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,

The confrontation, in which Mace challenged Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, to “take it outside,” erupted during a call for a civil rights subcommittee to be reinstituted. That prompted Mace to accuse Democrats of failing to protect women’s rights because of their support for transgender people.

The heated exchange between state representatives took place during a discussion of civil rights and transgender rights at a House Oversight Committee meeting.