{"id":2633701,"date":"2026-07-22T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-defends-anti-transgender-ndaa-amendment\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:18:21","slug":"nancy-mace-defends-anti-transgender-ndaa-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-defends-anti-transgender-ndaa-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace defends anti-transgender NDAA amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-mace-defends-anti-transgender-ndaa-amendment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633701&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nancy Mace, a Republican Congresswoman from South Carolina, defended her amendment to the Fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), asserting that &#8220;chopping off body parts does not make a better soldier&#8221; and emphasizing the importance of training &#8220;the toughest warfighters in the world.&#8221; She criticized what she described as gender-related procedures affecting military readiness and accused her colleagues on the left of opposing this view. Mace&#8217;s amendment aligns with President Trump&#8217;s executive order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-rips-dems-racism-narrative\/\" title=\"Mark Meadows Rips Dems&#039; &#039;Racism Narrative&#039;\">prevent taxpayer funds<\/a> from being used for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-passes-save-adolescents-from-experimentation-act-to-ban-trans-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Passes \u2018Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act\u2019 To Ban Trans Surgery, Puberty Blockers For Minors\">gender transition procedures<\/a>, advocating for the focus on strengthening the military rather than supporting gender ideology. The NDAA is a vital annual bill that establishes military policy and funding, and amendments like Mace&#8217;s are often attached to it due to its importance. Her effort continues her broader campaign against gender ideology in the military and federal government, and the House committee recently approved a related effort to rename the War Department within the NDAA.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-mace\/\">Nancy Mace<\/a> (R-SC) defended her amendment to the fiscal 2027 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/IF10515\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a>, arguing that \u201cchopping off body parts does not make a better soldier,\u201d and saying the U.S. military should focus on producing \u201cthe toughest warfighters in the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want the toughest warfighters in the world, not a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"266\">military<\/a> gutted by gender delusion. Chopping off body parts does not make a better soldier. It destroys military readiness. Our colleagues on the left seem to disagree,\u201d Mace said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/2079937040120979692\">post on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4658907\/terri-sewell-trump-smithsonian-scrutiny-revisionism-fascism\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democratic congresswoman compares Trump\u2019s scrutiny of Smithsonian to \u2018fascism\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4658636\/nancy-mace-ndaa-amendment-us-military-gender-ideology\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nancy Mace on NDAA amendment: \u2018Chopping off body parts does not make a better soldier\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4658658\/republican-mary-miller-grills-smithsonian-official-lgbt-exhibit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018What is a crotch harness?\u2019 Republican grills Smithsonian official over LGBT exhibit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDAA is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/ndaa\/history-ndaa.htm\">updated annually<\/a> through a multi-step legislative cycle involving committee markups, floor amendments, and a House-Senate conference. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since it\u2019s considered a critical \u201cmust-pass\u201d bill for military funding, lawmakers frequently attach hundreds of policy and budget amendments to it each year, with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/IF10515\">seven subcommittees<\/a> focusing on information technologies, intelligence and special operations, military personnel, readiness, seapower and projection forces, strategic forces, and tactical and land forces.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We want the toughest warfighters in the world, not a military gutted by gender delusion. Chopping off body parts does not make a better soldier. It destroys military readiness. Our colleagues on the Left seem to disagree.<\/p>\n<p>Our NDAA amendment would ensure defense dollars are spent\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vvYcUucCnG\">pic.twitter.com\/vvYcUucCnG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/2079937040120979692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mace filed her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/mace.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-nancy-mace-files-ndaa-amendment-end-taxpayer-funded-gender-transition\">amendment<\/a> to the NDAA last fall in support of President Donald Trump\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government\/\">executive order<\/a> titled \u201cDefending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis amendment reinforces President Trump\u2019s leadership in restoring common sense across the federal government,\u201d Mace\u2019s amendment said. \u201cIn the President\u2019s executive order, President Trump made clear taxpayer resources must not be wasted on gender ideology. Rep. Mace\u2019s amendment applies the same standard to the Department of War, ensuring defense dollars go to strengthening our military, not funding gender-transition procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4596598\/house-armed-services-committee-passes-war-department-renaming-ndaa\/\"><strong>HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSES WAR DEPARTMENT RENAMING IN NDAA OVERNIGHT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mace\u2019s amendment builds on previous legislation she introduced as part of her broader push against gender ideology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur NDAA amendment would ensure defense dollars are spent on defending our country, not funding the chemical and surgical mutilation of our troops,\u201d Mace said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mace: Body part removal doesn&#8217;t make better soldiers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2633702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26063513532311.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[56516,35392,32366,5894,42544],"class_list":["post-2633701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-lgbtq-rights-2","tag-nancy-mace","tag-ndaa","tag-politics","tag-transgender-issues"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26063513532311.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633705,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633701\/revisions\/2633705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2633702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}