Congresswoman Nancy Mace goes ballistic on House floor with speech about ex-fiance

[CaptRenault]

A few nights ago, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace delivered a weird, wild hour-long speech on the floor of the House of Representatives presenting serious allegations of sexual impropriety against her ex-fiance and three other men.

Rep. Nancy Mace details accusations of rape and sexual abuse in a speech from the House floor

Mace, R-S.C., alleged “some of the most heinous crimes against women imaginable” were committed by her ex-fiancé and three other men, all of whom denied the accusations.

www.nbcnews.com

I thought Congress was a really weird place to make such charges and when I looked into the story, I quickly learned that she chose the floor of the House because whatever a member of Congress says there is automatically exempt from any charge of defamation. Seems rather suspicious no? You're involved in a nasty breakup with your rich boyfriend and decide to get revenge on him by making unsubstantiated allegations against him in an environment where he has no chance to make a legal challenge to them. Of course, Mace is collecting the usual support of many reporters, feminists and others who feel we should "believe all women" but ever since the #MeToo movement, I have learned to treat these kind of outbursts very skeptically.

It wasn't hard to find evidence that Mace is an attention-seeking nutjob. A well-respected political operative, Wesley Donehue, who knows her and has worked with her posted this on X:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889131801207062825

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889136559112306726

Mace also stated that she had reported her allegations to the South Carolina attorney general and that he had done nothing. But the AG quickly responded that this was a lie:

Statement from Attorney General’s Office on Rep. Mace's comments on U.S. House floor - South Carolina Attorney General

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Recent statements made by Congresswoman Nancy Mace regarding the conduct of the South Carolina Attorney General are categorically false. Ms. Mace either does not understand or is purposefully mischaracterizing the role of the Attorney General. At this time, our office has not received any reports or requests for assistance from any law enforcement or prosecution agencies regarding these matters. Additionally, the Attorney General and members of his office have had no role and no knowledge of these allegations until her public statements.

Congresswoman Mace and the Attorney General have been at multiple events together over the last six months. She also has the Attorney General’s personal cellphone number. Not once has she approached or reached out to him regarding any of her concerns.

Regarding her claim that the Attorney General refused to receive evidence of a crime from a victim's attorney, it is important to clarify that the Attorney General is the chief prosecutor. For this reason, the Attorney General would always direct any citizen to provide evidence of a crime to the appropriate law enforcement agency, which would be responsible for the investigation...

Nancy Mace is a crazy, lying drama queen and the Republicans should do whatever they need to do to silence her and let her know that her personal problems with her ex-fiance are of no interest to her constituents and the members of Congress.

 

[Jazzman1218]

Mace is another republican wack job.

 

[CaptRenault]

Mace is another republican wack job.

Republican women are not immune from the tendency of women to resort to hysteria when they feel wronged. Most of the leading lights of the #MeToo movement were liberals/democrats.

I don’t mind calling out wacko women no matter what their politics.

 

[Flabert]

Republican women are not immune from the tendency of women to resort to hysteria when they feel wronged. Most of the leading lights of the #MeToo movement were liberals/democrats.

I don’t mind calling out wacko women no matter what their politics.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

She was congratulated recently on a merb thread for her tits. Had not heard about her then but am looking into her now, she seems fiery!

 

[CaptRenault]

Here is an article showing that Nancy Mace has been an attention whore since her first day in Congress:

Nancy Mace’s Staff Guide Shows Her True Priority: Nancy Mace

A lengthy internal handbook for aides to the Republican lawmaker—obtained by The Daily Beast—demonstrates Mace’s thirst for the spotlight.

www.thedailybeast.com

...Drawing on Mace’s 2021 strategy memo, a current internal handbook for her congressional staff obtained by The Daily Beast, and interviews with three former Mace aides, a profile emerges of a politician obsessed with her public image and fixated on winning herself as much exposure as possible, often to the dismay of her staff.

One former senior aide to Mace recalled asking themselves one question more and more during their tenure in her office: “Are we in a PR firm, or working for a member of Congress?”

The office’s staff handbook, which two aides said was also written by Mace herself, demonstrates the boss’s relentless focus on PR and media—along with her grueling expectations for staff.

In the document, the responsibilities and expected deliverables listed for the position of communications director are extensive; the person is expected to send out at least one press release per day, for example, a frequency rarely seen on Capitol Hill.

Beyond drafting press releases, website posts, and tweets, staffers on the communications team were told they needed to book Mace on a national TV outlet between one and three times per day—a staggering nine times per week, at a minimum, according to former staffers who had seen past handbooks—and on local TV channels at least six times per week.

The most recent version of the handbook is notable in how much more detailed it is in explaining communications roles compared to legislative or constituent-oriented ones.

Still, those staffers were subject to what one former aide called “not realistic” expectations, such as filing “25 new bills per year,” passing “10 bills out of the floor of the House annually” and getting one bill “signed into law annually.” Out of the 62 bills Mace has introduced since 2021, only one ultimately became law—the renaming of a post office in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (For most members, seeing a substantive bill they wrote become law is a rare event.)

“It is not normal for a member to prioritize media and comms over actual legislation like that,” another former Mace staffer told The Daily Beast. “In my experience with and in other offices, comms serves to promote what the member is doing legislatively. In Mace’s office, legislation served to get her more media opportunities.”