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'Not That I Had a Filter Before': Mace Plans Companies and Commentary After Congress

'Not That I Had a Filter Before': Mace Plans Companies and Commentary After Congress

"Not That I Had a Filter Before"

With four months left in her final term, Rep. Nancy Mace sat down with the We The Palmetto podcast on August 13, 2026, and previewed her post-Congress life. Her most candid moment came when she described the freedom she'll have to say whatever she wants once she leaves office:

"I do love the commentary, and I can say more now. Not that I had a filter before, but it's even more freeing and liberating now that I am not running again."

It was a rare self-aware admission: she ran for six years in Congress with no filter, and now she won't have one at all.

Business Plans, Ethics Constraints

Mace said she is legally blocked from making any employment commitments while still serving:

"I'm very limited in what I can explore right now. Members of Congress are not allowed to sign a contract for a gig or a job until after they've left Congress."

Once she's out, the plan is entrepreneurship:

"I love the business space. We'll probably start some companies."

No specifics on what those companies would be. Her existing media venture, the GET MACED podcast, launched with a branded studio setup in August 2026. Whether that counts as a pre-departure business arrangement has not been addressed publicly.

"Run Through the Tape"

Despite the lame-duck status, Mace insisted she's working until the end:

"I'm going to finish out my term as hard as I started. So we are still filing two to three bills a week, and I am going to run through the tape."

She closed with a constituent service appeal:

"If any constituents need anything from now until the end of the year, please, God, call my office."

Context

Mace did not seek re-election in 2026. The We The Palmetto podcast episode also covered Tuesday's South Carolina special primary results and runoff predictions. Mace called serving South Carolina "truly the honor of my life."

She has spent recent weeks commenting on WNBA transgender policies and Muslim candidates winning elections in Michigan, signaling the commentary lane she plans to occupy after January.

Sources & Related Coverage

Maceopedia: Cataloging the internet record about Nancy Mace.

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    Can Nancy Mace Make a Living Off Her New Podcast?

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    Can Nancy Mace Make a Living Off Her New Podcast?

    A current staffer says Nancy Mace is auditioning for a media career to 'pay the bills' after she leaves Congress in January 2027. So Maceopedia ran the numbers on the video she posted August 11, and on the operation around it. The video even opens like a YouTuber's channel: a 'GET MACED' logo bumper, a beach-and-poolside swimsuit montage, and a spoken 'hit the subscribe button' pitch, all before a word of politics. The same clip drew about 153,000 views on X and about 15,000 on YouTube, a ten-to-one gap that shows how much of her reach is rented from the platform and the office rather than owned. Former staffers have also alleged, in reporting Mace denies, that some of her online support was manufactured through staff-run burner accounts. Her personal channel has 22,300 subscribers; her official House channel's recent videos draw 130 to 1,400 views apiece. Measured against the political podcasters who actually earn a living, the picture is the streaming economy's brutal power law: a handful of stars capture nearly everything, and everyone else earns close to nothing. At her demonstrated scale, the direct economics of 'this type of podcast' land around a low-six-figure business at best, roughly her current $174,000 congressional salary or less, and that is before the reach she is renting expires with the seat. On top of the math sits a legal problem: the defamation defense keeping her afloat right now depends entirely on her holding federal office.

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