Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) spent the past several days attacking a constituent for being gay. She also insinuated that she was worried that he would beat her up.

Mace, over the weekend, had an encounter with constituent Ely Murray-Quick at an Ulta beauty supply store. He asked her if she would be having any town halls this year. Mace immediately decided that Murray-Quick was gay – he is, but he didn’t mention it to her – and brought up her support for marriage equality, before shouting at him to “get the f**k out of my face.”

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On social media, Mace repeatedly made fun of Murray-Quick for wearing shorts that hit above the knee, calling them “daisy dukes.” Daisy dukes are short jean shorts that end just below the hip and are stereotypically considered women’s clothes, and Murray-Quick’s shorts were clearly not daisy dukes.

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Mace repeated the line about “daisy dukes” on social media, perhaps to draw attention to and mock Murray-Quick’s sexuality.