Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) didn’t hold back on Friday, delivering a powerful statement after a man who identifies as a woman was accused of threatening to assassinate her online. In a bold stand, Mace condemned the growing culture of online harassment and threats against public figures, calling out the dangerous consequences of unchecked rhetoric.
19-year-old Samuel Theodore Cain, who goes by Roxie Wolfe, was charged with threatening the life of a public official on social media. A South Carolina judge denied bond for the transgender suspect.
In his post, he wrote that he was going to “assassinate [redacted] with a gun and I’m being 100% dead ass.”
He admitted to federal agents that he posted the threat, therefore unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully delivered the threat to take the life of a public official, the arrest warrant said.
“Mr. Cain, I do believe that you are a credible threat, and I’m going to put you in on a no-bond. The only condition bond I’m going to put on you right now is no contact with the victim,” the judge said.
In her statement, Mace said the suspect had a clear and violent intent, and when she was informed of the threat, her staff pleaded with her to move to a secure location, as the suspect’s whereabouts were unknown at the time.
This meant I was vulnerable. My staff was vulnerable. And my children were vulnerable. I had to make immediate changes to my movements, surroundings, and plans because a man I had never met threatened to put a bullet in me. We had to enlist local law enforcement to immediately patrol my home and my offices.
As elected officials, we accept public scrutiny. We do not accept terror. The normalization of threats against public servants corrodes democracy from within. It is not just an attack on one individual—it is an attack on the principle of free and fair representation.
I’ve received death threats from activists who claim to speak for the so-called “trans movement.” I believe the trans movement is radicalized. It’s a cult. Trans people and their supporters fuel violence, particularly toward women who speak the truth and toward elected officials who refuse to be bullied. Men who cross-dress as women are mentally ill. They are violent toward women. And in a state that doesn’t do nearly enough to protect women, now is the time to show women the state of South Carolina will follow its laws and will protect you. This is what is morally right.
Mace said she met with the suspect’s father following the hearing, in which his father reportedly apologized for his son’s actions.
"I pray Samuel Cain finds God as he faces the consequences of his actions with the full force of the law," she wrote on X.
