."
Sabre goes on to speak about Becky Weiss, who recently also posted a video about Sabre. Weiss had taken issue with the content that Sabre posts online and that she is a teacher. In response to Weiss' video, many social media users were critical of Sabre and believed that her social media content was inappropriate. Addressing this in her video, Sabre said that Weiss' video led to her receiving "dozens of threats."
Sabre's Reel has been viewed more than 600,000 times. She told Newsweek via email: "This strange hyper fixation on trans people, similar to the red scare, is all an attempt at some culture war to distract people from class inequality, women's rights, free health care, the rise of anti-intellectualism."
In response to Sabre's Instagram Reel and to Mace's post on X, the sentiment in the comment section has largely been positive and supportive of Sabre, and negative to Mace.
One social media user commented on Sabre's post: "I saw that and was like … did you see the photos …? Clearly estrogen DOES love her ..??" While another commented, "Imagine being so hot that your beauty is threatening to government members."
One social media user responded to Mace's post: "You're a 47 year old mean girl attacking a private citizen from your congressional account. Please just go to therapy, Nancy," while another replied, "Why is a congresswoman hunting down random trans people to harass on Twitter?"
What People Are Saying
Sabre, in a statement shared with Newsweek: "Opening my twitter to see that a sitting member of the United States government used her official twitter account to try to shame me for being confident in myself was insane! … The fact that taxpayer dollars are going toward this trans obsessed hack of a politician that spews slurs in a house committee hearings is a disgrace for our entire government."
**A spokesperson for Representative Nancy Mace, in an email shared with Newsweek in February: "**So far, the President Donald Trump White House has exposed their failures and abuses of our federal government, and we are determined to keep going. Maybe the Left should start worrying about how their failures impact the American people, the national deficit, and Western values instead of obsessing over 'mean words.'"
Becky Weiss said in an email shared with Newsweek: "I was shocked to learn that Sabre is a teacher. Sabre's online profiles include an extreme amount of sexual and graphic content. While I certainly support adults being able to do as they please in their personal lives, I believe there is a standard that teachers should be held to whenever it comes to online activity and behavior … I did not call out Sabre for simply being trans, rather due to the fact that this is grossly inappropriate behavior for a teacher."
What Happens Next
Mace hasn't responded to Sabre's criticism. She posts frequently on X about transgender women and is very vocal in her criticism, so a similar interaction could play out online.
Update, 03/18/25, 05:08 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with comment from Becky Weiss.
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