Part of: Ulta Beauty confrontation (Apr. 19, 2025)
Mace 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.
On April 19, 2025, at an Ulta Beauty store in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Mace was recorded responding to constituent Ely Murray-Quick, who had asked when she planned to hold a town hall:
"Fuck you. You are absolutely fucking insane. You people on the left are crazy. You're absolutely fucking crazy."
Mace posted the video of the exchange herself on social media.
The two videos
Both Mace and Murray-Quick filmed the encounter. Both clips are playable below.
Mace's video, posted to her own X account, was viewed more than seven million times:
Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Dems are nuts. So I went off - and I won't be backing down. I hold the line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Try me.
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) April 19, 2025
Nancy Mace's own video of the Ulta exchange, posted to X on April 19, 2025.
Murray-Quick's video, filmed from his side of the aisle, is the footage CNN later aired (his name appears on screen). CNN's reporting described his approach as "calm":
Ely Murray-Quick's own footage, as aired by CNN. His original Facebook upload of the clip is no longer public; CNN's airing is the available copy. Watch it at CNN on YouTube.
Source: Post and Courier · archived · Mace's video on X · Murray-Quick's footage on CNN
Disclosure
Ely Murray-Quick is connected to Maceopedia and has provided information and materials to this site. This relationship is disclosed in the interest of transparency, and readers should consider it when weighing the content of this page. The factual statements on this page are attributed to the public news reports and public records cited here.
Mr. Murray-Quick is a non-party to every lawsuit. He is not a plaintiff, defendant, third-party defendant, or other named party in any lawsuit brought by or against Nancy Mace, in any lawsuit documented on this site, or in any other civil action arising from the events described on this page.
Read next
October 26, 2026 · DispatchHe Asked Nancy Mace About Town Halls. 54 Seconds Later, She Cursed at Him
The Man in the Store, a narrated documentary built from both phone videos of the April 19, 2025 argument at an Ulta Beauty in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Ely Murray-Quick asked Rep. Nancy Mace whether she would hold more town halls. Fifty-four seconds after he repeated the question, she cursed at him on camera. ABC News 4 and CNN report that both used profanity. Mace says she felt threatened and harassed; Murray-Quick says he stayed at least eight feet away and that there was no aggression. Three days later she told ABC News 4 her first in-person town hall of the year was the next day.
October 12, 2026 · Dispatch"You're Fired When I'm Governor": The Airport CEO Kept His Job. Nancy Mace Leaves Office January 3
Elliott Summey is still the CEO of Charleston International Airport. Nancy Mace leaves Congress on January 3, 2027, after finishing fifth in the June 2026 Republican primary for governor. On November 3, 2025, she told him 'you're fired when I'm governor.' 'Did I drop an F-bomb? I hope I did.' Rep. Nancy Mace, November 3, 2025, on a Charleston airport police report that says she cursed at officers and TSA staff. Thirty-six days later, CNN asked whether she said what the report quotes. 'No, I did not.' She called the report 'a hundred percent fictitious, falsified.' Attorney General Alan Wilson, whom she blamed, called that 'a categorical lie.' The report, the press conference, Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, the threatened lawsuit, the airport's own investigation and both CNN interviews, in the words of the people who said them. No charges were filed, and the threatened suit had not been filed as of June 2026.
December 31, 2025 · DispatchA pinned post viewed 20,000+ times: Mace calls South Carolina a 'pedophile paradise' while the gag order is in effect
On December 31, 2025, from her verified @RepNancyMace account, Mace published and pinned a post attacking the South Carolina Attorney General, calling the state a 'pedophile paradise' at a time when a gag order in Berg v. Bryant was in effect. The post reportedly re-shared content from her December 27, 2025 video. A contempt motion filed January 12, 2026 attaches it as Exhibit 9 and notes the post had been viewed more than 20,000 times. Mace disputes the validity of the gag order and its application to her.
December 19, 2025 · DispatchIn her own sworn Answer, Mace admits she 'placed an air tag on Bryant's car for one day in August 2023'
In her December 19, 2025 Answer to Patrick Bryant's Third-Party Complaint, Rep. Nancy Mace admits under oath that she placed a tracking device on Bryant's car and attempted to access his laptop, while denying Bryant's allegation that she intended to weaponize what she found. The filing is Mace's own account, in her own words, on the public court record.
December 11, 2025 · DispatchMace tells Fox Business she's 'gone into hiding' over security fears
On Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo on Dec. 11, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace said she had 'gone into hiding' and described her last public appearance as an incident three weeks prior, a claim The Daily Beast found contradicted by her own documented schedule, votes, and social-media posts.
December 9, 2025 · DispatchMace tells CNN's Kaitlan Collins the airport police report was 'falsified'
On CNN's 'The Source with Kaitlan Collins' on Dec. 9, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace called the airport police report '100% fictitious' and accused SC Attorney General Alan Wilson of orchestrating its contents, a claim Wilson rejected the following night.