The arrest of Samuel Theodore Cain, a 19-year-old trans-identifying activist accused of issuing violent death threats against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), is a jarring reminder that political violence in America isn’t just a theoretical threat—it’s disturbingly real. And for Mace, whose advocacy for women’s rights has made her a lightning rod, the response from the political left has been deafening in its silence.
For over six months, Rep. Mace says she endured relentless threats. These weren’t vague allusions or anonymous trolling. According to reports, Cain openly and graphically threatened to assassinate her and harm her children, even detailing the methods in online posts. The language used wasn’t speculative—it was explicit.
🚨BREAKING: Samuel Theodore Cain is first trans activist in country to be arrested for death threats against us, thanks to Capitol Police and SLED.
Roxie was “dead*ss” arrested.
We’ll let the photo stand for itself because this individual is obviously unwell in more ways than… pic.twitter.com/u4NOsaCEf3
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) May 15, 2025
This wasn’t just intimidation; it was terrorism, directed at a sitting member of Congress.
And yet, not one Democrat—not one progressive lawmaker who constantly claims to champion justice, tolerance, and democracy—has publicly condemned the threats or expressed support for Mace. That kind of partisan silence isn’t just cowardice. It’s complicity.
As Mace put it:
“Only Democrats blame the victim. They don’t want to protect women… They always look the other way.”
Can you imagine the media frenzy if a conservative activist had made identical threats against a progressive female lawmaker? The headlines would be relentless. The think pieces, the cable news outrage, the performative statements on Capitol Hill—all of it would dominate the news cycle for weeks.
But because Mace is a Republican woman defending single-sex spaces, privacy, and women’s safety, the narrative gets buried. Instead, left-wing media and progressive operatives accuse Mace of “punching down” for daring to name her would-be attacker. Apparently, defending your own life now qualifies as victim-blaming—if you’re the wrong kind of woman.
Mace didn’t mince words in her statement to the court or the public. She referred to Cain as a “credible threat,” applauded law enforcement for finally taking action, and noted that “real men protect women. Real men don’t threaten them.”
Her victim impact statement went further, confronting a broader issue:
“Men who crossdress as women are mentally ill. They are violent toward women.”
Is that provocative? Absolutely. But it’s based on real-world experience from a woman who has received graphic death threats from a biological male identifying as a woman. In this context, it’s not rhetoric. It’s a cry for justice.
Mace is right to call for reforms to Section 230, the law that shields tech companies from liability over user-generated content. If someone makes a threat online and platforms allow it to stay up—or worse, algorithmically boost it—why should they be immune?
“People are being targeted, and these platforms are letting it happen,” Mace warned.
Cain allegedly made many of these threats in public, online. If the system can’t stop that, what good is it?
The progressive movement brands itself as the voice for women, minorities, and the vulnerable. But when a woman in Congress—whose only “offense” is protecting women’s spaces—receives death threats from a trans activist, the silence from Democrats is not just political. It’s ideological hypocrisy at its most dangerous.
If you say you care about democracy, you should care when a sitting lawmaker is threatened.
If you say you care about women’s safety, you should care when a woman receives threats of rape and murder.
And if you say you care about mental health, you should care when political violence emerges from unchecked online extremism.
