'You're denigrating!' DNC candidate clashes with Nancy Mace over 'woman' definition

Former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD), a candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), clashed with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) after she demanded that he define what a woman was.

At a Wednesday House Oversight Committee hearing on the federal workforce, Mace sarcastically congratulated O'Malley on his candidacy for DNC chair.

"Your liberal record is truly astonishing," Mace jabbed.

"Thank you," O'Malley quipped.

After accusing the former governor of hating America, Mace demanded to know the definition of a woman.

"I'm talking to a woman right now," O'Malley stated. "Distinguished woman."

"What is a woman?" Mace exclaimed.

"I think you're kind of denigrating the purpose of this," the witness replied.

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Mace went on to accuse O'Malley of "forcing women and girls to undress in front of men in the locker room" because he supported transgender rights.

"Come on," O'Malley said. "But our party's platform is the economic security and the well-being of every man, woman, and child in the United States of America! That's our party's platform!"

Watch the video below from the House Oversight Committee or click the link.