mace, nancy Rep 35%
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TROLLERY thirsty for attn fabricates fights/ victimage
looking to pick up gop pieces after it implodes?
briefly backed ilhan omar? reverts to mean CENSURE RE KIRK
spoke at cit cli lobby
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We want someone 'sane': Trump insiders fume as Nancy Mace floats run for Senate seat - Alternet.org
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Nancy Mace goes all-in on 'natural born' citizen requirement - Alternet.org
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- Michael Kruse @ Politico Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know That I’ll Ever Be OK With Myself’
Nancy Mace opens up about her trauma, why she does what she does and Donald Trump as a “father figure.”
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02/02/2026
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- David Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: Trump to Bongino: ‘Republicans Ought to Nationalize the Voting’
President Donald Trump called into the podcast of his former Deputy FBI Director, Dan Bongino, and said that Republicans should “nationalize” the voting process, especially in fifteen “crooked” states, while insisting that undocumented immigrants are voting in America.
- David Edwards @ Raw Story: 'Grifter bums': Ex-FBI deputy Dan Bongino returns to air with obscene attack on enemies
During his Monday program, Bongino lashed out at the people he perceived as his enemies while he was working for the FBI.
- Perry Stein and Beth Reinhard @ The Washington Post: Justice Dept. demotes Ed Martin, stripping Trump ally of most authority
Martin will no longer head the Justice Department task force that pushed investigations into Trump’s foes.
- Alex Nguyen @ Mother Jones: Texas Democrat Flips State Senate District That Trump Won by 17 PointS
“This overperformance is a warning sign to Republicans across the country.”
- Jake Lahut @ New York Magazine: Nancy Mace Is Not Okay
“Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.”
- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: Bombshell Report on Trump’s ‘Secret Deal With UAE’s ‘Spy Sheikh’ Rocks Political World: ‘Unprecedented and Mind-Boggling’
The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell report over the weekend on what it dubbed an “unprecedented” deal between a foreign country and an incoming U.S. president, in this case, the United Arab Emirates and Donald Trump.
- Kelli Wessinger and Noel King @ Vox: You may not like what comes after Charlie Kirk
His followers are drifting toward Nick Fuentes, his onetime nemesis.
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epst files?
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GOP-controlled committee announces investigation into Nancy Mace
WOMEN ~ MIKE?
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Rep. Nancy Mace, who is running for governor of South Carolina in a crowded Republican primary field, sent campaign emails to several right-wing email lists Sunday and Monday with the subject line, “Christ is Lord. Do you agree?”
“Patriot, it’s Nancy Mace,” begins the email. “Today, I’m thanking Jesus—not just for another day, but for the fire in my soul to keep going.”
Mace's email claims that "The Left is trying to erase Christ from every part of American life."
The landing page for her fundraising ask reads:
If you’re a proud Christian who’s sick of the attacks on faith, freedom, and basic biology, I’m asking you to stand with me.
This is your reminder: ✝️*CHRIST IS LORD
I need YOU, Patriot, to help me defend that truth from the Governor’s mansion.
This emphasis appears to be the latest example of Mace’s political malleability as well as evidence of the MAGA movement’s open embrace of Christian nationalism.
In 2022, when journalist Jack Jenkins asked Mace about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green’s assertion that the GOP should become the party of Christian nationalism, Mace said that the separation of church and state “should continue to be a guiding principle of our Republic.” But when Bill Maher asked her about Christian nationalism this September, she said, “You’re making it sound like it’s a bad thing.”
Mace is a notoriously and relentlessly attention-seeking politician who has grabbed time in the spotlight with aggressively, obsessively anti-trans rhetoric and legislation.
While her recent emails claim she has taken the lead—possibly based on an October poll that had her and another candidate essentially tied for first place—a more recent poll had Mace running fourth out of five candidates, with a plurality of voters saying they are undecided.
Earlier this year, Mace made allegations of sexual abuse against several men, including her former fiancé, in a speech on the House floor. In October, Mace reportedly cursed and berated law enforcement officers at the Charleston International Airport in October, then accused the officers who complained of being “dirty cops.”
Mace’s public persona shifted in recent years from Trump critic to Trump defender, then angeredthe Trump team when she was one of the few Republicans who helped Democrats force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. Last week, one of her top campaign strategists quit her campaign and urged people to vote against her, claiming that she had abandoned Trump.
Mace has recently denied reports that she is considering resigning from Congress.
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Nancy Mace’s lead campaign consultant resigns after she 'turned her back on MAGA'
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'Something unwell about her': Republicans say Nancy Mace 'having a sharp mental decline'
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11/05/2025
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- Edith Olmsted @ The New Republic: Trump Melts Down as Republicans Suffer Massive Losses Everywhere
Donald Trump posted his way through his party’s humiliating losses.
- The Free Beacon: Heritage Foundation President Apologizes to Staff for Video Refusal to Cancel Tucker Carlson and Throws Shade at Former Chief of Staff
'I made a mistake and I let you down and I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop,' Kevin Roberts told employees at an all-staff meeting on Wednesday.
- Ben Lorber @ The Nation: Nick Fuentes Has Officially Breached the MAGA Gates
How the right’s crisis over US support for Israel has provided the white nationalist with the opening he needs to be welcomed into the MAGA fold.
- Media Matters: Mark Levin: on “grifters” like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Steve Bannon: “If you're a racist and a bigot and you don't believe in equality, your party will pay the price, and it should”
Levin: “I'm fighting like hell against the Tucker Carlsons and the Fuenteses and the Bannons and the others who are myopic, who — they're dancing with Hitler and Stalin and bigots and racists and segregationists."
- Jordain Carney and Jennifer Scholtes @ Politico: GOP senators hold firm on filibuster after Trump’s hard sell
“I’d never vote to nuke the filibuster,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told reporters.
- Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Nancy Mace Completely Loses It After She’s Called Out by Both of Her Home State GOP Senators Over Airport Fiasco
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) completely lost it on Tuesday night after Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) both threw her under the bus over the recent incident at Charleston International Airport bedeviling her gubernatorial campaign.
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airport meltdn, i missed several?
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Southern MAGA senator distances himself from 'vulgar' Nancy Mace - Alternet.org
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An effort by Rep. Nancy Mace (R‑S.C.) to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D‑Minn.) failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night.
The resolution, which was introduced in response to Omar reposting a video and making remarks related to right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s murder last week, was tabled by a vote of 214‑213. Four Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the resolution.
The Republicans who opposed the resolution were Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Mike Flood (R-Neb.)
If passed, the resolution would have formally censured Omar and removed her from some committee assignments.
Following the failure of her censure motion, Mace took to social mediato attack her Republican colleagues who opposed the move.
In a series of post on the social platform X, she wrote: "4 Republicans sold out tonight. They sided with Democrats to protect Ilhan Omar. A woman who mocked the assassination of an innocent American husband and father."
She added: "In 210 Democrats and 4 Republicans (Mike Flood, Jeff Hurd, Tom McClintock, and Cory Mills) just sided with Ilhan Omar over Charlie Kirk. They voted to shield a woman who mocked the cold-blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk… A woman who belittled his grieving family…"
"They showed us exactly who they are. Never forget it," Mace wrote.
Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., welcomed the development.
In a statement released to media, it declared the outcome "a victory against racism and political repression," but added that "the fight is not over."
"Rep. Mace and her allies may seek to bring the measure back to the floor in the future. Earlier today, CAIR sent a formal letter to all members of the House urging them to oppose the resolution, which falsely accused Rep. Omar of celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk - despite her repeatedly condemning his murder and offering sympathy to his family," CAIR stated.
“Instead of targeting Rep. Omar, Republican and Democratic leaders should consider holding accountable bigots like Rep. Randy Fine and Rep. Brian Mast, and even Rep. Mace herself - who in recent days said Rep. Omar should go back to Somalia and told a Jewish colleague they should see a plastic surgeon for their nose," the statement read.
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Police and TSA accuse Nancy Mace of 'loudly cursing' at them in airport meltdown - Alternet.org
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Conservative leaders who initially rushed to blame “radical left” ideology in right‑wing activist Charlie Kirk’s killing have somewhat softened their tone since the suspect, 22‑year‑old Tyler Robinson of Utah, was identified.
In an article for the Guardian published Saturday, reporter Lauren Aratani noted that while they continue to condemn liberal ideas broadly, many conservatives shifted from harsh ideological indictments to more personal, cautious statements as new details emerged.
According to reports, Robinson's parents are registered Republicans. His own political leanings are still unclear. Authorities found social‑media photos showing him and his family posing with guns.
READ MORE:How Christianity’s 'kook' fringe went mainstream in Trump's MAGA world
The alleged shooter was reportedly raised in a suburban area near St. George, Utah, in what appeared to be a supportive home. He achieved top marks on standardized exams, kept a perfect GPA, and had strong academic standing, as shown by posts from family and friends.
After finishing high school in 2021, he shared a video celebrating his acceptance at Utah State University along with a merit-based scholarship covering four years.
However, he only attended Utah State for one semester before taking a leave and did not return.
Still, some conservatives on social media are claiming he was "radicalized" at the university.
READ MORE:MSNBC host torches Supreme Court for 'treating 4th Amendment as negotiable'
Meanwhile, Utah’s Gov. Spencer Cox (R) told investigators Robinson was “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,” citing but not detailing what led to that conclusion.
Early reporting claimed bullet casings from the suspect’s gun were engraved with trans‑and‑antifascist ideology, but media outlets later retracted or corrected some of those claims; what remains is that most of the inscriptions are reportedly memes or video‑game references.
Aratani noted that after the suspect’s identity was made public, some conservative critics shifted to emphasizing aspects like mental health, religious faith, or the need for prayer and compassion, rather than solely ideology. Earlier, many were calling for violence and revenge.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R‑S.C.), for instance, moved from demanding the death penalty to urging prayer for Robinson’s soul.
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On Wednesday, the South Carolina Republican said “it’s time to bring back the death penalty” following Kirk’s murder.
But when his alleged murderer's identity was revealed on Friday, Mace said that Kirk “would want us to pray for such an evil and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ”.
“We will try to do the same,” she wrote on the social platform X.
The article also noted that White nationalist Nick Fuentes pushed back against suggestions that Robinson was a “Groyper,” a term for one of his followers, after reports surfaced about engravings on the bullets from the alleged shooter’s gun that fueled speculation about his beliefs.
The Groypers have long taken issue with Kirk, frequently heckling him at his events over the perception that Kirk is too centrist.
On social media, Fuentes declared, “Currently being framed for the murder of Charlie Kirk,” though in a streaming video he also said, “I pray to God there is no further violence.”
Despite the softening toward Robinson personally, many conservatives are still using Kirk’s death to attack liberal ideas and institutions, arguing that the broader political culture tolerates or even encourages hateful rhetoric, especially around gender identity and transgender issues.
Aratani highlighted how political narratives can shift when more facts come out: when the suspect was only a statistic or ideological cipher, criticism was sweeping. Once a specific background of the alleged shooter became identified, some of the most extreme rhetoric became more measured.
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LEFT OWNS KIRK DEATH BUT NOT hORTMAN? she deflects
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09/11/2025
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- Eric Levitz @ Vox: The right’s vicious, ironic response to Charlie Kirk’s death
They’re calling him a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
- Brett Wilkins @ AlterNet: Progressives — who reviled Charlie Kirk's politics — repudiate his murder
Tuesday’s assassination of far-right firebrand Charlie Kirk in Utah drew widespread condemnation from many of the same progressive figures who have previously decried his rampant bigotry, dismissal of gun deaths, and promotion of conspiracy theories including the “stolen” 2020 election.
- Anna Merlan, Julianne McShane and Kiera Butler @ Mother Jones: “THIS IS WAR”: Some Right-Wing Figures Call for Retribution Following Kirk Killing
“More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”
- David Gilbert @ Wired: Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death
Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.
- Arthur Delaney @ HuffPost: Nancy Mace Baselessly Blames Democrats For Charlie Kirk's Death
"Democrats own this," the South Carolina Republican claimed. Police say the shooting suspect is not in custody.
- David Edwards @ Raw Story: GOP lawmaker calls for social media bans for all who 'belittle' Charlie Kirk
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) called for lifetime social media bans on all people who "belittle" the killing of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk.
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'Pathetic' MAGA lawmaker ripped for latest Trump flip-flop
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08/25/2025
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- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: The problem(s) with Trump’s radical new executive order on flag burning
In this country, a presidential executive order cannot override a Supreme Court ruling. On flag burning, Trump doesn't appear to care.
- David Gilmour @ Mediaite: Trump Rages That ‘Biased’ ABC, NBC Should Have Licenses ‘Revoked’: ‘Threat to Democracy’
President Donald Trump doubled down on his late Sunday attacks on ABC News in fresh demands that ABC and NBC should both lose their broadcast licenses because of what he called “biased and untruthful” coverage of his presidency.
- Emell Derra Adolphus @ The Daily Beast: MAGA Mainstay Nancy Mace Cancels Speech After Just Eight People Show Up
The South Carolina gubernatorial candidate is known for her theatrics but reportedly struggled to find an audience—any audience.
- Ryan Bort @ Rolling Stone: Supreme Court Architect Is Pumping Money Into the Midterms
Leonard Leo, the longtime Federalist Society honcho, is lending a hand to Republican candidates in key races.
- Alan Feuer @ The New York Times: In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream
President Trump has embraced an array of far-right views and talking points in ways that have delighted many right-wing activists who have long supported those ideas.
- Cathy Young @ The Bulwark: How Chris Rufo Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Cancel Culture
The anti-woke warrior’s authoritarian roots are showing.
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) made a major announcement early Monday morning, August 4: She is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination in her state. And it didn't take Mace's critics, a combination of Democrats and right-wing Never Trump conservatives, long to attack her and note how much of a flip-flopper she has been: Mace was highly critical of President Donald Trump following the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building, but she later went full MAGA and often resorts to performative stunts to express her devotion to him.
Mace promoted her gubernatorial run by holding a town hall, which she equated with entering a "lion's den." And that analogy is bringing the congresswoman some biting criticism and mockery on X, formerly Twitter.
NBC News' Julie Tsirkin, on X, reported, "Rep Nancy Mace, holding her 1st town hall since announcing her run for Governor (and one of her only town halls this year), says she will 'walk into every lions den' and talk to anyone The event is ticketed (free) but those who aren’t supportive of Mace are being asked to leave."
READ MORE: 'Very jealous': Trump ally says White House secretly 'can't stand' this MAGA congresswoman
But Mace, according to Tsirkin, made sure the event had a MAGA flavor and didn't encourage other points of view.
Tsirkin tweeted, "Kathi Hunt, an Independent who voted for Trump in 2016, says she didn’t clap and 'boo'd once' during Mace's remarks She wasn't asked to leave, but 'felt uncomfortable' 'Everyone in there is clearly MAGA. And if you’re not, you’re not welcome,' Kathi and her husband told me."
Democratic insider Aaron Fritschner, known for his work as deputy chief of staff for Rep. Don Beyer (D-Virginia), attacked Mace's town hall as a joke — arguing that she clearly wanted to shield herself from tough questions.
Fritschner tweeted, "lol- Nancy Mace took just 10 minutes of questions at a 'town hall' in a deep red part of her district while asking people who don’t support her to leave and called it going into the 'lion’s den.' There are plenty of mediocrities in Congress but few are this dramatic about it."
READ MORE:'What if he is arrested?' GOP lawmakers worried new allegations may sink rep's reelection
Author Anthony M. Hopper posted, "I guess she's okay with lions as long as they are kittens."
READ MORE: 'Never been to a gas station': Trump brutally fact-checked over claim gas prices are down
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'This woman is a joke': Nancy Mace announcement draws blistering response
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A network of former intelligence, military, and national security officials on Tuesday launched the Profiles in Cowardice Award and urged the public to vote for nominees who are "silent in the face of the country's descent into fascism," a march led by U.S. President Donald Trump.
"We are in a constitutional crisis," says the Eisenhower Media Network's (EMN) website for the award. "Trump is amassing power in the executive branch, ignoring Congress and the courts. Meanwhile, leaders who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution are sitting on their hands."
The new honor is the inverse of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, created by the late president's family "to recognize and celebrate the quality of political courage that he admired most." This year's recipient is Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence, "for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021," when Trump incited an insurrection and his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
"We, the American people, are here to remind them of who they serve, and that it's time to do their constitutional duty by standing up to this administration and its authoritarian bent."
Nominees for the inaugural Profiles in Cowardice Award are former President George W. Bush, former Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), retired Gens. David Petraeus and Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"The 'Profiles in Cowardice' Award was created to call out those weak souls who are failing to engage in efforts to keep our country from sleepwalking into fascism," said EMN's director, retired Maj. Gen. (ret.) Dennis Laich, in a statement.
"These leaders, both past and present, took an oath to 'support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,'" he noted. "Through their actions, or inaction, they are violating that oath. We, the American people, are here to remind them of who they serve, and that it's time to do their constitutional duty by standing up to this administration and its authoritarian bent."
The public can vote at ProfilesInCowardice.org until August 1, after which the award will be presented to the winner "at the most inconvenient time possible," according to the website.
The site lays out why people were nominated as "cowards." For example, "Bush has a long and storied history of cowardice" and "is solidifying his legacy" by retreating rather than serving as a leader in the Republican Party and standing up to Trump.
In Congress, "Mace is a one-woman culture war content machine—exactly how the military-industrial complex and mainstream media like it," the site continues. Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, "has chosen to push through Trump's agenda of unfettered militarism and confirm unqualified MAGA loyalists like Pete Hegseth," the defense secretary. Republicans on that committee also "rubber-stamped Pete Hegseth to cater to Trump and his blindly loyal MAGA cronies."
Among former military leaders, the site says, "Milley attempted to make a principled stand after the January 6th insurrection—but cowardice won out in the end," and Petraeus said at a conference that "the world was in for 'exciting times' under Trump."
"The Joint Chiefs of Staff are tasked with defending the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic," the site notes. "But as reckless U.S. military actions push the world closer to nuclear catastrophe, they've chosen silence over service. No resignations. No public warnings."
As for Blinken, who served under former President Joe Biden, "he ignored a flood of real-time reports detailing Israeli human rights violations—and now we know his public claims of 'working overtime' on cease-fires were outright lies," the site adds. "With American diplomacy in free fall, Blinken chose complicity and cover stories over truth and action."
Christian Sorenson, EMN's associate director, said that "it takes courage to do the right thing... It takes even more courage to do the right thing when the system itself fosters militarism and war profiteering."
"Targeting 'leaders' in the nation's capital, Profiles in Cowardice highlights the craven and the pushovers, as well as those who eagerly abet authoritarianism and nonstop war for personal and professional gain," Sorenson added. "Virtue and public service will arrive in D.C. one way or another. Profiles in Cowardice is part of that broader effort."
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The future trajectory of the Republican Party may be forecasted not by President Donald Trump, but by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), according to a recent analysis.
In a Wednesday essay for the New Republic, author Grace Byron argued that the three-term South Carolina Republican embodies both Trump's far-right politics and insatiable thirst for media attention, making her a unique figure who represents "the future of the Republican Party." And she's also proven herself to be capable of changing her political views on the fly, with Byron observing that the redrawing of her congressional district necessitated Mace shift from being a moderate feminist Republican who occasionally criticized Trump (as she did after January 6) to a strident MAGA acolyte "more or less overnight."
According to Byron, Mace has carved out a niche for herself as "Congress' most vociferous anti-trans culture warrior," frequently targeting Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) — who is the first openly transgender person elected to Congress — for bullying and harassment. Byron also pointed out that Mace has a penchant for "theatrical displays of cruelty that capitalize on anti-trans sentiment" as a means of earning media coverage
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"Mace offers a portal into the topsy-turvy world of Trumpian radicalization," Byron wrote. "She may have backtracked on LGBTQ rights, but she now feels compelled to discuss her belief in extraterrestrials and distrust of vaccines. Selective moderation is out; embracing crank conspiracy theories is in. Her transformation was obviously shameless, but in Trump’s Washington, shamelessness is in, too."
Byron went on to opine that whether Mace — who she called a "brutally effective clown" — truly believes her extreme views matters less than her goal of garnering media attention. She described the South Carolina congresswoman as "desperate for recognition and not particularly interested in most aspects of governance," whereas Democrats like McBride are more focused on the largely thankless work of serving constituents and passing legislation.
The New Republic contributor also alluded to comments from former Mace staffers who described their workplace as less like a congressional office and more like a public relations firm for someone building a personal brand. But Byron made the point that Mace's personal ambitions and the GOP's goal of political dominance converge when it comes to denying government resources to people deemed undesirable by the far right.
"Stripping health care from trans people is, of course, a goal in and of itself for Republican lawmakers. GOP members have made it clear that they believe trans people are unwelcome in public spaces and even that they should not exist at all. But the denial of government funding for trans health care betrays a deeper, more insidious goal as well—it justifies austerity politics for everyone," she wrote. "By making the case that some people are fundamentally undeserving of material support, Republicans are undermining the idea that any government program could be universal. Health care, they argue, is a privilege, not a right."
Click here to read Byron's essay in the New Republic.
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Former aides to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) have alleged that she instructed them to fabricate digital personas to enhance her online reputation.
Mace — who refers to herself as a programmer — created "burner accounts on a variety of social media platforms to monitor what people were saying about her and bolster her image," WIRED reported Wednesday, citing her former staffers.
One ex-staffer described the situation by saying they were directed to manage several fake profiles and respond to public comments with misleading information, even on platforms like Reddit. “We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents,” they added.
Reacting to the news, social media users expressed concern that a member of Congress was overly focused on promoting herself.
:{READ MORE:Trump gives up the game and tells half of America what he really thinks of them
GeorgiA state representative Ruwa Romman wrote on the social platform X: "We desperately need regulations around bots/fake accounts/this kind of stuff and electioneering. Accounts should disclose if they are coordinated/getting their talking points on behalf of an entity or candidate."
"Nothing surprising in this story. Outside of monitoring bathrooms, all Nancy Mace does is promote herself," wrote an X user.
Author Jesse Walker said in a post: "Every time I hear about Nancy Mace, it feels like catching snippets of a subplot to a soap that no one watches."
"A portion of your tax dollars went to funding the salary of a congressional staffer to create and run the .@jarvis_best Twitter account," wrote a user.
"Nancy Mace mandating her staff create online accounts to cheer her on on social media is the most on-brand thing you’ll read all day," tweeted another X account.
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DUDE ASKED HER WHEN NEXT TOWN MTG WAS --> FU
'Completely ridiculous': Nancy Mace smacked down after doubling down on offensive remark
I AM VIC OF DOMESTIC --- AND --- AND I WILL NEVER BACK DOWN TO [A GAY DUDE IN THE COSMETICS AISLE?]
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Discussing the history of conservatism in the United States, veteran Washington Post columnist George Will used the word "bookish" to describe Republicans of the past. And Will, who is very much a Never Trump conservative, meant that in a good way.
Will was applauding those conservatives of yesterday for, as he saw it, their detailed focus on policy. And he is no fan of the performative theatrics of the MAGA movement.
Salon's Amanda Marcotte cites three recent examples of such theatrics in an article published on April 28, calling out "performative temper tantrums" by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-Georgia), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller.
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"If there were an Oscar for the category 'hard to watch,'" Marcotte argues, "I'd have to nominate the video of Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., barking expletives at a constituent after he asked her if she would have a town hall soon. It's produced in a beauty supply store instead of a movie studio, but in a brief minute and 42 seconds, the video finds its place in the canon of horror films shot from the villain's perspective…. Most adults who act like Mace in public immediately wish to disappear off the face of the Earth in shame. But not our Nancy! No, she's the one who posted this video online, proud of her emotional incontinence."
Marcotte adds, "She even offered a homophobic gay panic defense, by describing the man as 'wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store'….. To people outside the MAGA bubble, it's a baffling choice. She's not even a fun villain."
Marcotte laments that "what most adults find embarrassing, the MAGA base will eat right up."
"Despite this effort, Mace didn't even come close to nabbing last week's gold star for the most histrionic MAGA performance," Marcotte observes. "She was outdone by Stephen Miller, whose usual register on TV is 'verge of a nervous breakdown,' but got so shrill on Fox News Tuesday that Lauren Tousignant at Jezebel worried she'd soon have to 'look at Stephen Miller's face as he pops a dozen blood vessels as his brain explodes'…. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned in two performances that would cause Al Pacino to tell him to settle down."
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Marcotte adds, "While carping about "the fake news media" during the White House Easter egg roll, Hegseth's whining got so pitched his voice started to crack, while his children stood behind him, embarrassed at the spectacle….. All this yelling and bellyaching serves a pragmatic purpose: to distract from how what they're saying makes no sense.
READ MORE:'Was it?' Republican CNN analyst rendered speechless when challenged on Trump spending
*Amanda Marcotte's full article for Salon is available at this link.
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In February, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) made a startling announcement on the House floor, accusing several men of photographing and raping her. She presented photos, names, and personal information, claiming to have over 10,000 pictures as evidence. The main accusation was against her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant, with three other men also implicated.
Mace has previously spoken about experiencing rape, including as a teenager. In 2019, she shared her story with thePost and Courier.
Protected by Congressional immunity, Mace spent 53 minutes detailing alleged horrendous acts without legal risk. However, no proof of these accusations has been presented.
This unprecedented address in the chamber's history began with Mace stating, "Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call out the cowards who think they can prey on women and get away with it. Today, I'm going scorched earth."
One of the accused, Brian Musgrave, recently told CNN he was "out buying bird seed" when he learned he would be mentioned in Mace's speech. He and his wife expressed shock at the allegations, describing the impact as "catastrophic" for their lives and business.
Eric Bland, Musgrave's lawyer, criticized the use of the House floor "as a bullhorn to destroy people," stating their aim to restore Musgrave's reputation.
All accused parties have strongly denied the allegations. Eric Bowman, another accused, stated that "no wrongdoing has been committed."
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating the matter, focusing on Bryant. CNN reported the existence of videos but has not reviewed them. The House General Counsel directed all evidence requests to SLED.
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President Donald Trump mentioned the transgender community half a dozen times throughout his address to Congress on Tuesday, though trans people make up an estimated 1% of the U.S. population.
Less than 15 minutes in, he noted that he had signed an executive order declaring that the federal government will only recognize two unchangeable sexes, male and female, and another order banning trans women from participating in women’s sports.
He then introduced Payton McNabb, who played volleyball in high school in North Carolina and, Trump said, planned to play sports in college until “her girls’ volleyball match was invaded by a male.”
Trump said the player “smashed the ball so hard in Payton’s face causing traumatic brain injury, partially paralyzing her right side and ending her athletic career.”
It’s still unclear whether the player who spiked the ball and hit McNabb during the September 2022 match was trans. McNabb has said in interviews that she and her teammates were aware of a trans player on the team, but that player’s name has not been shared and she has not spoken to the press. Since then, McNabb has become a paid national advocate for state laws prohibiting trans students from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identities. She testified in favor of such a measure in North Carolina, which passed and took effect in August 2023.
Trump then said trans women are hurting other sports, referring to a case in which a trans woman finished a long-distance cycling race and set a record by five hours, beating a cisgender woman. Trump appears to be referring to Austin Killips, a trans woman cyclist who did win the 800-mile Arizona Trail Race in May.
Trump used the same reference before signing the executive order banning trans women and girls from playing in female sports. Killips responded in an op-ed for the Guardian, noting that she did set a course record, though the previous record was held by a man, who had broken a record set by a woman before him.
Killips said the reason she was interested in the event was because it was co-ed and argued that Trump had used her as a scapegoat.
However, Trump on Tuesday said her record — which Killips said has since been broken — is “demeaning for women and it’s very bad for our country.”
‘Making mice transgender’
Trump brought up trans issues again about 20 minutes into his speech, in what many on social media have described as one of the most bizarre moments of the address. He said Elon Musk was helping to find wasteful government spending, including “$8 million for making mice transgender.”
It’s unclear exactly what Trump was referring to, though it appeared to be a subcommittee hearing led by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., last month titled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty.” During her opening remarks, Mace referred to a report last year from the White Coat Waste Project, a watchdog organization that aims to stop government spending on animal testing, that found more than $10 million in taxpayer funds had been “wasted to create transgender mice, rats, and monkeys in university labs.”
The report included eight studies that received funding from the National Institutes of Health, with most of them studying the effects of hormone therapy. One studies the effects of testosterone and estrogen on wound healing, with the goal of improving care for trans people and developing new approaches for treating millions of patients with chronic wounds.
Another uses mice to study how estrogen and anti-testosterone therapy affects immune response to an HIV vaccine. Trans women are disproportionately affected by HIV, with one study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finding that 42% of transgender women surveyed in seven U.S. cities in 2019-2020 were HIV positive.
The third and fourth studies mentioned in the report examine the effects of hormone therapy, with one specifically focused on how testosterone affects fertility and whether infertility related to testosterone can be reversed if a patient stops taking it.
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The White House released a statement about Trump's comment Wednesday that referenced most of the above studies and a few more, including one that examines the effects of gender-affirming testosterone therapy on breast cancer risk and treatment, and another that studies the role estrogen plays in how gender influences asthma. None of the studies the White House referenced were specifically focused on "making mice transgender," but rather on the health effects of hormones.
Transgender youth
About an hour into his speech, Trump introduced January Littlejohn, a Florida mom who sued her child’s school district for allegedly creating a plan to allow her child to use a different name and pronouns at school without Littlejohn’s knowledge, which Trump described as “child abuse.”
A judge dismissed Littlejohn’s lawsuit in 2022, after the school district amended the internal support plan for her child. The court also said her claim couldn’t meet the high burden to show that what the school did had violated her parental rights. Littlejohn has appealed.
Her 2021 complaint against the school district states that she was in contact with the school about her child’s “confusion” about the child’s gender. She and her husband agreed to have the child work with a school counselor temporarily, according to the complaint. When the child asked to go by a different name and they/them pronouns ahead of the 2021 school year, Littlejohn and her husband said they wouldn’t make those changes at home but told the child’s math teacher that the child could use the requested name as a nickname, according to Littlejohn’s complaint.
The teacher asked if Littlejohn would like her to share the nickname with other teachers, according to the complaint, which added that Littlejohn did not authorize the teacher to share the nickname.
Additional emails obtained by CNN and the Tallahassee Democrat reportedly show that, in response to the teacher’s question about whether she should share the child’s nickname with other teachers, Littlejohn wrote, “Whatever you think is best or” the child “can handle it herself.”
Littlejohn later told the teacher she appreciated her support and that she was going to allow her child to “take the lead on this,” CNN reported.
In an emailed statement, Littlejohn said that at the time of the emails, she was referring only to the use of a nickname.
“We were not supporting the denial of our daughter’s sex and would have never imagined the creation of a formal transition plan where our daughter would meet alone in a room with three adults who asked her questions that would absolutely impact her upbringing and safety, such as which sexual identity would be assigned to her, which restroom and locker room she would be authorized to would use and whether she would room with males or females on overnight field trips,” Littlejohn said.
She added that she “never would have expected that we, as parents, would be cut out of such personal and consequential decisions.”
Littlejohn’s case has been used by conservatives to lobby for state legislation supporting parents rights to information about how their children are identifying at school and barring schools from referring to students with a different name or pronouns without their parent’s permission. Five states have enacted legislation that would require school staff to notify parents if a student asks to use a different name or pronouns, which critics refer to as “forced outing” legislation.
Just after introducing Littlejohn, Trump noted that he had signed an order “to cut off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth,” using inflammatory language to describe transition-related medical care, which is supported by major medical associations in the U.S. That order has since been blocked by two federal judges.
He went on to say that he planned to ask Congress to pass a bill “permanently banning and criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body,” in effect denying the existence of trans youth.
Jo Yurcaba is a reporter for NBC Out.
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Mace accused four men, including her ex-fiancé, of “some of the most heinous crimes against women imaginable” during a nearly hour-long prepared speech Monday night on the House floor.
The 1st District congresswoman said she discovered thousands of photos taken with hidden cameras as well as recordings the “predators” made of themselves sexual assaulting women over years. She was among the victims. Some were underage girls, she said.
“None of you will get away with it,” said Mace, who has represented the Lowcountry since 2020. “None of you will because tonight is about justice for all of the women that you all raped, that you all filmed, that you all photographed, that you all abused for years.”
All four men strongly denied the allegations to The Post and Courier after the speech.
“I categorically deny these allegations. I take this matter seriously and will cooperate fully with any necessary legal processes to clear my name,” her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant of Charleston, told the newspaper.
The two broke up in late 2023, which would be after Mace said she found the evidence.
The State Law Enforcement Division confirmed after her speech that Bryant is being investigated for assault, harassment and voyeurism.
The investigation started Dec. 14, 2023, after SLED was contacted by U.S. Capitol Police. Multiple interviews and search warrants have happened since. A “well-documented case file” will eventually be available. But the “complex” case is ongoing and involves multiple lawyers, SLED said in a statement.
Once the investigation is complete, the file will be sent to a prosecutor for review, it concluded.
The statement did not name any of the other three men Mace called out in her speech.
One reached by the Gazette said he will “fight this in a court of law.”
“I unequivocally deny all the allegations made against me which are baseless, repugnant and defamatory,” Eric Bowman responded in a text.
‘This monster stole my body’
Mace’s speech started with a declaration that she was going “scorched earth.”
Mace said she first discovered the crimes after confronting Bryant about a text she received. He initially put his phone in a safe but later gave her the combination.
She looked through his phone and saw a woman unconscious being sexually assaulted. She also found photos of a teenager undressed “in the kind of underwear a child would wear.”
Mace then said she saw another video of a slender woman with long brown hair. The woman was unaware she was being filmed, Mace said.
She turned up the volume and heard her own voice. The congresswoman zoomed in on the video. There was no denying it was her.
“My entire body was paralyzed, and I couldn’t move,” an emotional Mace said. “Were my feet on the floor? Was I breathing? I had no idea. I could feel pain shooting out of my heart, out of my chest.”
“This monster stole my body. It felt like I had been raped,” she said.
It happened in 2022, she said, while she and Bryant were at a function on the Isle of Palms. She had two vodka sodas and blacked out, something she said had never happened before.
“My memories of that night are like flashes in and out of dark, flashes in and out of the night,” she said. “I was raped that night.” Mace said she could not be sure if it was Bryant who did it.
On one camera alone, she said, she found 10,633 videos, plus numerous photos of adult women and about a dozen photos of underage girls.
“I found file after file,” she said, adding that it seemed most were unaware of what was happening.
The night before she left Bryant in November 2023, ending a 19-month engagement, Mace said she was physically assaulted by him. She added she still has a mark to this day from it.
“Rather than see this mark as a scar, I see this mark of a free woman, free from a monster,” Mace said.
Mace mentioned her Christian faith throughout her speech. She also mentioned how the daughter of Ethel Lance, a 70-year-old victim of the 2015 Mother Emmanuel shooting, forgave the killer.
“I don’t want to forgive. I don’t want to, but I know that as a woman of faith, I have to,” Mace said.
Throughout her speech, the phone number of a hotline for victims was displayed on a poster beside her. Mace encouraged any victims of the men to call (843) 212-7048.
Attorney general accusations
Mace also accused Attorney General Alan Wilson, an expected foe in the 2026 governor’s race, of not addressing the crimes against her and other women — which he called “categorically false.”
Nancy Mace yet to announce bid for SC governor, but jabs at potential opponents
During her speech, Mace stood next to a poster of Wilson that read “Do Nothing Attorney General,” a moniker she has routinely used to describe him.
Mace said she turned evidence of her findings over to the attorney general, who failed to take any action with it and at one point refused further evidence.
But Wilson said neither he nor anyone in his office had any knowledge of the accusations until her speech. His office has not received any reports or requests for assistance from any law enforcement agency or prosecutor’s office, his office said in a statement released shortly after the speech.
Beyond that, it is not the attorney general’s job to start a police investigation, the statement noted.
“Ms. Mace either does not understand or is purposefully mischaracterizing the role of the attorney general” as the state’s chief prosecutor, it said.
As for her claim that Wilson refused to receive evidence, his office said, “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.”
The lengthy statement also pointed out that Wilson and Mace have been at multiple events together over the past six months and that Mace has Wilson’s personal cellphone number.
“Not once has she approached or reached out to him regarding any of her concerns,” it read.
Mace has made stops around the state in recent weeks as she contemplates a gubernatorial bid. Gov. Henry McMaster is ineligible to run again, creating wide-open field.
So far, only former reality TV star and state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel has announced a run for governor, which he did on X last week.
But Mace, Wilson and Lt. Gov. Pam Evette are the three most expected to run. Mace has been highly critical of both Wilson and Evette on social media.
Transgender controversies
Mace has also been making headlines for recent comments surrounding transgender people.
She introduced legislation in November seeking to ensure that people on federal property had to use the bathroom associated with their birth sex after Delaware elected Sarah McBride, an openly trans woman to the Senate.
Mace also used insensitive language towards trans people during a House Oversight Committee hearing Feb. 6. The day before, she received a personal shoutout from President Donald Trump when he signed an executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in female sports.
During her speech on the House floor, Mace touted multiple pieces of legislation she introduced to protect women. This includes the Prison Rape Prevention Act, which requires prisoners to be housed based on their biological sex. She said she introduced the bill “so a woman can’t be raped by a man who thinks he’s a woman.”
She doubled down on her critics.
“I’ll take all of the arrows and all of the attacks, if it means I’m taking these attacks for each and every one of you,” Mace said. “I’m doing this today because we can’t delay justice. Justice victims like myself need to move forward.”
Mace cannot be sued for her accusations. The Speech or Debate Clause protects members of Congress from lawsuits for what is said on the floor.
SC Daily Gazette is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. SC Daily Gazette maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Seanna Adcox for questions: info@scdailygazette.com.
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'I will take him out': Mace jabs potential opponents — but has yet to make big announcement
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'Take it outside': Nancy Mace challenges Jasmine Crockett to fight in committee hearing
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In January 2024, the Daily Beast reported that when the U.S. Capitol Building was under attack on January 6, 2021, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) was, according to aides, hoping to get "punched in the face" by the rioters — as she thought it could bring her a lot of publicity.
But that was before Mace decided that being perceived as anti-Donald Trump might hurt her politically.
Mace, during her years in Congress, has been quite aggressive in looking for ways to draw publicity. And according to Daily Dot reporter David Covucci, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show that the conservative congresswoman "spent $165,000 for the sole purpose of getting on television" this "campaign season."
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One of Mace's most recent "publicity stunts," Covucci notes, is attacking transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) for "using the women's bathroom on Capitol Hill."
"She's discussed the effort in a series of Fox News hits, speaking on 'Fox News @ Night,' 'The Evening Edit,' and 'Fox and Friends Weekend," Covucci reports. "The media blitz over the bathroom bill has been decried a publicity stunt by her detractors. But it's not the first time Mace faced criticism that television is her top priority."
Covucci continues, "A leaked document from her office published by the Daily Beast said that staffers are 'expected to book Mace at least 15 television appearances per week: a minimum of nine spots on national channels and six or more times on local outlets.'"
FEC reports, according to Covucci, show that Mace has used a "decent chunk of campaign funds" in pursuit of publicity.
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"From February 2023 to October 2024," Covucci notes, "Mace made eight payments totaling $165,000 — ranging from $75,000 to $30,000 a piece — to Driver Eight Media LLC for 'media consulting.' And while media consulting can cover a broad range of topics, Driver Eight Media's remit is extremely narrow: Getting candidates on television."
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*Read the Daily Dot's full article at this link.
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The United States government has always been a rowdy, often nasty, bunch: fist fights, knives pulled, guns cocked.
In 1838, two House members fought a lethal duel, and, in 1856, pro-slavery Sen. Preston Brooks took out his cane and thrashed abolitionist Sen. Charles Sumner.
On Jan. 6, 2023, a North Carolina congressman had to stop an Alabama congressman from punching Florida’s own Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Many in Washington and beyond would like to punch Matt Gaetz, but in this particular instance he’d just tanked the 14th vote on making Kevin McCarthy speaker of the House, offending Rep. Mike Rogers, a McCarthy supporter.
McCarthy would go on to win the 15th vote.
Ten months later, McCarthy’d been ousted and boy, was he mad!
So mad he shoved Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett — “a clean shot to the kidneys!” howled Burchett — sparking a near brawl in a Capitol corridor.
This is what happens when Mean Girls — who don’t have to actually be girls — run your government.
Take Matt Gaetz (again). The failed attorney general nominee, Lolita-fancier, and blue ribbon jerk, set the House’s Mean Girl standard, referring to an incoming Republican senator as “Mitt Romney without the good hair” and long-time Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as “McFailure,” bringing a Holocaust denier to a State of the Union address, passing around nude photos of his exes, and calling women who favor reproductive rights fat and ugly.
Gaetz is out of the House now, but the score-settling, tantrum-throwing state Randy Fine, only recently elected to the Florida Senate, has generously decided to run for Congress, so the nation will not feel the loss of his epic nastiness so keenly.
Fine’s resumé includes calling a Brevard County school board member a “whore” and threatening Special Olympics funding because he didn’t get invited to a party.
This past October, the judge presiding over an election filing dispute found him in contempt and ordered him to take an anger management course.
Gaetz must be proud.
Such an expert hissy fit-pitcher will fit right in with the likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. These two nearly launched into a slap fight over who got to try and impeach President Biden first.
Greene said Boebert “copied her articles” and called her “a little b----.”
Hands-down winner
For her part, Boebert, famous for groping her date and singing loudly at a 2023 performance of “Beetlejuice” (she was “escorted out” of the theater), called fellow representative Ilhan Omar“black-hearted” and probably a terrorist because she is Muslim.
Impressively vile as Greene and Boebert are, the hands-down winner of the Meanest Mean Girl in Congress is Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina.
Mace used to be seen as a moderate Republican, a Donald Trump critic who demanded he be “held accountable” for lying and instigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
But she has now executed a perfect volte-face, becoming one of his most passionate groupies, practically vibrating with spite.
This past November, Delaware elected Congress’ first trans woman, something Mace seems to take as a personal insult.
Rep. Sarah McBride, a Democrat, doesn’t make a big deal out of her gender status; Mace does, apparently convinced the minute McBride dares to enter a stall in the Capitol ladies’, Western Civilization will crumble into dust.
She trash-talks her fellow member relentlessly, too: “Sarah McBride doesn’t get a say. I mean, this is a biological man.”
Mace has videoed herself ripping down blue and pink trans flags, snarling like an enraged hyena, and insisted Mike Johnson, whose lordly powers as speaker include regulating toilets in the House of Representatives, forbade trans women to use women’s bathrooms.
Now she’s demanding Congress ban trans people from bathrooms in all federal properties.
Does Mace think persecuting people who are four times more likelythan straight folks to be assaulted, raped, or killed helps America achieve a more perfect union?
Or is she being horrible for the sheer hell of it?
Cruelty
MAGA Mean Girls take pleasure in tormenting people, especially those weaker than themselves, and causing gratuitous pain. As Atlantic Monthly essayist Adam Serwer wrote in 2018, “The cruelty is the point.”
And nobody enjoys cruelty more than Donald Trump, Mean Girl of the Century.
He kicked off his first campaign by ridiculing a disabled New York Times reporter, mocking women as “pigs,” and insulting veterans. Once in office, he delighted in images of caged migrant children, promoted police brutality, celebrated violence, and humiliated everyone around him.
Now he’s obsessed with punishing every person who has ever said anything negative about him, contradicted him, or failed to conspicuously celebrate his greatness: scientists, lawyers, teachers, doctors, journalists, judges, environmentalists, professors.
He wants to fire more than half the federal workforce.
Hope you don’t think that tax return or that Social Security check will arrive on time — or ever — anymore.
(Hope you don’t think that tax return or that Social Security check will arrive on time — or ever — anymore).
He threatens our allies, dissing NATO, and, just the other day, trolled Canada, musing on making it the 51st stateand referring to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “governor.”
Canada is the United States’ largest trading partner.
He wants to jail reporters who displease him and destroy news organizations trying to hold him to account.
The United States Senate just blocked a bill that would have protected press freedom.
Trump told them to.
He wants President Joe Biden investigated for supposedly stealing the 2020 election; he wants former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, President Barack Obama, and the whole Jan. 6 committee tried for “treason.”
This is what you voted for, America: ignorant bullies, junior despots, petty mediocrities who take pleasure in others’ suffering.
Nothing they do will improve your life, make you safer or freer or bring down the price of eggs.
They’re Mean Girls — Mean Girls don’t do public service.
Florida Phoenix is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Florida Phoenix maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Michael Moline for questions: info@floridaphoenix.com.
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Slave to the attention economy, Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina had an award-winning foster youth advocate arrested for shaking her hand.
Folks who saw the event are shocked, confused, and outraged. The story goes that James McIntyre did nothing more than shake Nancy Mace's hand and let her know that children needed her support. Mace claimed physical assault and had McIntyre arrested.
The incident took place outside a House of Representatives office building following an event honoring the anniversary of a landmark child welfare law where Mace, a firebrand Republican, had given a speech. Three witnesses at the scene told The Imprint their accused colleague James McIntyre had done nothing more than shake the congress member's hand at the House reception, and asked her to protect the rights of transgender people.
But in a post on the social media platform X, Rep. Mace described a violent confrontation.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace
"I was physically accosted at the Capitol tonight by a pro-trns man. One new brace for my wrist and some ice for my arm and it'll heal just fine," she posted at 8:43 p.m. "The Capitol police arrested the guy. Your trns violence and threats on my life will only make me double down."
Attendees and organizers were shocked, a number of them have taken to social media and the press to decry Mace's performative attack on an innocent's credibility.
"I want to express deep disappointment in the fact that Congresswoman Nancy Mace came to a national foster youth event, told participating youth that it was a safe space — and literally had one of them arrested by Capital police for simply shaking her hand and asking about trans rights," said Lisa Dickson, a veteran advocate for foster youth from Ohio, in a Facebook post.
Remember that Nancy Mace is the congressperson accused of graffitiing her own home to fundraise.
Previously:
• GOP Rep. Nancy Mace goes full DARVO
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Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano slammed US Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) during a Wednesday press conference over the GOP leader's recent claim that "Graziano is 'systematically dismantling immigration enforcement'" in the county "and that her office 'ignored at least 51 ICE detainer requests' since 2021," Live 5 News WCSC reports.
Post and Courier senior politics reporter Caitlin Byrd wrote via X: "'Nancy Mace is full of s—t,' Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano said as she opened a presser. 'She clearly doesn't understand the law. She is in a position where she controls Congress and has failed to do her job, and is trying to make her failures our problem.'"
Per Live 5 News, Graziano released a statement Tuesday afternoon in response, saying that Mace 'never misses an opportunity to entertain performative politics' and 'has a history of mischaracterizing events for her perceived political benefit,' calling Mace’s letter 'particularly egregious.'"
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The news outlet reports:
*Mace also said ICE recognized the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office as being a 'non-cooperative institution.'
*But a June 2024 ICE Detainer Acceptance Tracker, compiled by Enforcement and Removal Operations Criminal Apprehension, lists Charleston County as a “Limited Cooperation Agency.' By ICE’s own definition, that means the sheriff’s office notifies ICE before it releases non-citizens with a judge’s order to do so, but does not allow adequate hold time to assume Department of Homeland Security custody. 'Limited cooperation” is one of two levels in the report, the other being 'non-cooperative,' referring to agencies that do not notify ICE prior to releasing noncitizens.
"She’s a liar and this is reckless, period," Graziano told reporters. "I’m a little too busy right now."
The sheriff added, "I’m a little busy protecting the citizens of Charleston County, OK? We are consistently seeing a drop in violent crime in Charleston County. I’m busy doing that while she’s consistently voting against support for law enforcement. I don’t have time for this. We don’t have time for this and we’re going to continue to do what we’ve done. She needs to do her damn job and let law enforcement do ours."
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*Live 5 News' full report is available at this link.
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How do you explain a MAGA woman?
Sen. Katie Britt with Vice President Kamala Harris in January 2023 (Creative Commons)
D. Earl Stephens
March 15, 2024
As a white, American man I can explain Republicans’ repulsive MAGA men pretty easily: Basically, they know they are inferior, and are lashing out because they are being left behind by an evolving world led increasingly by women and people of color.
Rather than owning this and working on themselves to become better people, they have done exactly what you’d expect a bunch of lowlifes to do: blame somebody else for their shortcomings. Inadequate losers like this might even go as far as blaming everything and anything but themselves for losing an election by more than seven million votes.
Inadequate losers like this might even resort to violence and stomp law enforcement officers to death, while sending lawmakers from both political parties running for their lives through the halls of our nation’s Capitol …
Inadequate losers like this might even defend these incredibly lawless, reckless acts instead of condemning them.
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So, yeah, explaining MAGA “men” in this country comes pretty easily to me.
How then do you explain MAGA women?
This one has confounded me for years because there is nothing that would suggest any woman should be subjected to being in the general vicinity of any of these low-grade MAGA “men” much less support them.
Thankfully, they don’t proliferate in the same robust numbers as their male cohorts, but still there are millions of ‘em, and as a dad of two daughters I find it deeply, deeply disturbing.
What could possibly recommend a woman to follow a Republican Party that increasingly has absolutely no respect for them?
After all, the unquestioned leader of this party — which in my view is quickly devolving into a cult — is a convicted rapist, brags of grabbing women because he can, has disparaged them in truly disgusting ways, calling them names like “horseface” “fat” “slobs” “pigs” “nasty” … and used to stroll into the dressing rooms of the Miss USA Pageants he owned to “inspect” teenage girls. His words: “You know they’re standing there with no clothes, and you see these incredible looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”
This is the kind of repulsive dirt you’d figure a mom would warn her teenage daughter to stay as far away from as possible.
So how can ANY woman support this?
I’m typing loudly about this one today because of what transpired last Thursday night and then bled into the weekend.
In the wake of Joe Biden’s sensational State of the Union address, Alabama Senator Katie Britt (pictured) showed up on the scene to deliver one of the most bizarre, dangerous rebuttals in American history.
It truly needs to be seen to be believed, and if I ran the Democratic Party I would have made sure everybody had in fact seen it by now. It is long past time America understands just how twisted, toxic and dangerous Christian Nationalism has become, and how it can literally rot a person’s mind.
Britt spent the better part of 20 minutes spewing greasy schmaltz from the confines of her empty, spotless kitchen. That’s right: HER KITCHEN. Because where else would you expect a serious woman to be working in the Year 2024?
And look, if her weird, creepy delivery from inside her kitchen was the only thing of note, it would have at least served the delicious purpose of making Biden look even better than already did after his fiery speech ... but there was also something very un-Christian-like and serious happening as she stood grinning among all her appliances: She was lying.
And not just lying a little, she was lying a lot, which is also the absolute hallmark of these anti-American Christian Nationalists.
Britt breathlessly spun a tale about our southern border, because nothing says Republican like scaring the shit out of people about other people hoping for something better.
This border tale was hair-raising, and terrifying, but Britt bravely went forward with it from the safety of her kitchen.
Britt told the world how she had met a woman at the border who said that she had been raped thousands of times in a sex trafficking operation run by cartels, starting at age 12. It was horrible, but at least she was showing concern — however ironically —for a woman being abused by men …
“We wouldn’t be OK with this happening in a third-world country. This is the United States of America, and it’s past time we start acting like it,” she gushed. “President Biden’s border crisis is a disgrace.”
Nobody gave Britt’s harrowing story much thought, because there was no way in hell the message could have been any worse than the ridiculous messenger.
Except it somehow was. Thanks to the work of an independent journalist Jonathan Katz, we learned a day later that Britt’s story was complete bull.
Oh, the young woman was allegedly raped alright, but it happened during the George W. Bush administration some 20 years ago, and these awful things didn’t happen on the border, they happened IN Mexico far from the border.
Well, all this caused quite a stir, and as of this typing Britt still has not apologized, because that, too, is a calling card of MAGA. Never apologize.
Before moving on to yet stranger things, let’s ask why it took an independent journalist to lay all this out on TikTok, instead of all those stellar journalists in our mainstream media, who were probably too busy conducting some political poll, instead.
The people in the mainstream media need to get their collective heads out of their asses but quick. There’s an ongoing, relentless attack on our Democracy and the truth that could use their considerable attention.
Anyway, by the time the weekend rolled around MAGA Republicans were in full damage control.
So they thought is was a dandy idea to trot out another woman, Nancy Mace, to appear on George Stephanopoulos’ Sunday news show, This Week, on ABC to try to shift attention away from the careening Britt.
Mace is a MAGA Republican congresswoman from South Carolina — it’s ALWAYS South Carolina or Alabama with these phonies — who has presumably been ordered by Trump to parlay her good looks into TV attack dog and a place alongside him at the head table at Mar-a-Lago where he can pat her on the head and say, “That’s a good girl, Nancy.”
Mace is a super-curious case because she actually had the audacity to be critical of Trump’s attack on America January 6, 2021, even going so far as suggesting he should never hold office again. Well, that got Trump’s attention but quick and he went on a verbal-abuse tour, calling Mace among other things, “nasty.”
Mace then did something remarkable in Republican circles, she carried on, and won her congressional race in South Carolina, despite Trump’s relentless verbal abuse.
So what did she do to celebrate her freedom from the orange, two-ton menace? She decided to get back in her corner like a good little girl, and once again leashed herself to Trump.
You can’t make this stuff up. What self-respecting woman does this?
Well Mace was in fine form Sunday, and when Stephanopoulos asked how she could support a man who provably has absolutely zero respect for women, Mace didn’t blink, and alleged this: “As a rape victim who’s been shamed for years now because of her rape, you’re trying to shame me again.”
This is called deflecting. She didn’t even bother trying to deal with a question that has only one correct answer.
The clip will show Stephanopoulos obviously wasn’t shaming Mace, but everybody with a heart can acknowledge how terrible rape is. Unless, I guess, if it’s Trump who’s doing the raping …
Because just like that Mace threw his rape victim, E. Jean Carroll, in front of her careening bus. Mace accused Carroll of harming other victims of rape because of Carroll’s comments about how she planned to spend the tens of million she was awarded in her case against Trump.
If anybody has the right to crow about her hard-fought victory over her sickly abuser it is Carroll, and if anybody should be able to understand that, you’d think it would be another woman who was raped for crying out loud.
The classy Carroll didn’t take the bait, and typed this on social media to Mace following the bizarre interview: “I salute all survivors for their strength, endurance, and holding on to their sanity.”
Since that interview, Mace has been declaring victory across every social media platform on Earth and has continued to batter Stephanopoulos for “shaming” her.
She never bothered to answer the question about Trump, because, I guess, of her sickening subservience to the pathetic man.
Come to think of it, maybe that’s how you explain a MAGA woman ...
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D. Earl Stephens is the author of “Toxic Tales: A Caustic Collection of Donald J. Trump’s Very Important Letters” and finished up a 30-year career in journalism as the Managing Editor of Stars and Stripes. Follow @EarlofEnough and on his website.
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Nancy Mace (R-SC) exploded at ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday after he asked why she supported Donald Trump after he was found liable for sexual assault.
During an interview on This Week, Mace became angry and defensive about her support for Trump, who was found to have raped writer E. Jean Carroll. Mace is also a rape survivor.
"And it's a shame that you will never feel, George," Mace charged. "And I'm not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant to shame me about another potential rape victim. I'm not going to do that."
"It's actually not about shaming you," Stephanopoulos noted. "It's a question about Donald Trump."
"No, you are shaming me," Mace insisted.
"You've endorsed Donald Trump for president," the ABC host observed. "Donald Trump has been found liable for rape by a jury. Donald Trump has been found liable for defaming the victim of that rape by a jury. It's been affirmed by a judge."
"It was not a criminal court case, number one," Mace fired back. "Number two, I live with shame. And you're asking me a question about my political choices, trying to shame me as a rape victim. And I find it disgusting."
Stephanopoulos pressed Mace several times, and she accused him of shaming her each time.
"And this is why women won't come forward," Mace complained at one point.
"Women won't come forward because they're defamed by those who perpetrate rape," Stephanopoulos remarked.
Watch the video below from ABC.
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former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) may no longer be in Congress, but he's not finished criticizing the Republicans who led the push to strip him of the speaker's gavel.
On Tuesday, Daily Beast congressional reporter Reese Gorman tweeted an off-the-cuff remark from McCarthy attacking Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), who was one of the eight Republicans who voted with all Democrats to oust him as speaker in October of 2023.
"I just hope she gets help to straighten out her life. I mean, she she's got a lot of challenges. No one will stay working for her," McCarthy said, in an apparent reference to the congresswoman's difficulty keeping staff.
READ MORE:'Toxic work environment': MAGA congresswoman loses 3 senior staff in less than a week
In December, the Washington Examiner reported on a sudden exodus of staff from Mace's office, in which chief of staff Don Hanlon, deputy chief of staff Richard Chalkey and legislative director Randal Meyer all left in the span of just a few days. Hanlon reportedly even took the office popcorn machine with him after he was fired. Hanlon is now officially running against Mace in the Republican primary for her district.
Mace also made headlines for various antics in the halls of Congress, like wearing a "scarlet letter" to cast herself as a martyr for being one of a small handful of Republicans to be singled out for triggering a weeks-long battle to elect a new speaker, and for screaming "you have no balls" at President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, during a House Oversight Committee hearing. The Washington Post also reported that Mace — who is now one of former President Donald Trump's biggest defenders — tried to get punched in the face by Trump supporters on January 6 to garner media coverage for being an anti-Trump Republican.
In addition to his comments about Mace, McCarthy also took a jab at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who was the instigator of the motion to vacate that led to his eventual ouster.
"[Gaetz] probably lies about who he sleeps with to," McCarthy told Gorman.
READ MORE:Nancy Mace 'literally begged to get punched in the face' for 'media attention' on Jan. 6: ex-aide
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When 2024 arrived, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) was gone from Congress. McCarthy was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2006 midterms, but after being ousted as speaker in October 2023, he obviously lost his desire to remain a congressman. And instead of serving out the rest of his term, McCarthy made December 31 his final day in the House.
According to Politico reporters Ally Mutnick and Olivia Beavers, McCarthy and his allies are planning revenge against the Republicans who are responsible for him being ousted as speaker.
Far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) triggered a "motion to vacate" that led to a full House vote on McCarthy, and seven Republicans joined Gaetz in voting to oust him as speaker. Collectively, they are known as the "Gaetz Eight" on Capitol Hill, and Mutnick and Beavers report that McCarthy ally Brian O. Walsh is "overseeing an attempt to recruit primary challengers" against them.
"Behind the scenes," the Politico journalists report in an article published on February 1, "McCarthy allies have identified three of the Gaetz Eight as the most vulnerable in primaries — and thus, the ripest targets: Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Bob Good (R-Va.) and Eli Crane (R-Ariz.). Mace and Good already have strong challengers, but Crane still lacks a compelling prospective candidate to take him on. That quiet work shows McCarthy's appetite for payback remains intense, even months after his October ouster as speaker and December departure from Congress."
Mutnick and Olivia Beavers continue, "It also illustrates that even out of office, the former speaker and his supporters can make life miserable for his detractors — a further sign that the House GOP power struggle between burn-it-down hardliners and more establishment conservatives is alive and well."
Walsh's thirst for revenge was evident in a statement to Politico.
The McCarthy ally said of the Gaetz Eight, "These traitors chose to side with Nancy Pelosi, AOC and over 200 Democrats to undermine the institution, their fellow Republicans and a duly elected speaker. There must be consequences for that decision.”
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'MAGA Mace': Trump endorsement sparks massive criticism for GOP congresswoman - Alternet.org
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MTG EXCUSE ME
MACE BIDEN NO BALLS WALK OUT AFTER REFUSE TO HEAR HIM
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when President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, many Democrats hailed it as a recipe for job creation — including jobs in red states where GOP members of Congress bragged about voting against it.
In a report published on November 1, The Guardian's Oliver Milman describes Republicans who are vocal critics of the law yet hypocritically take full advantage of it.
"At least a dozen Republican members of Congress have welcomed clean energy investment flowing to their electorates following Joe Biden's landmark climate bill, even as they launch fresh attempts to dismantle the legislation," Milman explains. "The group of conservative lawmakers, including the House of Representatives members Nancy Mace, Clay Higgins and Marjorie Taylor Greene, have all recently praised the arrival of new renewable energy, battery or electric vehicle jobs in their districts even after voting against last year's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was loaded with incentives for clean energy projects."
Milman notes that the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has been tracking the "hypocrisy" of Republicans who have bashed the Inflation Reduction Act while trying to take credit for its benefits.
LCV Senior Government Affairs Advocate David Shadburn told The Guardian, "We are clearly seeing this disconnect House Republicans are feeling between their voters and their fossil fuel donors. Voters want clean energy jobs, but the donors in big oil and gas want the repeal of this stuff. These members are stuck between these two things."
Milman points out that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), for example, has "called the bill 'absurd' and a 'fiasco' but, more recently, has issued glowing statements about the carmaker Volvo boosting its electric vehicle production and a scheme to further electrified public transit." And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) called the climate bill 'extremely dangerous' but then lauded the 'fantastic' decision of QCells, a solar company, to expand its manufacturing base in her district."
READ MORE:'Straight up communism': Nikki Haley echoes Marjorie Taylor Greene rhetoric to attack Democrats
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republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, inflicted on us by the state of South Carolina, has been running a bold new online ad condemning Democratic plans to boost funding for the Internal Revenue Service. Why, you might ask?
"Biden's policy will double the size of the IRS at the cost of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes. We should stabilize our nation's economy first."
IFrame Content twt?
While @z3dster has done us the solid of parsing out what the hell Mace's word shrapnel was meant to actually mean, it's still worth stewing on that odd language. "At the cost of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes?" At the ... cost? But going after tax cheats is widely recognized as being a net federal win, because just a little money allocated to investigating the most prolific tax-dodgers results in much larger revenues when the dodged taxes actually get paid, so—ooh. Ooooooh.
Right.
What the House Republican is saying here is, of course, boosting IRS capabilities will "cost" the wealthiest tax dodgers in the country billions of dollars, and forcing rich tax cheats to pay what they owe will harm the economy so very much that we shouldn't even think about it until we've "stabilized" everything else first.
You've heard of trickle-down economics? This is trickle-down tax fraud. If we don't let rich Americans who have more offshore bank accounts than you have spoons get away with their current level of financial crimes it is all of you who will suffer, because that money being paid in taxes won't be going to buying new yacht chandeliers, or underwater television sets, or the spiffy new uniforms the upper classes want you to wear while hunting you for sport.
Instead, that money will be going to the government, and the government will probably waste it on stupid things like rebuilding roads in places you don't live, or saving coastlines you don’t visit, or giving you better childcare options after your name comes up in the to-be-hunted-for-sport lottery.
In any event, what Mace is suggesting is that American financial criminals have been hiding so very damn much money that attempting to collect it could destabilize our nation's very economy. Shouldn't be done! Too dangerous!
Oooookay?
See, our problem here is that we're taking a Republican message literally instead of treating as the propagandistic word salad it is intended as. It’s not meant to make sense. Mace may or may not distance herself from the premise of her own self-promoted statement after she's gotten sufficient mockery for it, but it was crafted not to make an actual argument but to burp scary-sounding words at Republican base members primed to react to them without thought. "At the cost of billions" is meant to invoke the notion that it will be costing the nation money, rather than bringing it in. "Stabilize" is meant to invoke the notion that the nation's economy is currently not stable, when all the facts and figures suggest that the economy is now actually in pretty darn good shape.
Things are so good, in fact, that ports are being clogged with the stuff Americans are now wanting to buy and (mostly anti-labor) economic grumps are warning that if we keep raising wages and recovering from pandemics then we'll summon the Inflation Monster, so central banks need to start taking a few good golf swings at worker knees before things get out of hand. And that’s all while the pandemic is still raging around us.
The "Biden's policy" bit is also rote party schtick: While nigh-on everybody who is not personally evading taxes or being lobbied by people who do all agree that returning IRS funding to something approaching normal is both necessary to curb now-rampant tax dodging by the wealthy and an enormous government gain, calling it "Biden's policy" is intended to portray the move as partisan rancor, or spreading socialism, or otherwise controversial.
It's all gimmick. Republicanism may no longer have policies of its own, but each new congresscreature is in tune with the larger movement's dictionary of cult phrases and contrarian phrasing. Going after tax dodgers will "cost" you money. Doing the "Biden policy" on anything will further "destabilize" the glorious f--king paradise of corpses and lines for toilet paper gifted to us by Dear Crabby-Ass Leader in his final year.
Rep. Nancy Mace may be new to town, but she and every other newly elected House Republican gained their current position by telling the ever-outraged base whatever they wanted to hear. She's in a bit of hot water over that at this precise moment, in fact, being roundly mocked for a particularly comical Sunday show circuit that saw her both undermining vaccination efforts on Fox News while claiming to support them on CNN.
It's all a game; there is little effort being put into attempting to discern what policies would best serve the nation here, and flopsweat-level effort being put into selling the base on the nation that whatever policies actual experts come up with are most certainly an effort at "socialism," an attempt to abridge your "freedoms," or a flat-out conspiracy to harm you because the "elites" will do nigh-on anything to oppress you, whether it be bamboo-laced ballots or firefly chemicals in your vaccines or arresting "patriots" whose only crime was attacking the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress in a seditious attempt to cancel the results of a United States election.
All that said, we're not going to get anywhere if we ignore it all and let the Maces of new Republicanism fire off chaff meant to invoke primal reaction while breezily evading the part where nothing they said made any actual sense. So we're all ears, Rep. Nancy Mace.
You say going after tax cheats will "cost billions"—who ya aiming that statement at, representative?
Because the only people who will see a "cost" when going after prolific tax fraud are the folks doing the actual crimes. Is that who you're going to bat for here? Did they send someone to your office to make that case?
And you're saying American tax cheats are costing the rest of us so much money that making them actually pay it would threaten to destabilize the entire economy?
Oh, do tell. That one's worth a floor speech. We all really want to hear you explain that going after institutionalized tax evasion by people who can hire more lawyers than the IRS has available investigators would threaten our very way of life. There haven't been many Republicans with the guts to make that argument in public, but you made it a sponsored online ad.
Please explain, representative. Give it your best shot.
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Republican lawmaker asks 'why the hell' colleagues are pushing extremist bills: report
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol Building on January 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives completed their last series of votes before a weekend recess. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).
David Badash andThe New Civil Rights Movement June 08, 2023
An exasperated, high-profile House Republican from South Carolina on Thursday questioned the wisdom of anti-abortion legislation the GOP conference is pursuing next week, asking her colleagues, and more importantly, GOP leadership, “Why the hell are we doing this?” as the Democratic Minority Leader declares he wants to find “common ground” apart from the GOP’s extremists.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) (photo) posed the damning question of House GOP Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Politico reports, highlighting the rifts “McCarthy’s fractured leadership team” is facing.
“Behind closed doors on Wednesday, McCarthy’s No. 2 and No. 3 briefed about a dozen Republicans,” Politico explains, “mostly battleground-seat members — on their plan to take up two bills next week: Rep. Andrew Clyde’s (R-Ga.) bid to nix a Biden administration gun regulation and a separate proposal bill to strengthen limits on taxpayer funding for abortion.”
The meeting, Politico says, did not go well. It reportedly got even worse.
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“Things got more heated from there, the two Republicans added:Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.) confronted Mace for taking to TV and blasting other Republicans for their positions on abortion. Mace responded that the party is losing the battle for public opinion on the issue, arguing that tacking further to the right would hurt the centrists who handed the GOP the majority.”
Around the same time as this was happening Thursday, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, during his news conference, told reporters Democrats “stand ready to find common ground with the other side of the aisle if they can break from their extremists. The problem that seems to exist is the House Republican conference is captive to the most extreme wing of their party.”
Watch the video above or at this link.
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rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called Democrats "shameful" because they continue to support Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) after Republicans censured him.
During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Mace recalled how Democrats protested by chanting "shame" on the House floor after Schiff was censured for his role in the Russia election interference investigation.
"We witnessed it firsthand," she said. "And it was obscene. And they were yelling shame. But what was shameful is that they are supporting a guy who betrayed his oath of office.
"Adam Schiff betrayed his oath," she added. "He lied to the American people. He leaked classified information off the Intel Committee."
Mace did not address Republicans supporting former President Donald Trump, who has also been accused of lying and mishandling classified information.
Watch the video below from Fox News
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Fox News has responded to the indictment of former President Donald Trump for withholding classified documents with a swell of demagoguery suggesting this event signals the end of American democracy. But the network is pushing another ridiculous angle: That the indictment was timed to distract from House Republicans’ latest accusations against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
The conspiracy theory is obviously baseless. Special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of Trump has been going on for months, and Fox itself reported two weeks ago that Smith was going to conclude it soon. In order to buy into Fox’s claim that the indictment is a distraction, you would have to believe that the entire process of Smith’s appointment last November and his 7 month long investigation was timed to produce an indictment in June this year, just in time to spoil yet another House Republican attempt to kick up a manufactured scandal against the Biden family.
Fox News is trying to rehash the anti-Biden smear campaign behind Trump’s first impeachment
Fox News has for weeks been hyping up efforts by congressional Republicans to accuse Biden of having received vast sums of money from Ukraine when his son Hunter was on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. The accusation is a relic of the smear campaign four years ago that led to Trump’s first impeachment, when he attempted to pressure the Ukrainian government into announcing an investigation of Biden in exchange for receiving badly needed military aid to defend itself from Russia. The claims were widely debunked at the time, which did not stop the Murdoch media from ignoring facts their own news desks had reported.
In the latest chapter, members of the House Oversight Committee led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on Thursday looked at an FBI document called an FD-1023, containing a tip from a confidential source dating back to 2020, alleging a $5 million payment to Biden during his time as vice president.
Fox’s own reporting describes the tip as coming in June 2020, which was both in the heat of the presidential election and months after Trump’s previous efforts to pin a corruption charge on his opponent via the Ukrainian government. Even then, the source only said that another person claimed they were paying Biden, not that the source had this information directly. (Fox News is now ignoring its own reporting that “the document does not say Joe Biden received any payments,” with hosts speaking of “these $5 million payments” as if they were established facts.)
Trump’s former Attorney General Bill Barr told The Federalist that he sent the information to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Delaware. This would mean the information has been in the possession of the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for Delaware, David C. Weiss, whom Biden has not replaced during his term. So, either this Trump-appointed U.S. attorney deemed the tip to not be credible, or Weiss has had the information for up to three years and it could form some component of a probe of Hunter Biden. But either way, House Republicans and right-wing media would have no cause to complain of obstruction by the Biden administration.
NBC News reported that a senior law enforcement official said the FBI and a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney had reviewed the bribery claim in 2020 and determined that it was not substantiated. But on Thursday, House Republicans trumpeted the document as absolute proof that Biden was “100% guilty.”
Biden himself jokingly responded to a reporter Thursday, “Where’s the money?” And indeed, such a scheme would also have to involve some incredible degree of money laundering to hide the funds from his publicly available financial disclosures and decades’ worth of tax returns.
Fox News hosts and “straight news” anchors spread the conspiracy theory
- Just as the story broke Thursday night, Fox host Jesse Watters asked, “What does this tell you on the same day we’re learning that the Bidens took $10 million in bribes, supposedly, from Ukraine?” Fox contributor Charlie Hurt responded that Biden had “been asked about it for the first time. So you see this drop on the exact same day. I think that the two are very related.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [6/8/23]
- During her guest-hosting spot in the 8 p.m. hour, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner alleged: “It’s remarkable that just hours after Republicans made this finding, Biden’s own Justice Department would indict Biden’s leading opponent in 2024. It’s unprecedented.” Fox News, *Fox News Tonight*, [6/8/23]
- The theory then got tons of airtime on The Ingraham Angle. New York Post columnist Miranda Devine claimed: “Well, look, Merrick Garland, the attorney general, controls the timing of this and the timing is really outrageous, because it comes right as the FBI has finally been forced by James Comer in the House Oversight Committee to hand over this evidence of Joe Biden receiving a $5 million bribe from Ukraine when he was vice president. This is devastating to the president. It should be devastating. But, of course, they've just brought out this shiny object to make all of the media look over there.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [6/8/23]
- Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz chimed in: “I agree with Miranda. I think the timing is such that here James Comer and all the House Republicans and Democrats can go see what’s going on with the allegation from a credible source about Joe Biden. They just happened, hours later, to drop this indictment on President Trump. Do you think that’s a coincidence?” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [6/8/23]
- Host Laura Ingraham kicked off an interview with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) by offering this sardonic remark: “Congresswoman, so, the reporting would be then, if this were true, that the Burisma scheme is confirmed, then Trump is indicted. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence. This all just happened. It’s sheer coincidence.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [6/8/23]
- The conspiracy theories continued into the morning, with former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi claiming that the government was “going after Donald Trump, and I don't think it's a coincidence now because of the 1023 that’s out.” (In the same interview, Bondi claimed that the government’s prosecution of Trump was taking resources away from investigating child sex-trafficking.) Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [6/9/23]
- Later in the program, Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhart also asked then-Trump attorney Jim Trusty: “It happened to be on the exact same day that House Oversight Committee got to look at that 1023 form that basically alleges — it’s being told that that’s proof that there was an exchange of $5 million from this oil company in Ukraine in exchange for policy when Joe Biden was vice president. Is that coincidence that this happened on the same day?” (It was announced later Friday that Trusty resigned as Trump’s attorney.) Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [6/9/23]
- During the network’s purported “straight news” programming, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) claimed, “With the indictment last night that came down on Donald Trump on the day that we looked at evidence of corruption, you know, you’re watching the executive branch trying to take out political enemies because of the accusations against the Biden family.” America’s Newsroom co-anchor Bill Hemmer did not challenge Mace or ask her any further questions on this point. Fox News, *America’s Newsroom*, [6/9/23]
Fox’s histrionics are ironic on multiple levels, considering the propaganda network previously championed the cause of locking up the right’s political enemies, argued for a president’s supposed authority to directly order the investigation of a political opponent, and served a major public role in Trump’s effort to subvert American democracy following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
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'This is real': House Republican suggests sprawling 'Biden family tree' conspiracy with no evidence
Brandon GageMay 16, 2023
United States Representative Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) on Tuesday suggested that virtually any person whose last name is Biden committed some kind of corrupt criminal act amid growing skepticism of the validity of House Republican investigations into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
"So it's just important that, that we look at it from every angle and we show the American people what's truthful and what's not," Mace, who sits on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said of the probes.
"But we haven't seen any direct connection from the Committee so far," CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins rebutted. "We didn't see it last week in that press conference. I know you were there speaking as well directly to President Biden so it doesn't clear, appear clear that you're anywhere near referring charges to the Justice Department. I just wanna make sure that's clear. Is that right?"
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Mace conceded nothing, opting instead to double down on as-yet unsubstantiated accusations.
"Well, we're, yeah, we're within a hundred days of having subpoena power. This is just the tip of the iceberg, and I will tell you, none of this happens without Joe Biden. I mean, we're talking about tens of millions of dollars, up to nine Biden family members now, including one grandchild, nieces, and nephews. None of these people are foreign agents, Current wives, ex-wives, a brother, a son —and it, you know, it just, when you look at it from the outset, if it's not illegal, it should be — enriching themselves," Mace alleged.
"Looking at the revolving door in the White House, with meetings with Hunter Biden's business associates and colleagues and those sorts of things. Even The Daily Beast came out a couple of days ago saying this should be investigated and follow the facts wherever they lead us, which is what we need to do with an unbiased hand. And I call the balls and strikes Kaitlan, as you know, on both sides of the aisle. And this is real," Mace insisted.
"But is there any evidence that President Biden had any knowledge of this that your Committee has so far?" Collins pressed again.
READ MORE: Fox News host reminds House Republican how Ivanka and Jared made $640 million in office
Mace declined to respond directly.
"Well, he, he's, he denied that there was any communist China money coming into these shell companies. And that was, that was untruthful. That was a lie. He said that during the 2020 election. But again, the, the, this is his family tree, They were enriching themselves off of him. Some of his family members appeared to possibly be paying, uh, Joe Biden's bills in the past," Mace asserted. "But it doesn't happen without Joe Biden."
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all 26 Republicans on the powerful House Oversight Committee have refused to sign a simple, two-sentence statement denouncing white supremacy.
"We, Members of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, together denounce white nationalism and white supremacy in all its forms, including the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory. These hateful and dangerous ideologies have no place in the work of the United States Congress or our Committee," the statement (copy below) from Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) reads.
It comes after several Oversight Committee Republicans "invoked dangerous and conspiratorial rhetoric echoing the racist and nativist tropes peddled by white supremacists and right-wing extremists," during a February hearing on the "border crisis," Ranking Member Raskin said in a March 5 letter to Committee Chair James Comer (photo, top.) The Washington Post first reported on Raskin’s letter.
"In particular, some Members repeatedly described the number of migrants arriving at the border as an 'invasion,' and even went so far as to falsely accuse the Biden-Harris Administration of implementing a plan 'to deliberately open our border' for purposes of 'changing our culture'—mirroring language often used by MAGA extremists who believe that pro-immigration policies are designed to replace white populations with non-white immigrants and other racial minorities," Raskin's letter says.
Congressman Raskin is a former constitutional law professor who gained national prominence as the impeachment manager during the second impeachment of Donald Trump.
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"As I explained to you at the hearing," his letter to Comer continues, "such language borrows from the 'Great Replacement' theory, the central dogma of contemporary white supremacy that has been repeatedly invoked by white nationalists to justify violent acts of domestic terrorism, including the mass murders of dozens of Americans at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a Walmart in El Paso, Texas."
All 21 Democrats on the Oversight Committee signed the statement, and all 26 Republicans refused. A Committee spokesperson called the statement a "distraction," according to The Independent.
the 26 Republican Representatives who refused to denounce white supremacy and white nationalism are (in order of appearance on the statement): James Comer, Jim Jordan, Mike Turner, Paul Gosar, Virginia Foxx, Glenn Grothman, Gary Palmer, Clay Higgins, Pete Sessions, Andy Biggs, Nancy Mace, Jake LaTurner, pat Fallon, Byron Donalds, Kelly Armstrong, Scott Perry, William Timmons, Tim Burchett, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lisa McClain, Lauren Boebert, Russell Fry, Anna Paulina Luna, Chuck Edwards, Nick Langworthy, and Eric Burlison.
See a copy of the signed/unsigned statement below or at this link.
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February 10, 2023
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) did not mince words when she shared her opinion of the sex trafficking investigation of her colleague, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
Mace's remarks arrived during the Washington Press...
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https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/nancy-mace
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2021
427Supporting Tribal Management of BisonWildlife, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests
2021385Transformative Climate, Jobs, and Justice Investments (2x Score)Climate Change, Air, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice, Transportation, Public Lands/Forests, Water, Other
2021385Transformative Climate, Jobs, and Justice InvestmentsClimate Change, Air, Clean Energy, Drilling, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests, Transportation, Water, Other
2021379Censuring Paul GosarJustice and Democracy
2021272Taking Action on PFAS ContaminationToxics/Public Right to Know
2021260Restoring the Voting Rights ActJustice and Democracy
2021247Pro-Environment Funding PackageOther, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Air, Clean Water, Environmental Justice
2021217Protecting People from PFASToxics/Public Right to Know; Water
2021208Investing in Transportation and Water InfrastructureClimate Change, Transportation, Water, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice
2021206Building Climate-resilient Wastewater InfrastructureWater, Climate Change
2021201Investing in Climate-Smart and Pro-Wildlife InfrastructureTransportation, Climate Change, Wildlife
2021196Removing Confederate Statues from the U.S. CapitolLands/Forests, Justice and Democracy
2021185Repealing Assault on Methane Pollution SafeguardsClimate Change, Dirty Energy
2021169Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure RequirementsClimate Change; Other
2021145Increasing Awareness and Reporting of Hate CrimesOther, Justice and Democracy
2021132Washington, D.C. StatehoodJustice and Democracy
202191Protecting Dreamers and Immigrants Fleeing DisastersJustice and Democracy, Other
202170Protecting the Rights of Workers to OrganizeOther, Justice and Democracy
202162Voting Rights and Democracy ReformsJustice and Democracy
202145Protecting Public Lands and Waters Across the WestPublic Lands/Forests
202117Impeachment for Incitement of InsurrectionJustice and Democracy
202111Certifying Pennsylvania’s Electoral VotesJustice and Democracy
202110Certifying Arizona’s Electoral VotesJustice and Democracy
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https://www.alternet.org/2022/06/aoc-american-terrorism-january-6th/
'This is what American terrorism looks like': AOC blasts participants and enablers of January 6th coup
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came out swinging after watching Thursday night’s House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, lambasting both her Republican congressional colleagues and “right-wingers” in general.
“AOC,” as the New York Democrat is often called, tweeted what appears to be her own cellphone recorded clip of a portion of the 11-minute documentary the Committee included in Thursday’s hearing. In that tweeted video someone, presumably the Congresswoman, can be heard saying, “Jesus Christ” when viewing the insurrectionists on the Capital grounds.
“In the days and weeks after the attack, right-wingers tried to downplay what happened,” she tweeted. “They said it was small. They accused us of lying by saying the attack was ‘only’ @ the dome. No. They were everywhere. The screams were everywhere. This is what American terrorism looks like.”
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, like most members of the House and Senate, was at the Capitol on January 6. Her commentary reveals how difficult it is for those who were there to relive the experience.
Tweeting out another clip, AOC reminds that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was “tweeting the Speaker’s location as this was all happening.”
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“When I spoke of my fear of being raped again while locked in my office bathroom,” she adds, Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson “mocked it. So did Boebert.” South Carolina GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace “insinuated to her supporters it was a lie.”
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In February 2022, words like “pathetic” and “groveling” were used to describe Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina when she praised former President Donald Trump’s policies in a video made in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan. The conservative GOP congresswoman, facing an aggressive primary challenge from far-right Katie Arrington, was hoping to get back in Trump’s good graces after criticizing him for the January 6, 2021 insurrection. And The Bulwark’s Bill Kristol was among the Never Trump conservatives who called out the video as “pathetic.”
Trump and other MAGA Republicans have repeatedly attacked Mace as a RINO (Republican In Name Only). Regardless, Mace defeated Arrington by 8 percent in that GOP primary and went on to defeat Democrat Annie Andrews by 14 percent in the general election.
Now serving a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mace continues to draw criticism from MAGA members of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s caucus who believe she isn’t far enough to the right. And Mace, interviewed by Axios in late January, discussed the flak she has been getting from them.
READ MORE: 'What backroom deals were cut?': GOP rep sounds the alarm on Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA giveaway
The 45-year-old congresswoman told Axios, “I’ve been called to the principal’s office quite a lot. Sometimes, it’s the vice principal’s office. And I got called to the principal’s office this week.”
Although generally right-wing in her views, Mace has done a lot of things to upset the MAGA crowd — from clashing with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to being honest enough to admit that the abortion issue hurt Republicans in the 2022 midterms. On top of those things, Mace has opposed MAGA efforts to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a left-wing Democrat, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Mace told Axios, “The infighting we have going on — I mean, we have a vote today about ousting a member of Congress from their committee. We are just delaying and distracting from what we should be working on. We’re distracted by partisanship and politics right now.”
The South Carolina Republican said that “a lot of people” in her party have contacted her about her position on Omar, but she isn’t budging. “I don't care how much pressure people put on me,” Mace told Axios.
READ MORE: How Nancy Mace survived Trump’s wrath in an ugly bitter GOP primary
Read Axios’ full report on Mace at this link.
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby: Conservative climate event pushes for congressional action
Published on March 17th, 2022
TAGGED: CARBON FEE, CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY, CONGRESS, CONSERVATIVE, ECORIGHT
At the end of this month, conservative voters from across America will come to D.C. to build Republican support for a carbon price. This conservative climate leadership conference is hosted by Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) and will be attended by more than 60 people who identify on the political right.
Citizens' Climate Lobby: Conservative climate event pushes for congressional action By Flannery Winchester
On Tues., March 29, attendees will hear from CCL staff, business leaders, other organizations on the eco-right, and members of Congress. Invited speakers from the Hill include Rep. John Curtis (R-UT-03), Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC-01), Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), among others.
“Today, we see Republicans in Congress getting engaged on the climate issue and bringing conservative solutions to the table. This event will show them that their voters are behind them and eager for them to do even more,” said Drew Eyerly, Conservative Outreach Director for CCL.
On Wed., March 30, attendees will be split between two tracks to receive training in lobbying and climate communications. The two tracks are based on age, offering tailored content for climate advocates who are over age 40 and those who are under 40. According to an Ipsos/Newsy poll, 77 percent of young Republicans say climate change is a serious threat.Research shows that 75 percent of Republicans under 40 support a specific policy of putting a price on carbon pollution and giving regular dividends to households, which CCL is pushing for.
“It’s especially important that representatives hear from younger conservatives, who we know are more than twice as likely to say this is an important issue to them, than older conservatives,” said Nate Abercrombie, CCL’s Conservative Outreach Coordinator in a recent interview.
The advocates at this month’s event are yet another wave in the tide of grassroots advocates pushing Congress for climate action. Each June, more than a thousand volunteers of all political stripes attend CCL’s annual conference and hold hundreds of meetings with congressional offices.
“Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonpartisan organization, and we believe that the best way to achieve strong, lasting climate legislation is with support across the political spectrum,” explained Madeleine Para, CCL’s Executive Director. “We’re grateful to these conservative volunteers for making their voices heard at this event. With every conversation, they’re showing elected Republicans that climate change should be a bridge issue that we all work together on.”
Flannery Winchester has put her words to work for magazines, for marketing agencies, and now for our earth as the Communications Director for Citizens’ Climate Lobby . She is grateful to spend every day working to preserve this beautiful planet.
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https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/right-wing-media-weaponized-vice-president-kamala-harris-climate-equity-comments-push
Right-wing media weaponized Vice President Kamala Harris' climate equity comments to push a white grievance narrative
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CLIMATE & ENERGY
WRITTEN BY EVLONDO COOPER
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALLISON FISHER, ALICIA SADOWSKI & KATHERINE ABUGHAZALEH
PUBLISHED 10/03/22
Update (10/4/22): This piece has been updated with additional segments from Fox News’ evening and prime-time programming.
On September 30, as public officials assessed the catastrophic devastation Hurricane Ian caused to large swaths of southwest Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked to discuss global socioeconomic disparities in climate change impact during theDemocratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum. As part of her response, Harris remarked: “It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making.”
Since then, right-wing politicians and media figures have been lying about the context of her remarks to falsely imply that the Biden administration planned to deny disaster relief to white victims of Hurricane Ian.
This white grievance narrative is inherently divisive and denies the reality that low-income communities and communities of color are on the frontlines of the climate crisis and have far fewer resources to adapt, evacuate, and rebuild before and after devastating disasters. These inequities are often compounded by discriminatory practices in receiving federal aid.
This narrative also denies the reality that a large number of poor, white Americans stand to benefit from an equity-focused approach to disaster relief. As NewsOne succinctly stated:
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, communities across Florida were slammed by the fierce storm. And without the express commitment to equity in the recovery process, flooded communities like an Orange County low-income housing complex that flooded or a North Fort Meyers trailer park might not actually get the support they need.
Everyone who suffered losses due to Hurricane Ian must be provided with the resources they need to rebuild and recover. Although Harris’ remarks were not specifically about the federal response to Hurricane Ian, her response cuts to the core of what equity is designed to achieve: Equity is not about exclusion; it's about ensuring that the most vulnerable populations are fully included in disaster relief and future climate adaptation and mitigation planning.
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But the right doesn’t do nuance. And weaponizing the vice president’s anodyne comments about climate equity allows right-wing media to downplay or deny the role global warming is playing in extreme weather events, while running interference on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, the primary driver of the climate crisis. It also allows the network and its media allies to further rile up their viewership with culture war narratives ahead of the upcoming midterm election.
And both of those moves fit into Fox News' larger playbook. For much of 2022, the network has led the right-wing mediasphere in pushing a series of unrelenting narratives that sought to undermine the Biden administration’s climate actions, while absolving the fossil fuel industry from any wrongdoing.
Below is a non-exhaustive catalog of Fox News personalities and guests and other right-wing media figures advancing this false and cynical narrative:
Fox News contributor Charlie Hurt: “It's pretty disgusting.” Appearing on The Ingraham Angle, Fox News contributor Charlie Hurt attacked Harris’ equity comments, asserting, “I think it's completely transparent and people see right through it. And when you have Democrats trying to politicize a natural disaster like this, whether it's by trying to justify their crazy power scam that they want global warming to provide them, or in their effort to try to trash their political opponents, using a tragedy like this, it's pretty disgusting.” [Fox News, The Ingraham Angle, 10/3/22]
Fox host Tucker Carlson:“She has a new plan to distribute relief, of course, on the basis of race. … So this is immoral.” Fox host Tucker Carlson claimed that Harris planned to “distribute relief, of course, on the basis of race,” before continuing, “So this is immoral. Not one thing ever in American life should be distributed on the basis of race. Ever. However, as long as we’re becoming a two-tiered society with a privileged class and an underclass, how about rewarding good behavior? Why not give priority to Americans who pay their taxes? Follow the law? Raise decent children who don’t join gangs or sell drugs or spray paint things or shoot people?” [Fox News, Tucker Carlson Tonight, 10/3/22]
Fox host Bret Baier:“President Biden and his team are trying to clean up – at least rhetorically – from a self-inflicted wound by Vice President Kamala Harris.” Fox host Bret Baier accused the White House of trying to spin the vice president’s “self-inflicted wound” before adding, “She made a comment that most interpreted as her saying that federal aid to hurricane victims should be distributed through the prism of race and equity to make up for injustices in years past.” [Fox News, Special Report, 10/3/22]
Fox host Jesse Watters:“Kamala Harris picking the wrong time to go woke after Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on Florida. … Is the vice president saying white Floridians should get their hurricane relief last?” During October 3, 2022, episode of The Five, co-host Jesse Watters accused the vice president of “using this tragedy to push her radical ideology'' and later claimed that “the White House is trying to clean up her mess.” The discourse further devolved into a panel discussion that featured co-host Greg Gutfeld waxing philosophical about equity. [Fox News, The Five, 10/3/22]
Fox host Kayleigh McEnany: “At a time when America came together — perhaps one of the most unifying times in our country is after a natural disaster, when the whole country comes together — she chooses to invoke such hateful, divisive, race-based rhetoric.” During the intro to Outnumbered, host McEnany attacked Harris for her comments on equity and falsely claimed she “invok[ed] such hateful, divisive, race-based rhetoric.” Later, during a panel discussion, co-host Harris Faulkner added, “Because what she’s doing is she is following Biden's footsteps in terms of dividing us along a racial line for votes.” [Fox News, Outnumbered, 10/3/22]
Fox host Harris Faulkner: “Vice president Kamala Harris willing to do the unthinkable, divide Hurricane Ian victims by race. Was she trying to say she would prefer to help the ones she chooses first?” Before running down the damage Hurricane Ian did to Florida, Faulkner falsely claimed that Harris “was willing to do the unthinkable, divide Hurricane Ian victims by race.” This led to a longer segment that collected right-wing reaction to Harris’ statement about equity, which correspondent Peter Doocy described as “race-based relief.” [Fox News, The Faulkner Focus, 10/3/22]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC): “It is incredibly racist. Can you imagine someone saying the exact opposite, that only whites and men should get hurricane resources first? I mean, that’s crazy town.” Appearing on Sunday Night in America, Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace responded to a loaded question about Harris’ equity comments by calling her statement, “incredibly racist” and added, “The fact that the vice president of the United States is making those kinds of comments shows a lack of leadership. … We shouldn’t see it through the lens of color like the vice president does.” [Fox News, Sunday Night in America, 10/2/22]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL): “Now is not the time to be talking about who gets what based upon where you started. It's about helping people, making sure they get the resources they need to them as quickly as possible, helping them recover as quickly as possible. That's what matters. That other stuff can wait for another day.” In response to a question about Harris’ equity comments from Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo, Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds claimed that now was the wrong time to discuss who has access to disaster recovery. “That other stuff can wait for another day. Obviously, we're going to have elections about that stuff in about a month or so,” he said. [Fox News, Sunday Morning Futures, 10/2/22]
Fox host Will Cain: “Unfortunately, for many of those in power, relief isn’t going to be something equally distributed, because of course now our focus is not on equality but is on equity. In other words: racism.” During the October 1 episode of Fox & Friends Saturday, host Will Cain claimed that “equity” is another word for “racism.” Later he expounded upon his understanding of equity: “What she went on to say is we want to distribute funds essentially according to — I don’t know exactly how she defined equity, underprivileged communities. In essence, what she would say — what she is saying — is Brown and Black. What she is saying is hurricane relief needs to be distributed according to the color of your skin.” [Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday, 10/1/22]
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Daily Caller: “Kamala Harris Says Disaster Relief Should Be ‘Based On Equity.’”
The Daily Wire: “Kamala Harris Blasted For Pushing ‘Racist’ Policy In Response To Hurricane Damage.”
FoxNews.com: “VP Kamala Harris says hurricane recovery should take 'equity' into account.”
The New York Post:“VP Harris slammed for saying Hurricane Ian aid will be ‘based on equity.’”
Newsmax.com: “VP Harris: Hurricane Ian Aid 'Based on Equity' and Race.”
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https://www.alternet.org/2021/02/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
As U.S. lawmakers on Thursday prepared to take to the floor of the House of Representatives to tell their stories of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Republicans who cast aspersions upon her experiences on that deadly day.
Right-wing media and pundits have called into question accounts by Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) that she feared for her life during the storming of the Capitol by a murderous mob inflamed by President Donald Trump and his lie that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen."
In a January 13 Instagram Live video, Ocasio-Cortez said, "I can tell you that I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die" as the pro-Trump invaders rampaged through the Capitol complex,fatally beating a Capitol police officer, trampling a woman to death, and chanting threats including "hang [
and"take me to the traitors."
On Monday, Ocasio-Cortez
a new Instagram Live video in which she provided more details of how she was traumatized during the Capitol attack, including how she hid silently with her legislative director, Geraldo Bonilla Chavez, in the office of Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and feared she would have to run for her life.
"I thought I was going to die," she said. [vid]
although many members of Congress—both Republican and Democrat—recounted their own terror on January 6, and although a member of the mob who advocated for the assassination of Ocasio-Cortez was arrested by the FBI, numerous Republicans have challenged the congresswoman's story of what happened that day.
Ocasio-Cortez hit back at one of them, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), on Thursday after the conservative congresswoman—who intially said she barricaded herself inside her office and slept there overnight in fear of the mob—changed her story in order to call the Democrat a liar....
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