Mace 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
On CBS Face the Nation on January 8, 2023, while discussing the difficulty of trusting colleagues after the McCarthy speaker vote chaos, Mace said:
"If you want a friend you can trust, get a dog."
Host Margaret Brennan noted Mace is "a dog fan," and Mace confirmed it. The line was widely quoted as a pithy summary of Washington dysfunction.
Source: CBS News / Face the Nation · archived