Nevada Assemblywoman Shea Backus’ Husband Unleashes Vulgar, Profanity-Laced Attacks on Trump, Melania, and Conservatives

Marc McDermont, the husband of Nevada Democratic Assemblywoman Shea Backus (District 37), uses his active and unfiltered X account (@marcmcdermont1) to unleash a steady stream of vulgar, profanity-laced, Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)-fueled attacks on President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Trump supporters, conservatives, and the broader MAGA movement.

Public records and legislative biographies confirm that Backus, a Las Vegas attorney and longtime Democrat who has represented the swing District 37 since 2018 (with a brief interruption), is married to McDermont. His X bio explicitly tags her account, @SheaBackusEsq. His account bio proudly identifies him as a UPS pilot and links directly to his wife’s legislative campaign.

California Globe’s review of McDermont’s X posts reveals a pattern of rage-posting. He has cheered for Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, labeled the MAGA movement a “cult,” and mocked Democratic “discipline” in contrast. 

On April 27, 2026, Melania Trump’s birthday, McDermont replied directly to the official White House post wishing the First Lady a Happy Birthday with a blunt two-word message: “Fuck you.”

Additional inflammatory statements uncovered on his X feed include calling First Lady Melania Trump the C-word.

Among the most outrageous:

• Following the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Trump, McDermont shared neutral-to-minimizing updates on the FBI investigation rather than condemning the violence.
• “What the fuck is he rambling about?” (mocking President Trump’s speech).
• Repeated references to Trump as an “asshole” and “inept asshole.”

These are not isolated incidents. McDermont’s timeline is saturated with crude personal attacks, including fat-shaming former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema (a Democrat at the time of the post).

Assemblywoman Backus has built her public profile around women’s issues. She has sponsored legislation on reproductive rights, domestic violence protections, parentage laws, and tracking missing and murdered Indigenous women. She is endorsed by EMILY’s List and Nevada NOW and has spoken forcefully about protecting “women’s fundamental rights.”

Yet her husband’s X output, laced with crude, vulgar, and profane language directed at prominent women like the First Lady, mockery of Trump, minimization of assassination threats, and broad attacks on conservatives, stands in stark contrast to any claim of civility or respect for women.

Does Assemblywoman Backus agree with her husband’s X posts publicly calling Melania Trump the C-word and telling the First Lady “fuck you” on her birthday? Does she condone his use of that kind of vulgar language about any woman, his mockery of Trump, his downplaying of assassination threats, or his broader attacks on conservatives and Trump supporters?

California Globe reached out to Backus’ office for comment via her official legislative email, on whether she shares, tolerates, or has asked her husband to refrain from such vulgar personal attacks. No response was received by press time.

This political discourse (or lack thereof) underscores a broader pattern visible in Democratic circles: fiery public condemnations of “incivility” from the right, while family accounts of elected officials partake in dehumanizing, vulgar rhetoric. McDermont’s online activity is not hidden behind anonymity– it is openly tied to the spouse of a sitting state lawmaker.

Her husband’s X behavior may be dismissed by some as “just social media,” but in a purple district, it inevitably reflects on the elected official sharing his household and political brand.

Backus currently serves as Vice Chair of the Assembly Jobs and Economy Committee and represents the competitive Clark County swing District 37 in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas. Voter registration data shows 53,993 active voters in the district: 15,930 Democrats (29.5%), 15,452 Republicans (28.6%), 19,167 Non-Partisan (35.5%), giving Democrats a razor-thin edge of just 478 voters

Backus has experienced consistently narrow outcomes: she first won the seat in 2018 by just 150 votes, lost it narrowly in 2020, reclaimed it in 2022 by approximately 828 votes, and held on in 2024 by 1,064 votes (51.3% to 48.7%). The district leaned toward Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race.

Her leading GOP contender Jill Douglass replied to the Globe, “The healthier path for everyone—left, right, or center—is to argue ideas, not sling slurs at families. America has real problems; this kind of performative derangement isn’t solving any of them. These egregious comments are a prime example of the crude, lowbrow personal attacks that drag down political discourse. This isn’t clever activism—it’s just ugly, misogynistic name-aimed at a First Lady who kept a lower public profile than many in her position, focusing more on family, her Be Best initiative, and personal matters than day-to-day political combat. Wishing “fck u” on someone’s birthday (or using the c-word at all) isn’t edgy dissent; it’s the kind of deranged, impulsive venom you’d expect from an anonymous troll. There can be no place for hate!”

 Voters in District 37 — and Nevadans statewide — deserve to know where their representative stands on basic decency. Assemblywoman Backus owes her constituents a clear answer: Does she stand by her husband’s words on X, or does she reject them?