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House Rejects Mace's Move to Censure Omar

GOP has list of efforts answering Trump's call for retribution

(Newser) - The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, but the effort showed the reach of President Trump's push for political retribution and set the stage for more to come, the AP reports. The 214-213 roll call...

Worried Lawmakers Postpone Public Events

After Charlie Kirk shooting, lawmakers 'are scared to death,' says one

(Newser) - "People are scared to death in this building." That's what one lawmaker, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, is saying after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event on a Utah college campus Wednesday. The Democrat had already stopped holding outdoor events and upped his security earlier this...

Nancy Mace Wants an Upgrade to Governor
Nancy Mace
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Aug 4, 2025 7:40 AM CDT

Nancy Mace Wants a Promotion

South Carolina Republican enters race to succeed Henry McMaster as governor

(Newser) - Rep. Nancy Mace is eying a new job. The South Carolina Republican on Monday announced a bid for governor, joining a crowded GOP field, per the Washington Post . She shared a 1-minute video —with a reference to President Trump praising her as "a fighter"—that ends with...

Facing Flight Disruptions, Lawmakers Hit the Road

'No sleep, no problem,' says Rep. Nancy Mace following lengthy overnight drive to Washington

(Newser) - With a House vote on President Trump's sweeping tax and policy bill expected as soon as Wednesday, lawmakers were racing back to Washington Tuesday night as thunderstorms hampered air traffic in the capital. More than 200 flights into Reagan National Airport were either canceled or delayed, Politico reports, citing...

Nancy Mace Shares Video of Herself Cursing Out Constituent

South Carolina lawmaker repeatedly yelled at man who called her a 'disgrace'

(Newser) - In a video shared by none other than Nancy Mace herself, the congresswoman can be heard cussing out a constituent. "Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Dems are nuts. So I went off—and I won't be...

Man Arrested Over Handshake With Nancy Mace
Charges
Dropped in
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Apr 2, 2025 4:33 PM CDT

Charges Dropped in Nancy Mace Handshake

Witnesses differed with lawmaker on what happened after event

(Newser) - A Chicago man no longer faces a criminal charge stemming from Republican Rep. Nancy Mace's allegation that he shook her hand aggressively at a December event while asking her to support trans children. "I am pleased but not surprised that these baseless charges have been dropped," James...

Nancy Mace Takes House Floor With 'Stunning' Accusations

She alleges ex-fiance and associates sexually assaulted her, others

(Newser) - Nancy Mace promised to go "scorched earth" as she began her nearly hourlong remarks on the House floor Monday, per C-SPAN . What followed was a speech the Hill calls "stunning," and also "highly unusual." The congresswoman from South Carolina accused her ex-fiance and three of...

Nancy Mace Repeatedly Yells Anti-Trans Slur in House Hearing

Things got contentious at House Oversight Committee hearing

(Newser) - Rep. Nancy Mace used an anti-trans slur during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, then yelled it multiple times after being told it was offensive. The back and forth, as reported by MSNBC , USA Today , and People :
  • Referencing USAID funding for gender-affirming healthcare in Guatemala, the GOP representative from South
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Mace to Colleague: 'If You Want to Take It Outside...'

GOP congresswoman issues challenge to Dem Jasmine Crockett during verbal spat

(Newser) - Things got heated Tuesday during a House Oversight Committee gathering, with GOP Rep. Nancy Mace issuing an unusual challenge to one of her Democratic colleagues. Per Mediaite , the verbal spat between Mace and Jasmine Crockett "went off the rails" during a vote to ban trans athletes from women's...

Johnson Announces Change to Capitol Bathroom Policy

McBride says she doesn't agree with the rule, but she will follow it

(Newser) - Two weeks after the first openly transgender person was elected to Congress , House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced a change in bathroom policy. "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings—such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms—are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,...

Nancy Mace Bill Takes Aim at New Trans Rep

Bill bars trans women from women's restrooms at Capitol, right after election of Sarah McBride

(Newser) - Sarah McBride made history earlier this month by becoming the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, but another House member isn't exactly giving her the warmest welcome. The Hill reports that on Monday, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a bill that would bar transgender women...

Cheatle May Face Impeachment Vote Within Hours

Rep. Nancy Mace's privileged motion accuses Secret Service director of dereliction of duty

(Newser) - GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who accused Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle of being "full of s---" during her testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, later filed a motion of impeachment. Cheatle "has been derelict in her duty to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the...

Nancy Mace Emerges Victorious From Primary Challenge

South Carolina Republican has attracted more attention than most second-term lawmakers

(Newser) - US Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from an enemy to ally of former President Trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the House floor, the AP reports. Mace defeated challengers Catherine Templeton and...

Judges Decide Election Can't Wait for Supreme Court

South Carolina will use congressional map already found to be unconstitutional

(Newser) - A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision on the case by...

GOP's Mace Dons 'Scarlet Letter' After Being 'Demonized'
GOP Rep Explains
Her 'Scarlet Letter'
Oct 11, 2023 11:40 AM CDT

GOP Rep Explains Her 'Scarlet Letter'

South Carolina's Nancy Mace says she's been 'demonized' since voting to oust Speaker McCarthy

(Newser) - Fellow Republicans want "consequences" for the eight GOPers who teamed up with Democrats last week in the historic ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Tuesday, one of those eight made a bold statement in apparent defiance of that pushback: Reporters caught South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace strolling through...

Republicans Who Criticized Trump Face Tough Primaries

In South Carolina, Rice has 6 challengers

(Newser) - Two Republican US House incumbents in South Carolina who have drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump now find themselves facing tough primary challenges on Tuesday from candidates he has endorsed. Reps. Nancy Mace and Tom Rice criticized Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection, with Rice among the 10...

Lawmaker's Rejoinder Begins With a Grammar Fix
New Target of Greene's
Wrath: a Fellow Republican
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Nov 30, 2021 10:45 AM CST

New Target of Greene's Wrath: a Fellow Republican

And GOP Rep. Nancy Mace fires back, first by correcting her colleague's grammar flub

(Newser) - GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is making all kinds of headlines this week, some for getting caught up in a dispute between fellow lawmakers and some for TV appearances in which she was accused of being two-faced on COVID. The details:
  • Criticism: On Sunday, Mace criticized fellow GOP
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Trump: 'It's Hard to Get Into the Supreme Court'
Trump: 'It's
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sunday talk shows
Nov 29, 2020 1:25 PM CST

Trump: 'It's Hard to Get Into the Supreme Court'

The president addresses whether he can take his election case to the high court

(Newser) - President Trump struck a somber note Sunday about his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, CNBC reports. "Well, the problem is, it's hard to get into the Supreme Court," he said on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures. "I've got the best Supreme Court advocates,...

First Female Citadel Grad Challenges Lindsey Graham

Nancy Mace will officially announce candidacy tomorrow

(Newser) - Lindsey Graham has drawn a potentially formidable primary challenger. Nancy Mace, the first woman to ever graduate from the Citadel, plans to throw her hat in the ring, she tells the Daily Caller . Mace, 35, graduated from the military college back in 1999, and has since written a memoir and...

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