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EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Mace unloads after arrest of trans activist who allegedly threatened to ‘assassinate’ her

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Mace unloads after arrest of trans activist who allegedly threatened to ‘assassinate’ her

“I hope they have makeup wipes in prison.” That’s how Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., responded to the arrest of Samuel Theodore Cain, a trans-identifying activist who goes by “Roxie Wolfe” online, after he was charged with allegedly making repeated death threats against the congresswoman.  Cain, 19, was taken into custody by the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) after months of alleged threats, making him the first known trans activist in the country to be arrested for threatening a sitting member of Congress. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Mace didn’t hold back. EXCLUSIVE: NANCY MACE TARGETED BY PENNSYLVANIA MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TRUMP “I’ve waited for this for a long time,” she said. “Trans activists have been threatening to kill me every day for over six months, ever since I started filing bills to protect women’s spaces.” Mace said her top priority has always been protecting her family, her staff and herself from the kind of politically motivated violence she believes is getting worse and is also ignored by the left. “We live in fear every day, looking over our shoulders because these trans activists fuel violence,” she said. “And yet not one Democrat has spoken up to say it’s wrong.” Cain allegedly posted violent messages online threatening to kill Mace and her children, describing graphic ways he would harm her. According to Mace, these threats were shared with law enforcement and the public for months. Investigative journalist Andy Ngo reported Cain had a history of allegedly posting threats and expressing support for far-left causes.  REP. NANCY MACE’S ALLEGED ATTACKER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO INCIDENT ON CAPITOL GROUNDS In one post, Cain allegedly wrote, “I’M GOING TO ASSASSINATE REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE WITH A GUN AND I’M BEING 100% DEAD ASS.” Ngo’s investigation revealed that Cain’s social media accounts were filled with posts about trans-related topics and support for Democrats. After being contacted by the FBI about his posts, Cain allegedly admitted to making the threat but claimed he “didn’t mean it.” “We’ve posted the voicemails,” Mace said. “We’ve shared the text messages. They talked about smashing my head into a bathroom floor or shooting me. “This is who these people are. And still, not a single Democrat has stood up and said, ‘This is unacceptable.’” Mace said the silence speaks volumes. “When the left shows you who they are, believe them,” she said. “They are normalizing political violence, and they’re doing it by refusing to condemn it.” Mace, who has introduced legislation to protect women’s bathrooms and spaces, said this arrest only proves why her efforts matter. “This matters more than ever,” she said. “We have to protect women. Real men protect women. Real men don’t threaten them. But we can’t do this alone. We need more people to speak out.” She said real change will only happen when people stop being afraid and start holding dangerous behavior accountable. “This arrest happened because someone had the courage to act,” she said. “That was Capitol Police. That was SLED. I demanded it too, but they finally said, ‘Not one more.’ That’s what we need — courage, not silence.” Cain allegedly made many of his threats publicly on social media. Mace said that’s a major problem and called for changes to Section 230, the law that shields tech platforms from liability. According to the DOJ, 230 “provides immunity to online platforms from civil liability based on third-party content and for the removal of content in certain circumstances.” “You can’t even sue blogs when people post threats or lies,” she said. “There’s no accountability. That has to change. People are being targeted, and these platforms are letting it happen.” Some on the left have accused Mace of “punching down” for calling attention to her would-be attacker. Mace had a sharp response. “Only Democrats blame the victim,” she said. “They don’t want to protect women. We’ve seen it in sports, bathrooms, locker rooms and now in politics. They always look the other way. “There’s a total double standard. Not one Democrat colleague of mine has spoken out since the arrest. Not one.” Asked what she would say to other lawmakers, especially women, who are scared to speak out on gender and safety issues, Mace was clear. “Violence against women should always be taken seriously,” she said. “We should believe women. We should protect them. And we should prosecute the people who want to hurt them. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “If you care about women, prove it. Stand up and say, ‘No more!’” Mace also revealed to Fox News Digital she’s preparing a victim impact statement and hopes to attend Cain’s bond hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday. “I’m working on it now,” she said. “We’re figuring out logistics, but I plan to be there.”

Education Secretary Linda McMahon dismisses Harvard University president’s pay cut amid antisemitism probe

Education Secretary Linda McMahon dismisses Harvard University president’s pay cut amid antisemitism probe

Education Secretary Linda McMahon questioned Harvard University President Alan Garber’s decision to take a 25% pay cut, saying she’s not sure how that shows the university is changing policies on antisemitism or racial discrimination. A Harvard University spokesperson told Fox News Wednesday Garber agreed to take a 25% reduction in pay for the 2025-26 school year after the Trump administration cut $2.2 billion in funding to the university. McMahon was a guest on FOX Business’ “The Evening Edit” Thursday, and she opened up about the situation at the elite Ivy League institution and Garber’s reduction in pay. “I’m not quite sure today with the president of Harvard, President Garber, taking a salary decrease is somehow a statement that they’re changing their policies on antisemitism or racial discrimination. I don’t think that does a whole lot to solve the problem,” McMahon told host Elizabeth MacDonald.  HARVARD UPDATES LAWSUIT AFTER TRUMP CANCELS ADDITIONAL $450M IN FUNDING “And if you just look at some of the stats, I mean, the Harvard Crimson even reported that … in their own research over the last couple of years, 2% to 3% of the faculty are conservative. And you just can’t have that kind of discrepancy without having the theology or ideology be biased across campus.” Harvard on Tuesday filed an update to its lawsuit against the Trump administration after another $450 million of research funding was cut. The Massachusetts school amended the lawsuit hours after the federal government’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced that eight federal agencies were terminating approximately $450 million in grants over what is described as Harvard’s “radical” and “dark problem” on campus. “Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and antisemitic harassment plaguing its campus,” the task force said in a statement. The latest freeze comes in addition to $2.2 billion in funding already withheld and threats by the Trump administration to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status.  HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TAKES 25% PAY CUT AMID TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FUNDING FREEZE Harvard filed its initial lawsuit in April to block $2.2 billion in funding from being denied. In its amended lawsuit, Harvard said much of the funding that was initially frozen has now been terminated, apparently with no hope of restoring it. McMahon told MacDonald she did not think Harvard has changed its practices, adding the Trump administration has gone to the university to investigate. “We wanted to sit down with President Garber. I spoke with him,” McMahon said. “We were going to sit down and discuss things, and we had sent a letter … and asked him to come to the table. And his answer was a lawsuit that Harvard filed.” Since then, she said, there has been other communication with Garber, noting the Trump administration was doing some of the things without taking away the lawsuit. But she added she is willing to discuss with Harvard officials what the university is doing differently. TRUMP FROZE FUNDING FOR HARVARD. MONEY TO THESE UNIVERSITIES MAY ALSO BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK McMahon acknowledged Harvard has tried to make changes, including asking the chair of the school’s Middle East Studies department to step down. She made it clear, though, that the Trump administration is not taking anything off the table. “It is clear antisemitism on campus is a civil rights violation, and Harvard has argued, as other elite universities have, that … maybe their First Amendment rights are being abridged,” McMahon said. “This is not about the First Amendment. This is civil rights. “When you put other students at risk, their safety is of concern,” she added. “And their Jewish students will tell us that they’re even afraid to go to activities on campus. That’s clearly civil rights violations. Yes, that does bear investigation, and we’re not taking anything off the table.” Harvard has become a target of Trump’s broader crackdown on universities, much of which is in response to last year’s anti-Israel unrest that erupted on campuses across the country. DOES HARVARD DESERVE WAR WITH TRUMP, OR IS GOVERNMENT OVERSTEPPING? CAMPUS REACTS TO FUNDING BATTLE On April 11, the Trump administration sent a letter to Garber and Harvard Corporation Lead Member Penny Pritzker outlining the institution’s failures and a list of demands from the White House. In the letter, the administration accused Harvard of failing to uphold civil rights laws and to foster an “environment that produces intellectual creativity.” The Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding if Harvard did not reform governance and leadership and its hiring and admissions practices by August 2025. The letter emphasized the need for Harvard to change its international admissions process to avoid admitting students who are “hostile” to American values or support terrorism or antisemitism. Harvard refused to comply with the demands, and Garber said “no government … should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” The Trump administration then froze $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard and is reportedly looking to slash another billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The university later filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its “unlawful” freezing of funds. Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman, Andrea Margolis, Stephen Sorace and Bonny Chu contributed to this report.

Florida AG warns tony gym after woman encounters ‘man in a bikini’ in locker room

Florida AG warns tony gym after woman encounters ‘man in a bikini’ in locker room

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has warned a high-end fitness club it must change its bathroom policy after a recent complaint or face prosecution under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Let Kids Be Kids” law protecting children from sexually explicit content and gender ideology. “Men don’t belong in female restrooms and locker rooms. That’s not happening in Florida under my watch,” Uthmeier told Fox News Digital Thursday after a complaint was issued by a woman who visited Life Time Fitness in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The woman said she encountered a person she identified as a biological male in the women’s locker room. The woman, Sonja Horton, said she was in the sauna with a “man in a bikini” and that the front desk told her “whatever you identify as, you can go wherever you want,” according to WPTV. FLORIDA AG LAUNCHES OFFICE OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, LENDING LEGAL FIREPOWER TO DFEEND PARENTS’ ‘GOD-GIVEN RIGHT’ “Life Time has a choice: immediately change your policy so that your female patrons can stay active, free from fear and with their privacy intact or, we’ll meet you in court,” said Uthmeier. “And that goes for any Florida gym. In this state, we don’t sacrifice women’s rights to satisfy men’s delusions.” Horton reported not feeling safe, adding it was not “fair” biological men could use the women’s room. The incident report led Uthmeier to send a warning letter to Life Time Inc., saying its policies “clearly harm and endanger women who use facilities at Life Time Palm Beach Gardens.” It said the gym argued that Palm Beach County code makes gender identity a protected class and “therefore condones or requires its harmful locker room policy.” STAY IN YOUR LANE: FLA AG FIRES NEXT VOLLEY AGAINST JUDGE HALTING STATE IMMIGRATION LAW “If that were true, the policy would nonetheless run afoul of Florida laws that safeguard the fundamental rights of women,” Uthmeier wrote.  In response, a Life Time official told Fox News Digital it “carefully reviewed” Uthmeier’s warning letter and “interpretation of the interplay between the Florida Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations based on “sex,” and the Palm Beach County ordinance, which additionally prohibits discrimination based on “gender identity and expression.” The Life Time official said Uthmeier’s legal opinion is that Florida law requires access to locker rooms based on sex listed on government documents, adding that the gym follows “all applicable federal, state and local public accommodation laws within each jurisdiction it operates.”  “Accordingly, we will comply with Attorney General Uthmeier’s legal opinion while also remaining committed to welcoming all members at our Palm Beach Gardens club,” the official said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP A DeSantis spokesman told Fox News Digital safety and privacy are paramount in the Sunshine State. “In Florida, we reject the lie that men can become women and support the privacy and safety of women’s private spaces, like locker rooms,” said Brian Wright, a spokesman for the governor. Fox News Digital reached out to Palm Beach County for comment on the parties’ interpretation of the county statute.

EX-FBI chief Comey’s ‘86 47’ social media post condemned by White House as attempt to put ‘hit’ on president

EX-FBI chief Comey’s ‘86 47’ social media post condemned by White House as attempt to put ‘hit’ on president

Former head of the FBI James Comey is getting lambasted online after he shared a social post that many people perceived as a “hit” on President Donald Trump’s life. The post included the numbers “86 47” etched in the sand at a beach using seashells. “Cool shell formation on my beach walk…” Comey captioned the Thursday post. While to some people the numbers may appear innocuous, “86” is frequently used as a call sign for murdering or getting rid of someone, while “47” is for the 47th President of the United States. HOUSE REPUBLICANS MULL CONSEQUENCES FOR DEMS WHO ‘STORMED’ ICE FACILITY Following backlash on social media over the post, including from at least one lawmaker who called for Comey to be arrested, Comey deleted the post shared to his Instagram and put up a message addressing it. “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message,” the subsequent post from Comey read. “I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.”  The FBI, where Comey used to work before he was fired by Trump during his first term, had no comment on the matter, but it was also apparent that people at the top levels of the agency were aware of the post. However, Trump’s new FBI director, Kash Patel, acknowledged on X that agency personnel were “aware” of Comey’s post. “We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran,” Patel added in his post. “Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support.”  WHITE HOUSE RIPS HOUSE DEMS TRYING TO HIJACK TRUMP’S GULF OF AMERICA PLANS White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary Taylor Budowich also weighed in on X. “While President Trump is currently on an international trip to the Middle East, the former FBI Director puts out what can clearly be interpreted as ‘a hit’ on the sitting President of the United States—a message etched in the sand,” she wrote on X. “This is deeply concerning to all of us and is being taken seriously.” “Arrest Comey,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., added in his own post about the matter.