Dispatches
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June 8, 2026 · DispatchPrimary day: South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary
The South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary is held June 9, 2026, with Mace polling at roughly 12–15 percent after Trump endorsed rival Pamela Evette on May 29.
May 31, 2026 · DispatchMace posts 'PAM is a SCAM' at gubernatorial opponent Lt. Gov. Pam Evette after debate withdrawal
On May 31, 2026, Mace posted on X mocking her Republican gubernatorial primary opponent Lt. Gov. Pam Evette as a 'scam' after Evette withdrew from a scheduled debate.
May 20, 2026 · DispatchMace continues House duties amid governor run
The congresswoman continued her work in the U.S. House while campaigning for governor, now in her third term representing South Carolina's 1st district.
May 20, 2026 · DispatchMace introduces constitutional amendment to bar naturalized citizens from Congress: 'Not Somalia. Not any other country.'
On May 20, 2026, Mace introduced a joint resolution to amend the Constitution to bar naturalized citizens from serving in Congress or on the federal bench, naming three Democratic members — all naturalized — as her motivation.
April 15, 2026 · DispatchPolling in the SC governor's race: spring 2026
Mace led the Republican gubernatorial field in early polling but her support began softening through April and May 2026.
March 2, 2026 · DispatchCampaign-trail activity picks up in early spring
Campaign activity for the 2026 governor's race increased as spring began, with Mace leading early internal polling at roughly 24 percent.
January 15, 2026 · DispatchMace attacks AG Alan Wilson: 'If you're a pedophile, you definitely want Alan Wilson to prosecute your case'
On January 15, 2026, Mace attacked her chief governor's-race rival, AG Alan Wilson, with a 'pedophile paradise' line after a child sex offender was arrested and released the same day; Wilson's office said Mace had 'drastically mischaracterized' the data she cited.
December 10, 2025 · Dispatch2025 in review: from Congress to a governor's bid
A look back at 2025, the year Nancy Mace's focus turned toward the South Carolina governorship while serving her third term in the U.S. House.
November 19, 2025 · DispatchMace tells Rep. Cory Mills 'You're a disgrace' on the House floor as her censure resolution is read
As a clerk read Mace's censure resolution on the House floor in November 2025, she confronted Rep. Cory Mills face-to-face and told him 'You're a disgrace'; reporters also observed her appearing to mouth an additional expletive.
November 17, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant: 'Today I authorized my attorneys to file a temporary restraining order against Nancy Ruth Mace'
On November 17, 2025, Patrick Bryant announced a temporary restraining order motion against Rep. Nancy Mace and said a judge had ruled that 'Jane Doe' (Alexis 'Ali' Berg) and the witness Melissa Britton could no longer remain anonymous.
November 14, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant publishes Mace's emails to his lawyers: 'You poked the wrong bear. And you will pay dearly.'
On November 14, 2025, Patrick Bryant published what he said were verbatim emails Rep. Nancy Mace sent to his attorneys, including profanity-laced threats, and said his lawsuit was supported by sworn affidavits and digital forensics.
November 6, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant: 'Today I filed a counterclaim and third-party complaint… Where is the evidence?'
On November 6, 2025, Patrick Bryant announced he had filed a counterclaim and third-party complaint in Charleston County Court against Nancy Mace and alleged co-conspirators, denying he had ever assaulted anyone and demanding evidence.
November 3, 2025 · DispatchMace calls airport police report 'a complete and total political hit job'
On November 3, 2025, Mace responded to the published police report from her October 30 airport confrontation by dismissing it as a political attack and defending the use of profanity.
November 3, 2025 · DispatchMace on Charleston airport dispute: 'Did I drop an F-bomb? I hope I did'
On November 3, 2025, Mace told reporters she would not apologize for her conduct toward TSA officers and police during an October 30 dispute at Charleston International Airport, saying she hoped she had dropped an expletive.
November 3, 2025 · DispatchMace refuses airport apology: 'You are not going to get it'
On November 3, 2025, Mace flatly refused to apologize for her conduct toward Charleston airport officers, calling them 'incompetent government employees.'
October 30, 2025 · DispatchMace to airport police: 'This is no way to treat a fucking U.S. Representative'
According to the official Charleston International Airport police report, Mace berated officers at the airport on October 30, 2025, invoking her congressional status.
October 30, 2025 · DispatchMace to airport officers: 'You would never treat Tim Scott like this'
Per the official police report, Mace invoked Sen. Tim Scott's name during her October 30, 2025 confrontation with officers at Charleston International Airport.
October 28, 2025 · DispatchMace posts 'Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve' during governor run
While campaigning for South Carolina governor, Mace posted the anti-same-sex-marriage slogan 'Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve' — three years after voting for the Respect for Marriage Act.
September 19, 2025 · DispatchMace at Bowman bond hearing: 'I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his life'
On September 19, 2025, Mace spoke publicly at Eric Bowman's domestic-violence bond hearing and stated she hoped he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
September 18, 2025 · DispatchMace tells D.C. mayor the city has become a 'poster child for DEI and gender madness' — and 'this is not her time'
At a House Oversight Committee hearing on September 18, 2025, Mace told D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser that the District had become a 'poster child for DEI and gender madness' and cut off Bowser's responses by declaring 'this is not her time.'
September 18, 2025 · DispatchAfter censure fails, Mace turns on Republican colleagues: 'They showed us exactly who they are. Never forget it.'
On September 18, 2025, after four Republican colleagues voted with Democrats to table her Omar censure resolution, Mace attacked them publicly — including Rep. Cory Mills, whom she had earlier praised as a mentor.
September 18, 2025 · DispatchMace to D.C. Mayor Bowser: 'What is a woman?'
During a September 18, 2025 House committee hearing, Mace pressed D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on the definition of 'woman' under the D.C. Code.
September 18, 2025 · DispatchMace to Mayor Bowser: 'You can be quiet as I ask you questions'
During the same September 18, 2025 House committee hearing, Mace cut off D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser mid-response with a pointed instruction.
September 17, 2025 · DispatchMace's Omar censure resolution built on a quote Omar never said
On September 17, 2025, Mace introduced a House censure resolution against Rep. Ilhan Omar alleging she had 'mocked' Charlie Kirk's killing; journalist Mehdi Hasan stated publicly that Omar had condemned the killing, and Omar noted the resolution contained no direct quote from her. The resolution failed 214–213.
September 17, 2025 · DispatchMace tweets: 'Why did Ilhan Omar marry her brother? Immigration fraud? Brotherly love?'
On September 17, 2025, during her push to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, Mace posted a tweet invoking a long-debunked conspiracy theory that Omar married her brother to gain U.S. citizenship.
September 17, 2025 · DispatchMace to Rep. Ilhan Omar: 'One-way ticket to Somalia'
During her push to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, Mace posted on X that she had a 'one-way ticket to Somalia' with Omar's name on it.
September 16, 2025 · DispatchMace says transgender people 'are violently ill and should be in a straitjacket with a hard steel lock on it'
On September 16, 2025, in a street interview first reported via Don Lemon's Bluesky, Mace called Tyler Robinson — the man arrested for Kirk's assassination — 'radicalized' by the transgender community, and said trans people should be institutionalized.
September 12, 2025 · DispatchMace on threats after Kirk shooting: 'The hate pouring in from Democrats is vile, evil, and unhinged'
On September 12, 2025, after Mace's office received threats in response to her claims about Kirk's shooter, she issued a statement attributing all threats to Democrats while framing her own false claims about the shooter's identity as protected speech.
September 11, 2025 · DispatchMace after Charlie Kirk shooting: 'Democrats owned what happened today'
On September 11, 2025, Mace told reporters that Democrats bore responsibility for Charlie Kirk's killing, but declined to apply the same logic when asked about a Republican-linked shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker.
September 11, 2025 · DispatchMace after Kirk assassination: 'I'm gonna be louder than I've ever been until this shit stops'
Immediately after Charlie Kirk's assassination on September 11, 2025, Mace pledged to escalate her rhetoric, framing Democratic speech as having caused the killing.
September 11, 2025 · DispatchMace speculates before any arrest that Kirk's shooter 'was a tranny or pro-tranny'
On September 11, 2025, before any suspect was arrested in Charlie Kirk's assassination, Mace told reporters the killer was likely transgender, based on nothing; the man later arrested had a partner who was reportedly transitioning.
September 10, 2025 · DispatchMace shouts 'What the hell is your problem? You are disgusting' at Rep. Jacobs on House floor, then offers surgeon referral on X
During defense-bill debate on September 10, 2025, Mace shouted at Rep. Sara Jacobs on the House floor, then followed up on X offering Jacobs a referral to a plastic surgeon.
September 2, 2025 · DispatchMace tweet: 'Full blown panic attack' after leaving Epstein victims briefing early
On September 2, 2025, Mace posted on X explaining she had left an Oversight Committee briefing with Epstein victims early, describing a panic attack she said was triggered by listening to their accounts.
August 7, 2025 · DispatchMace at Myrtle Beach town hall: 'I'm a victim of the justice system like you all are'
At her gubernatorial campaign kickoff town hall on August 7, 2025, Mace cast herself alongside constituents as a victim of the justice system and pledged to bring 'law and order' to South Carolina.
August 6, 2025 · DispatchMace launches governor campaign declaring 'I am Trump in high heels' and vowing to 'burn it down to the ground'
At a Myrtle Beach town hall on August 6, 2025, Mace officially launched her South Carolina gubernatorial campaign by vowing to burn down what is broken in the state and calling herself 'Trump in high heels.'
August 4, 2025 · DispatchMace enters SC governor's race: 'South Carolina doesn't need another empty suit'
On August 4, 2025, Mace officially announced her campaign for South Carolina governor, framing her candidacy as a contrast to what she called 'empty suits.'
June 27, 2025 · DispatchMace's own motion shows she signed a quitclaim deed to her ex-fiancé on Feb. 13, 2025 — three days after accusing him of crimes on the House floor
Mace's June 27, 2025 motion to enforce her settlement with Brendan (Patrick) Bryant documents that she executed a quitclaim deed transferring the beach house to him on Feb. 13, 2025 — days after her Feb. 10 floor speech — while their property settlement was still being carried out.
June 3, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant: 'People often ask, how did I ever love Nancy Mace?'
On June 3, 2025, Patrick Bryant reflected publicly on his former relationship with Nancy Mace while sharing coverage of her abrupt reversal on LGBTQ issues.
May 23, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant shares Donehue deposition: Mace strategist testified she 'asked me to blackmail Patrick Bryant'
On May 23, 2025, Patrick Bryant shared the Post & Courier's report on sworn deposition testimony by Mace's former campaign strategist Wesley Donehue, who said the congresswoman asked him to blackmail her ex-fiancé over jointly held property.
May 20, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant: 'I categorically deny the false and outrageous claims made by Nancy Mace'
On May 20, 2025 — the day Rep. Nancy Mace testified before a House Oversight subcommittee — her former fiancé Patrick Bryant issued a public statement denying her allegations and demanding she repeat them outside the protections of Congress.
May 12, 2025 · DispatchMace's own defamation complaint puts her House-floor accusations — and the men's furious replies — into the public record
Suing Eric Bowman for defamation on May 12, 2025, Mace's complaint confirms she 'identified four individuals' from the House floor and reproduces, verbatim, the very accusations she calls false — including claims she steered VA contracts and 'destroy[ed] innocent men with zero evidence, zero charges.'
April 25, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant on Mace's reversal: 'Just two years ago, she sounded like an entirely different person'
On April 25, 2025, Patrick Bryant shared a column on Nancy Mace's political shift, contrasting her 2023 support for LGBTQ rights with her later rhetoric and noting the timeline of their breakup.
April 21, 2025 · DispatchMace repeats anti-trans slur at USC student who asked her to apologize: 'Is tr*nny really derogatory?'
At a Turning Point USA campus event, a 20-year-old transgender USC student asked Mace to apologize for using an anti-trans slur; Mace responded by questioning whether the term is derogatory and repeating it.
April 19, 2025 · DispatchMace at Ulta Beauty: 'Fuck you. You are absolutely fucking insane.'
On April 19, 2025, Mace was recorded confronting constituent Ely Murray-Quick at an Ulta Beauty in Mount Pleasant, S.C., after Murray-Quick asked when she would hold a town hall; Mace posted the video herself.
April 11, 2025 · DispatchMace asks Iowa crowd for permission to use anti-trans slur, then repeats it three times
On April 11, 2025, speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, Mace asked the audience whether she could say the anti-transgender slur, then repeated it three times to laughter while praising Iowa for removing transgender people as a protected class.
March 19, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant shares Live5 report: Mace declines Mount Pleasant town hall, citing 'left-wing extremists'
On March 19, 2025, Patrick Bryant amplified a Live5News report that Rep. Nancy Mace declined an invitation to a Mount Pleasant town hall, citing concerns about 'left-wing extremists.'
March 14, 2025 · DispatchMace posts 'Estrogen doesn't love you' at a transgender influencer
From her official congressional X account, Mace replied 'Estrogen doesn't love you' to a transgender influencer's transition photo; the post drew roughly 15 million views.
March 10, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant on Brian Musgrave: 'Absolutely everything said about him is a lie'
On March 10, 2025, Patrick Bryant publicly defended his longtime friend Brian Musgrave — one of the men Mace named on the House floor — pointing to a CNN interview in which Musgrave denied Mace's allegations.
March 9, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant shares P&C report: Mace 'declined to answer' on private vs. taxpayer-funded defense
On March 9, 2025, Patrick Bryant shared a Post & Courier report on the legal exposure facing Rep. Nancy Mace after her House floor speech, spotlighting that her office declined to say whether she would use a private or taxpayer-funded attorney.
February 15, 2025 · DispatchMace pins clip of herself repeating slur with caption: 'Rumor has it, saying it three times summons a Leftist meltdown'
In February 2025, Mace pinned a clip of herself repeating an anti-transgender slur three times at a House hearing to her official congressional X account, captioning it as a joke about triggering political opponents.
February 11, 2025 · DispatchMace tweet: 'I cannot unsee what you did to this young woman in a rape tape'
On February 11, 2025, Mace posted on X responding to John Osborne's denial, alleging she had discovered a rape tape on Patrick Bryant's phone.
February 11, 2025 · DispatchPatrick Bryant: 'I hope others will stand up for John Osborne'
On February 11, 2025, a day after Mace's House floor speech, Patrick Bryant publicly defended his friend John Osborne, calling the consequences Osborne faced 'without being investigated, without being charged, and without a shred of real evidence.'
February 10, 2025 · DispatchMace's floor speech: 'I'm going scorched earth' on predators
In a roughly 53-minute House floor speech on February 10, 2025, Mace named multiple men she alleged had assaulted or exploited her and other women, vowing to 'burn this system to the ground' if necessary.
February 5, 2025 · DispatchMace tells Rep. Connolly she won't be 'counseled by a man over men and women's spaces'
Continuing her exchange with Rep. Connolly at the February 5 Oversight hearing, Mace said she would not take guidance from a man on gendered spaces and characterized transgender women as having 'mental health issues.'
February 5, 2025 · DispatchMace repeats anti-trans slur three times on hearing record after colleague's objection: 'Tr*nny, tr*nny, tr*nny!'
When Rep. Gerry Connolly raised a parliamentary objection to Mace's use of an anti-transgender slur, she repeated it three times on the record at the same House Oversight hearing.
February 5, 2025 · DispatchMace opens USAID hearing with anti-trans slur: 'Does this advance the interests of American citizens, paying for tr*****s in Guatemala?'
At a House Oversight Committee hearing on USAID foreign spending, Mace opened with a question using a slur directed at transgender people.
January 28, 2025 · DispatchMace on potential governor rival: 'I will take him out'
On January 28, 2025, before formally announcing her own gubernatorial run, Mace vowed to personally ensure an unspecified potential opponent never became South Carolina's governor.
December 10, 2024 · DispatchMace tweet: 'I was physically accosted at the Capitol tonight by a pro-tr*ns man. FAFO.'
On December 10, 2024, Mace posted on X alleging she had been physically accosted at the Capitol by a 'pro-tr*ns man'; Capitol Police arrested foster-care advocate James McIntyre, whose charges were later dropped in April 2025.
December 5, 2024 · DispatchMace posts on X: 'If tr*****s is considered a slur then cis should be too'
The day after posting a video mocking arrested transgender protesters with a slur, Mace posted on X defending her word choice by arguing the term 'cis' should be treated the same way.
December 4, 2024 · DispatchMace mocks arrested transgender activists with anti-trans slur in Capitol video post
After transgender activists were arrested at a Capitol sit-in protesting her bathroom bill, Mace posted a video using a slur to describe them.
November 19, 2024 · DispatchMace invokes rape survival to justify bathroom bill targeting Rep.-elect McBride: 'Yes and absolutely, and then some'
On November 19, 2024, Mace cited her own history as a rape and domestic-abuse survivor as justification for her transgender bathroom resolution, and confirmed directly that it targeted Rep.-elect Sarah McBride.
November 19, 2024 · DispatchMace on transgender bathroom resolution: 'This is the last war on women and I aim to stop it'
On November 19, 2024, Mace introduced a House resolution barring transgender women from Capitol restrooms the week before Rep.-elect Sarah McBride was to be sworn in as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.
November 15, 2024 · DispatchMace posts 'McBride, a biological male, does not get a say in women's private spaces' and 'if you have balls we don't want you in the women's bathroom'
Mace posted two statements on Instagram and social media targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride while promoting her Capitol bathroom-access resolution in November 2024.
October 14, 2024 · DispatchMace declares herself 'THE LEADING VOICE on women's issues'
Invoking her account of surviving rape and domestic violence, Mace posted on X that she is 'THE LEADING VOICE on women's issues in the party.'
August 15, 2024 · DispatchMace defies CNN panel on Harris name pronunciation: 'I will say Kamala's name any way that I want to'
On August 15, 2024, Mace repeatedly mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris's name on CNN after initially saying it correctly, then defiantly told the panel she would say it however she wanted when called out for disrespect.
July 22, 2024 · DispatchMace tells Secret Service Director: 'You're full of shit today. You're just being completely dishonest.'
On July 22, 2024, Mace confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at a House Oversight hearing on the Butler assassination attempt, calling her dishonest and filing an impeachment resolution against her the same evening; Cheatle resigned the following day.
July 21, 2024 · DispatchMace files 25th Amendment resolution: 'Joe Biden is a national security risk'
One day after Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race, Mace filed a privileged House resolution urging Vice President Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment, arguing Biden lacked the cognitive ability to finish his term.
June 2, 2024 · DispatchMace defends flip to endorsing Trump: 'We've had three-and-a-half years of Joe Biden now, and it's pretty easy'
Appearing on NewsNation on June 2, 2024, Mace defended her decision to endorse Donald Trump after years of publicly criticizing him following January 6.
April 28, 2024 · DispatchMace calls assassination hypothetical 'asinine,' pivots to 'How much did Bill Clinton pay off the women?'
In the same April 28, 2024 NPR interview, Mace dismissed the Supreme Court's presidential immunity assassination hypothetical as asinine, then deflected questions about the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial with a rhetorical question about Bill Clinton that NPR's fact-check addressed.
April 28, 2024 · DispatchMace calls NPR interview 'clickbait' and accuses host of being 'leftists in the media'
On April 28, 2024, during a live NPR interview about Trump's criminal trial and Supreme Court immunity arguments, Mace accused host Ayesha Rascoe of bias and called the interview 'clickbait for NPR'; NPR ran a fact-check of her statements in the same broadcast.
April 11, 2024 · DispatchMace on CNN endorses state-by-state abortion votes: 'Every state should put this issue on the ballot. Let the people decide'
On CNN on April 11, 2024, Mace endorsed a state-by-state approach to abortion policy and called Arizona's 1864 abortion ban 'a terrible law.'
April 6, 2024 · DispatchOn her first recorded call with Ali Berg, Mace lays out a civil suit against Patrick Bryant: 'He can sell a building or two, settle, be done' and accusers 'can get 150 K each'
FITSNews published the full audio of Nancy Mace's first recorded phone call with Ali Berg. Across 44 minutes Mace asks the call stay 'private,' spends little time on the alleged assault or the man she names as the assailant, never offers a victim advocate or a referral to law enforcement, and instead pitches a civil lawsuit against her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant — predicting he will 'sell a building or two, settle,' and that accusers could 'get 150 K each.'
April 2, 2024 · DispatchTen months before accusing him from the House floor, Mace sued her ex-fiancé to split the beach house they owned together
On April 2, 2024, Mace filed a partition action against Brendan (Patrick) Bryant to divide or sell a jointly owned Isle of Palms beach house. Her own complaint records that she and the man she would later accuse of crimes each held 'an undivided one half' interest in the property.
March 10, 2024 · DispatchMace to Stephanopoulos: 'I live with shame'
On March 10, 2024, Mace pushed back at George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week after he pressed her on endorsing Trump given her public history as a rape survivor.
February 2, 2024 · DispatchMace endorses Trump: 'Donald Trump is the only man who can save America'
On February 2, 2024, Mace endorsed Donald Trump over fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley ahead of the state's Republican primary.
January 22, 2024 · DispatchMace endorses Trump over Haley: 'It's been a complete shit show since he left the White House'
On January 22, 2024, Mace endorsed Donald Trump over Nikki Haley — who lives in Mace's own congressional district and had backed her in 2022 — the day before the New Hampshire primary, reversing her post-January 6 declaration that Trump had no future in the GOP.
January 10, 2024 · DispatchMace calls for Hunter Biden to be 'arrested right here, right now, and go straight to jail'
During the January 10, 2024 House Oversight contempt hearing, Mace called for Hunter Biden's immediate on-site arrest after he appeared uninvited, making national headlines for the confrontational delivery.
January 10, 2024 · DispatchMace erupts at Hunter Biden: 'You are the epitome of white privilege… you have no balls to come up here'
On January 10, 2024, Mace directed a profanity-laced tirade at Hunter Biden after he made a surprise appearance at a House Oversight contempt hearing, also calling for him to be arrested on the spot.
December 1, 2023 · DispatchMace votes against Santos expulsion: 'George Santos is an a--, who, like every other American, deserves the presumption of innocence'
On December 1, 2023, Mace voted against expelling Rep. George Santos despite having called his entire résumé 'manufactured' eleven months earlier, arguing the expulsion vote was about shifting congressional power rather than accountability.
October 11, 2023 · DispatchMace refuses to back Scalise for Speaker: 'I cannot, in good conscience, vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference'
On October 11, 2023, Mace said on CNN she could not vote for Steve Scalise as House Speaker because he had spoken at an event associated with David Duke's white nationalist organization in 2002; Scalise ultimately withdrew his candidacy.
October 11, 2023 · DispatchMace wears scarlet-letter shirt: 'I will do the right thing every single time'
On October 11, 2023, one week after voting to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Mace wore a red 'A' T-shirt to Congress and described feeling demonized as a woman for her vote.
October 5, 2023 · DispatchMace tells CNN 'I have not been fundraising off of this' — contradicted by her own timeline
On October 5, 2023, Mace denied fundraising immediately after McCarthy's ouster on CNN, but reporters had been tipped about a fundraising appeal she sent within one hour of the vote — the same behavior she had condemned in Matt Gaetz nine months earlier.
October 3, 2023 · DispatchMace explains McCarthy ouster vote: 'This isn't about left vs right. This is about trust and keeping your word.'
On October 3, 2023, Mace was one of eight Republicans to vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, citing his failure to keep his word on women's issues legislation and a balanced-budget amendment.
September 3, 2023 · DispatchMace tells CNN's Dana Bash: 'we cannot be assholes to women'
In a September 3, 2023 CNN interview with Dana Bash, Mace said Republicans must change their approach to abortion policy, using an expletive to make the point.
July 27, 2023 · DispatchMace's SC Prayer Breakfast anecdote about fiancé Patrick Bryant
On July 27, 2023, at the South Carolina Prayer Breakfast, Mace shared a bedroom anecdote about her then-fiancé Patrick Bryant that Fox News described as 'a little TMI.'
June 9, 2023 · DispatchMace on Trump indictment: 'Joe Biden just secured Donald Trump's nomination for Republicans in 2024'
On June 9, 2023, Mace went on Fox News to denounce the federal indictment of Trump on classified documents charges as politically motivated, predicting it would secure Trump's 2024 Republican nomination — reversing her post-January 6 calls for accountability.
May 30, 2023 · DispatchMace announces debt ceiling 'no' vote: 'Republicans got outsmarted by a President who can't find his pants'
On May 30, 2023, Mace announced her vote against the McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling deal with a tweet containing a crude reference to perceived Biden cognitive decline that went viral and drew condemnation.
April 30, 2023 · DispatchMace says DeSantis six-week abortion ban 'isn't the way to change hearts and minds. It's not compassionate.'
On April 30, 2023, Mace criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's six-week abortion ban as uncompassionate toward rape and incest victims, calling a 15-to-20 week ban with exceptions the 'sweet spot.'
April 23, 2023 · DispatchMace warns Republicans on ABC: 'We're going to lose huge if we continue down this path of extremities'
On ABC's This Week on April 23, 2023, Mace urged Republicans to find middle ground on abortion messaging, warning that the party would suffer major electoral losses if it continued on an extreme path.
February 8, 2023 · DispatchMace at Press Club dinner: 'Since Marjorie Taylor Greene started behaving, the rate of Jewish space laser attacks is now zero'
On February 8, 2023, Mace delivered a joke at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner openly lampooning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2018 conspiracy theory that California wildfires were started by a 'Jewish space laser.'
January 8, 2023 · DispatchMace on congressional trust: 'If you want a friend you can trust, get a dog'
On January 8, 2023, Mace summed up the difficulty of trusting colleagues in Congress after the chaotic McCarthy speaker votes with a line that became widely quoted as a pithy summary of Washington dysfunction.
January 8, 2023 · DispatchMace calls Matt Gaetz 'a fraud' for fundraising off speaker votes — then does the same nine months later
On January 8, 2023, Mace attacked Rep. Matt Gaetz for sending fundraising emails after each vote against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker; nine months later, Mace sent her own fundraising appeals within an hour of voting to oust McCarthy herself.
January 8, 2023 · DispatchMace says George Santos's 'entire résumé in life was manufactured' — then votes against his expulsion
On January 8, 2023, Mace was among the first Republicans to publicly attack George Santos's fabricated biography; eleven months later she voted against expelling him from Congress, calling it a political maneuver.
July 19, 2022 · DispatchMace on Respect for Marriage Act: 'If gay couples want to be as happily or miserably married as straight couples, more power to them'
On July 19, 2022, Mace tweeted in support of the Respect for Marriage Act after voting yes as one of 47 House Republicans, making a self-deprecating joke about her own multiple marriages — a stance she publicly reversed in October 2025.
May 8, 2022 · DispatchMace tells Face the Nation she supports rape exceptions: 'I am pro-life, but I do support exceptions for rape. I'm a rape victim myself'
On CBS Face the Nation on May 8, 2022, Mace said she is pro-life but supports rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans, citing her own experience as a rape survivor.
November 30, 2021 · DispatchMace corrects MTG's spelling, calls herself 'not a religious bigot (or racist)' in intra-GOP Twitter brawl
On November 30, 2021, Mace responded to Marjorie Taylor Greene calling her 'trash in the GOP Conference' by first correcting Greene's grammar, then attacking her on substance over the Lauren Boebert anti-Muslim remarks controversy.
November 28, 2021 · DispatchMace on Fox News: natural immunity gives '27 times more protection' than vaccines
On November 28, 2021, Mace told Fox News that natural immunity provides 27 times more protection against COVID than vaccination — the same day she told CNN she was a proponent of vaccinations and masks.
November 28, 2021 · DispatchMace tells CNN 'I have been a proponent of vaccinations' — hours after telling Fox natural immunity is 27x better
On November 28, 2021, Mace presented two contradictory vaccine messages on the same day: telling Fox News that natural immunity is 27 times more protective, then telling CNN she had been a consistent proponent of vaccinations and masks.
July 29, 2021 · DispatchMace posts maskless Capitol video: 'I follow science — not Pelosi. Come and get me.'
On July 29, 2021, Mace posted a video walking maskless through the Capitol to defy the CDC-recommended mask mandate reinstated during the Delta variant surge, calling it an 'insane power grab' by Speaker Pelosi.
February 8, 2021 · DispatchMace boasts on Fox News she has been 'living rent-free' in AOC's Twitter account
On February 8, 2021, Mace appeared on Fox News to gloat about her social-media feud with AOC over the January 6 Capitol attack, framing her challenge to AOC's trauma account as a winning political play.
February 4, 2021 · DispatchMace tells AOC 'I deal in facts. Unlike you, apparently.' — then fundraises off the feud
On February 4, 2021, Mace attacked AOC's credibility over her January 6 account on Twitter, then sent a fundraising email the same day using the same line as a solicitation.
February 4, 2021 · DispatchMace calls MTG committee removal 'unprecedented' — weeks after warning QAnon was leading the GOP
On February 4, 2021, Mace defended Marjorie Taylor Greene from being stripped of her committee assignments, weeks after warning that QAnon conspiracy theorists were leading the Republican Party toward a constitutional crisis.
February 3, 2021 · DispatchMace tweets 'Insurrectionists never stormed our hallway' to undercut AOC's Capitol trauma account
On February 3, 2021, Mace publicly disputed AOC's account of fearing for her life on January 6, despite Mace herself having previously told reporters she barricaded in her own office out of fear that day.
January 17, 2021 · DispatchMace asks on Meet the Press: 'how do we hold a president accountable that put all of our lives at risk?'
Eleven days after the Capitol attack, Mace appeared on NBC's Meet the Press and questioned how Congress could hold the president accountable for the January 6 riot.
January 13, 2021 · DispatchMace invokes 'both sides' on Capitol attack while voting against impeachment
On the day of the second impeachment vote, Mace drew moral equivalence between the Capitol attack and months of left-wing unrest on the House floor, then voted against impeachment.
January 13, 2021 · DispatchMace warned 'QAnon conspiracy theorists' were leading the GOP — then voted to oust Liz Cheney months later
On January 13, 2021, Mace defended Liz Cheney from removal by warning that QAnon conspiracy theorists were leading the party; by May 2021 she reversed course and voted to oust Cheney from leadership.
January 13, 2021 · DispatchMace cites due-process concerns to justify 'no' vote on impeachment after condemning Trump
On January 13, 2021, Mace publicly condemned Trump for the Capitol attack and then used procedural objections about the speed of the impeachment process to justify voting against it.
January 13, 2021 · DispatchMace says on Fox News she does not know 'how you go forward and defend the indefensible' and Trump has no future in the GOP
One week after the Capitol attack, Mace told Fox News that Trump had no future in the Republican Party and that his principles would have to be championed without his name or brand.
January 10, 2021 · DispatchMace tweets Capitol rioters were 'domestic terrorists' and calls on GOP to stop 'coddling extremists'
Four days after the January 6 Capitol attack, Mace posted on Twitter that the rioters who assaulted police were domestic terrorists and urged her party to rebuild around respect for rule of law.
January 8, 2021 · DispatchMace in GOP group chat: 'I'm disgusted by what you and other Q-conspiracy theorists did'
On January 8, 2021, in a leaked GOP freshmen group chat published by Politico, Mace directed sharp criticism at colleagues she linked to QAnon in the immediate aftermath of the January 6 Capitol attack.
January 7, 2021 · DispatchMace says Trump's legacy 'entirely wiped out' the day after the Capitol attack
The day after the January 6 Capitol attack, Mace told a local TV station that the riot had erased everything Republicans had accomplished under President Trump.
January 6, 2021 · DispatchMace tells CBS News while sheltering during Capitol breach: 'I'm begging the president to get off Twitter'
While sheltering in place during the January 6 Capitol breach, Mace told CBS News she was begging President Trump to stop posting on Twitter.
January 6, 2021 · DispatchSheltering in the Capitol on Jan. 6, Mace says 'This is not who we are'
As rioters breached the Capitol, Mace posted from her locked-down office that protesters assaulting Capitol Police was 'wrong' and that she was 'heartbroken for our nation.'
October 12, 2020 · DispatchMace campaign ad claims Cunningham 'voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds' for campaigns — rated Half True
A 2020 Mace attack ad claiming Joe Cunningham voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds for politicians' campaigns was rated Half True by PolitiFact, which found the funds came from fines rather than taxes and that the personal-expense rules did not apply to Cunningham.
May 19, 2019 · DispatchMace's first public disclosure: 'It can take 25 years to get up the courage'
On May 19, 2019, during the South Carolina abortion-bill debate, Mace made her first public disclosure of being a rape survivor, describing how long she had kept the experience private.