Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) denied shes resigning from Congress after theNew York Timesreported she is weighing the possibility in the wake of GOP anger over House Speaker Mike Johnsons (R-LA) leadership.Times reporter Annie Karni wrote that the vehemently anti-trans Mace who is currently running for governor of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated with [Johnson] and sick of the way he has run the House particularly how women are treated there that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead andretiring earlyfrom Congress. Related Nancy Mace confesses that she has no friends Greenes resignation, effective January 5, came after the one-time MAGA loyalist had a string of continued disagreements with the president, largely over government spending and the release of the Epstein Files. After the president started name-callingand promised to endorse a primary challenger against her, Greene stepped away, leaving a manifesto of an explanation.While lengthy, Greenes key message was that the Republicans arent following through on their priorities and are wasting what little majority they have in the House. In the aftermath, an anonymous senior House Republican toldPunchbowl News that more explosive early resignations are coming. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Its a tinder box. Morale has never been lower, the lawmaker warned. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.Karnis report in the Times said that many Republicans have grown frustrated with Johnson, but Republican women are particularly angry. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) told Karni there is an unusually high level of discontent among House Republicans. The overriding issue is the House has not been at the forefront of driving policymaking, or the agenda in Washington, Kiley explained. That is naturally going to be frustrating to members who ran for Congress to make an impact on issues they care about.Johnson has reportedly angered his party by refusing to call the House into session for an eight-week period during and leading up to the shutdown, and also for, as Karni put it, the passive role the speaker has played in the redistricting arms race that has spread across the country.Others who are worried about their reelection campaigns are upset that hes dragging his feet on a vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.Some Republican women are also reportedly angry about the pressure Johnson put on them to remove their names from the discharge petition calling for the release of the Epstein files. Mace, Greene, and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), along with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), refused to bend in their decision to sign the petition.Butt CNN correspondent Manu Raju said Nancy Mace had one word for him when he asked if she was considering resigning: No. Nancy Mace tells me no shes not going to resign from her House seat early. Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 4, 2025Despite positioning herself as a warrior for women, Mace has devoted her time in Congress to waging a vicious campaign against trans women.She has used transphobia to make herself a household name, elevating her profile with increasingly outrageous anti-trans outbursts. She has, in many ways, become the public face of the Republicans crusade to eradicate trans people from all aspects of civic life.She haslobbed transphobic slursat a student;shouted slursduring a speech anda House committee meeting;publicly bullieda trans influencer;was booed whendiscussing a trans activists genitalsat a public talk;targeted two universitiesin her state for offering more than two gender options on certain student forms; referred to Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE)as itanda manin a TV news appearance; and called trans people mentally ill (even though trans identity isnt considered a mental illness by any major medical or psychological association). Mace also persuaded Johnson tointroduce a rule banning all trans people from using Capitol restroomsthat match their gender identity. She alsovoted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Actbecause it would give some protections to trans inmates.Mace has alsowritten hundreds of posts on social media attacking trans people, some of which include slurs. Numerous members of Congress havecriticized Maces vile and disgusting rhetoric.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.