Part of: Staff Turnover in Nancy Mace's Office
The One Who Stayed: Nancy Mace and Her Mother
A documentary cut and a dated record of what Rep. Nancy Mace has posted and said about her mother, Dr. Anne J. Mace, set beside what was happening in her political life that week, from a 2018 letter to the editor to an Oct. 11, 2026 brunch photo. It runs her own posts, her interviews, news reports and her mother's published words, with every post dated to the Eastern day it went up and every pairing rated for how closely the two events fit. Anne Mace is a private citizen and is accused of nothing.
"She’s my been ROCK my entire life, and now it’s my turn to be hers."
That is Rep. Nancy Mace on X on June 3, 2026, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, six days before the Republican primary for governor, over a photograph she dates to Feb. 10, 2025, when she says her mother was in the House gallery for her floor speech. She finished fifth six days later with about 12.1 percent of the vote and conceded.
The One Who Stayed: Nancy Mace and Her Mother. Every frame is a real clip or a real post, credited on screen. No narrator.
What the film shows
The film follows one thread through eight years: when Nancy Mace posts or speaks about her mother, Dr. Anne J. Mace, what is happening to Mace that week. The table below is the full dated record behind it. Each row has the Eastern date and time of the post, the post text exactly as posted (typos included), a link to the post, the gap in days, and a link to the event it is set beside. The last column says how closely the two fit. Some pairings are the same day. Some are a week apart. Some do not fit at all, and those are marked.
All post times come from the post's own ID and are shown in U.S. Eastern time. The Eastern date can differ from the date in a post's file name, which uses UTC. The June 3, 2026 post, for example, went up at 9:00 p.m. on June 3 Eastern, which is June 4 in UTC.
The record, in date order
2018 to 2023: a letter, a campaign and a floor speech
| Date (ET) | What she posted about her mother | What was happening that week | Gap and fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 4, 2018, 9:20 a.m. ET | "She doesn’t wear The Ring bc she didn’t earn it. And she sure as hell ain’t my mother. That’s an insult to my mother. Why does she think she can assume credit for my and others success where she failed? #Citadel" Post on X | Mar. 3, 2018 (1 day before): Shannon Faulkner, the first woman admitted to the Corps of Cadets, who left in 1995, speaks at a Citadel symposium and says she considers herself an alumna (Fox News) Mar. 4, 2018 (same day): Mace publicly disputes Faulkner's account and The Post and Courier reports it (The Post and Courier) | Same day. Strong. (A reply to a critic that mentions her mother.) |
| Mar. 15, 2018 | Anne Mace, Ed.D.: "Our family endured threats (delivered in person, by mail, telephone and email), personal insults, outright lies, and subtle misinformation. The level of hostility and acrimony was astonishing. Also frightening was the knowledge our Nancy was in the eye of the storm, the recipient of an even greater volume of vitriol than we lived with at home." Letter to the editor, The Post and Courier, signed Anne Mace, Ed.D. | Mar. 4, 2018 (11 days before): The Post and Courier reports Mace's pushback on Faulkner's claim, the article the letter answers (The Post and Courier) Mar. 15, 2018 (same day): The letter runs, headlined "Nancy Mace's Citadel story." The same day Mace posts a lunch photo with her mother (next row) (The Post and Courier, Maceopedia) | Letter runs 11 days after the article it answers. Strong. |
| Mar. 15, 2018, 1:53 p.m. ET | "Lunch with mom at the Tea Room where she volunteers each year for charity." Post on X | Mar. 15, 2018 (same day): The Post and Courier prints the letter signed by Anne Mace, Ed.D., answering the Faulkner coverage. The post does not mention the letter (The Post and Courier, Maceopedia) | Same day. Medium: the post is a lunch photo and does not mention the letter. |
| Apr. 24, 2019 | Nancy Mace: "My mother and my best friend in high school were the only two people who knew." Remarks on the S.C. House floor | Apr. 24, 2019 (same day): During a South Carolina House debate on an abortion bill, Mace says publicly for the first time that she was raped as a teenager and that her mother was one of two people who knew (Spokesman-Review, Maceopedia) May 18, 2019 (24 days later): The Post and Courier publishes its story on the disclosure (The Post and Courier) | Same day. Strong: the statement is the event. |
| Aug. 24, 2020, 11:02 a.m. ET | "Today we launch our first TV ad of the General Election!! It’s called “Lowcountry Values”, featuring my mom and dad, how cute are they?! From The Waffle House to The Citadel to the U.S. House, it’s time to send a new Nancy to Congress. #SC01" Post on X | Aug. 24, 2020 (same day): Mace launches her first general-election TV ad, "Lowcountry Values," against Rep. Joe Cunningham Aug. 31, 2020 (7 days later): Second Lady Karen Pence campaigns for Mace in Charleston (Mace on X) | Same day. Medium: the post is the campaign launch itself. |
| Nov. 2, 2020, 12:30 p.m. ET | "My mom and dad are my role models. I grew up here and learned my Lowcountry values from them. I love the Lowcountry and will work hard to preserve and protect our way of life. From The Waffle House to The Citadel to the U.S. House, it’s time to send a new Nancy to Congress." Post on X | Nov. 3, 2020 (1 day later): Election Day: Mace defeats Cunningham in the 1st District, about 51% to 49% (Live 5 News, Maceopedia) Nov. 4, 2020 (2 days later): The race is called for Mace at about 2 a.m. (Mace on X) | 1 day before Election Day. Strong. |
| Nov. 4, 2020, 12:10 p.m. ET | "Hugged it out with my dad this morning... mom and dad have been there for me through it all, the toughest of times, and the best of times, they never gave up and have always been by my side..." Post on X | Nov. 3, 2020 (1 day before): Election Day, Mace against Cunningham (Live 5 News) Nov. 4, 2020 (same day): Mace's win is called at about 2 a.m.; she thanks Nikki Haley and posts from a Waffle House (Mace on X) | The morning after Election Day. Strong. |
| Jan. 18, 2021, 9:05 p.m. ET | "My mom had this framed in her home for almost 24 years. She dropped it off yesterday. Seems pretty applicable to my first week in Congress - “Hell Week” indeed." Post on X | Jan. 13, 2021 (5 days before): Mace votes against the second Trump impeachment, calling it rushed while saying Trump bore responsibility (mace.house.gov, Maceopedia) Jan. 17, 2021 (1 day before): Mace appears on NBC's Meet the Press and is asked how to hold the president accountable after Jan. 6 (Maceopedia) | Her first week in Congress. Strong. |
| Sept. 27, 2021, 7:14 p.m. ET | "Just called my parents to check in to see if they’re ok. Hearing 2 or 3 earthquakes in the Lowcountry today. The larger one hit just under an hour ago and they felt it. Hope residents are safe and there are no injuries." Post on X | Sept. 24, 2021 (3 days before): FITSNews publishes a column on staff departures from Mace's office, resting on anonymous sources; Mace disputes it (FITSNews) | 3 days. Medium: the post is a check-in call after earthquakes. |
| Oct. 13, 2021, 7:34 a.m. ET | "I got home at midnight last night, this is the text from my mom at 5am: “Long day for one vote. BUT I do not like proxy, prefer my Rep go and show!” This job is tough, but part of the job is actually showing up to vote. Just over 200 of of us did that yesterday. Love mom. ❤️" Post on X | Oct. 12, 2021 (1 day before): Mace flies in to vote against raising the debt ceiling and says she was one of just over 200 members who voted in person rather than by proxy (Mace on X) | 1 day. Strong: the post is about that vote. |
| May 6, 2022, 1:46 p.m. ET | "Today is #MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay. During my fathers time serving our nation, my mom was at home taking care of me, my sisters, and brother. I am beyond thankful for the sacrifices our military spouses make. Mom, thank you." Post on X | May 8, 2022 (2 days later): Mace appears on CBS Face the Nation and discusses abortion exceptions (CBS News, Maceopedia) | 2 days. Medium: the post is Military Spouse Appreciation Day. |
| May 8, 2022, 10:09 a.m. ET | "There is nothing like the bond a mother and her daughter share. She has shaped me into the woman I am today. To all of the SC-01 mom’s out there, Happy Mother's Day! What do you appreciate most about your mom?" Post on X | May 8, 2022 (same day): Mace appears on CBS Face the Nation (CBS News, Maceopedia) | Same day (Mother's Day). Strong. |
| Mar. 20, 2023, 9:52 a.m. ET | "Last night I attended the annual gala for Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Enjoyed celebrating all the work they’re doing for Jewish students and children in the Lowcountry. My mom taught at AHA for a period of time when I was growing up. So many are connected to this wonderful school." Post on X | Mar. 16, 2023 (4 days before): Mace posts about a South Carolina abortion bill that drew national coverage that week (Mace on X) | 4 days. Medium: the post is a school gala note. |
2024 to 2025: the primary, the speech and the governor's race
| Date (ET) | What she posted about her mother | What was happening that week | Gap and fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2024, 7:10 a.m. ET | "Mom and I at the North Charleston rally for Donald J. Trump earlier this year - love this woman to pieces - she's been there for me when no one else was - more times than I can count - Happy Mother's Day y'all!" Post on X | May 10, 2024 (2 days before): In a Daily Mail interview Mace accuses former staffers of sabotage. The former staffers deny it (Political Wire) May 10, 2024 (2 days before): The Washington Post reports the same accusations and the denials (The Washington Post) | 2 days. Strong: the post is the first of two in the weeks before the primary. |
| May 26, 2024, 2:05 p.m. ET | "Every bumper sticker is mailed with love from Mom and Dad! They have a whole system down... Dad stuffs the envelops while Mom addresses them by hand. Love them to pieces!" Post on X | May 30, 2024 (4 days later): A New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty; Mace posts a reaction (Mace on X) June 11, 2024 (16 days later): Mace wins the Republican primary (Ballotpedia, Maceopedia) | 4 days. Medium to loose: routine campaign season. |
| May 29, 2024, 6:15 p.m. ET | "Mom and Dad went to vote today! Their support means the world to us!" Post on X | May 30, 2024 (1 day later): A New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty; Mace posts a reaction (Mace on X) | 1 day. Loose: routine campaign season. |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | Nancy Mace: "I want to thank my children who are watching tonight. I want to thank my family. My mom is here tonight. She's up here. I love you. Thank you." Floor speech, U.S. House, Feb. 10, 2025 | Feb. 10, 2025 (same day): Mace gives a House floor speech of about 53 minutes. She accused four men. All four deny it. No charges have been filed. Civil litigation is ongoing. | Same day. Strong: the speech is the event. |
| Apr. 22, 2025 | Nancy Mace: "My children have been threatened. My parents have been threatened. Siblings have been threatened. Employees have been threatened." ABC News 4 full interview, posted Apr. 22, 2025 | Apr. 19, 2025 (3 days before): Mace is recorded cursing at a constituent in an Ulta Beauty in Mount Pleasant. She posts the video herself (The Post and Courier, Maceopedia) | 3 days before. Strong. (Her words in this interview are about threats.) |
| May 5, 2025, 1:32 p.m. ET | "This week, we celebrate teachers everywhere, including my Mom, who is a retired school teacher of 50 years." Post on X (@RepNancyMace) | May 10, 2025 (5 days later): South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson publicly responds to Mace, saying he will "not stand by and allow someone to lie about" himself or his office (The Post and Courier, Maceopedia) May 12, 2025 (7 days later): Mace files a defamation suit against Eric Bowman over posts on X (Charleston County public index, Maceopedia) | Medium. 16 days after the Ulta video, which is outside a week. |
| May 9, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET | "She never wore a uniform, but she served right alongside my dad. Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day to my mom and all the military spouses who keep the home front strong." Post on X | May 10, 2025 (1 day later): Attorney General Alan Wilson publicly responds to Mace (The Post and Courier, Maceopedia) May 12, 2025 (3 days later): Mace files a defamation suit against Eric Bowman (Charleston County public index, Maceopedia) | Medium. 20 days after the Ulta video, which is outside a week. |
| Aug. 4, 2025 | Nancy Mace: "where we're going let me tell you where I came from my dad was a retired Army General my mom who's here this morning with her shades on looking good mama" Launch speech at The Citadel, South Carolina ETV (auto-captions) | Aug. 4, 2025 (same day): Mace announces her run for governor at The Citadel (SC Daily Gazette, Maceopedia) | Same day. Loose: the pairing is the event she is speaking at. |
| Aug. 28, 2025 | Nancy Mace for Governor: "As a mother, it breaks my heart to hear the terrible things the media and the establishment say about her. But Nancy is my daughter. And I know this: She never backs down." Campaign email, sender name "Anne Mace, Nancy's Mom," via the Archive of Political Emails | Aug. 24, 2025 (4 days before): During a University of South Carolina swatting hoax, Mace posts a photo identifying a student as the "alleged school shooter" and deletes it once the hoax is confirmed (Maceopedia) | 4 days. Medium. A fundraising email sent over a family member's name; nothing says who wrote it. |
| Oct. 30, 2025 | No post about her mother falls within a week of this date. The nearest is Oct. 5, 2025, 1:03 p.m. ET: "Meet mom, a retired school teacher of 50 years. Teachers like her give everything to our kids." (post on X). The next is Feb. 14, 2026. | Oct. 30, 2025: Charleston International Airport. A police report says Mace was irate and cursing; Mace disputes the report and calls it a political hit job (Maceopedia) | 25 days after the nearest earlier post; 107 days before the next. No pairing. |
2026: the primary
| Date (ET) | What she posted about her mother | What was happening that week | Gap and fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 27, 2026, 4:45 a.m. ET | Anne Mace: "I believe her, full stop, what happened to her. But I was not going to force a 16-year-old to go through that brutal process of reporting it and have it come back on her. That's being raped all over again." Anne Mace to Politico | Feb. 27, 2026 (same day): Politico Magazine publishes Michael Kruse's profile of Nancy Mace, for which Anne Mace was interviewed (Politico) Mar. 2, 2026 (3 days later): The House Ethics Committee releases an Office of Congressional Conduct report on Mace (ethics.house.gov, Maceopedia) Mar. 4, 2026 (5 days later): The House votes 357 to 65 to block Mace's push to release congressional harassment settlement records (Maceopedia) | Same day. Medium. This quote concerns the assault Mace says she suffered at 16, not the Feb. 2025 floor speech. |
| Apr. 21, 2026, 6:20 p.m. ET | "Mom and I are on the way to my next debate in the race for Governor! South Carolina STRONG." Post on X | Apr. 14, 2026 (7 days before): Her father, Brig. Gen. J. Emory Mace, dies at 9:56 p.m. (J. Henry Stuhr obituary, Maceopedia) Apr. 21, 2026 (same day): Debate: all six Republican candidates for governor meet at the College of Charleston, 7 to 8 p.m. (Fox Carolina, Maceopedia) Apr. 23, 2026 (2 days later): Funeral for Gen. Mace at Summerall Chapel, The Citadel, 5 p.m. (Maceopedia) | Same day. Strong. An earlier post (Apr. 20, 10:44 p.m.) says: "The last few days have been hard. But the outpouring from so many of you has carried our family through it." |
| May 9, 2026, 10:01 a.m. ET | "Mom called - she said she wants us to keep her busy today. So she is going to mail bumper stickers out to South Carolina voters. DM or send us a direct message with your address and mom will send one to you TODAY!" Post on X | May 8, 2026 (1 day before): Mace posts "Yet another fabricated poll from desperate opponents." (her words; the polls are not independently verified here) (Mace on X) | 1 day. Medium. Two days before Mother's Day. |
| May 10, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET | "This Mother's Day is the first my mom endures without her husband - my father, Brigadier General James Mace. Today, he celebrates her from heaven." Post on X | May 8, 2026 (2 days before): The same "fabricated poll" posts (Mace on X) May 14, 2026 (4 days later): Mace replies on X to a post that references Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (Mace on X) | 2 to 4 days. Medium to loose. Her first Mother's Day since her father's death. |
| May 11, 2026, 12:49 p.m. ET | "Mom is on her way back over to the campaign office. She's ready to address more envelopes for bumper stickers. DM us your address NOW to get YOURS." Post on X | May 18, 2026 (7 days later): Mace begins a series of attack posts about Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (Mace on X) | 7 days. Loose. |
| May 30, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET | "Mom is at campaign HQ today, sending out bumper stickers." Post on X | May 29, 2026 (1 day before): President Trump endorses Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over Mace. Mace posts "NO REGRETS" (The Hill, Maceopedia) | 1 day. Strong. |
| May 31, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET | "My father, Brigadier General James Emory Mace, was a two-tour Vietnam veteran, a decorated combat leader, and a man who devoted his life to serving this country and South Carolina. ... My mother stood beside him through it all, raising our family, supporting his mission, and" Post on X | May 29, 2026 (2 days before): President Trump endorses Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over Mace (The Hill, Maceopedia) May 31, 2026 (same day): Evette withdraws from the final scheduled debate (The Daily Beast, Maceopedia) | 2 days. Strong. Excerpt; the second quote stops mid-sentence. |
| June 3, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET | "On February 10, 2025, Mom traveled all the way to DC to sit in the House gallery, with the other survivors in my courageous floor speech. She’s my been ROCK my entire life, and now it’s my turn to be hers." Post on X | May 29, 2026 (5 days before): President Trump endorses Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over Mace (The Hill, Maceopedia) June 9, 2026 (6 days later): Primary day: Mace finishes fifth with roughly 12.1 percent and concedes (CNN, Maceopedia) | 6 days before the primary. Strong. |
| June 3, 2026, 11:58 p.m. ET | "Mom found this one. Who keeps making these? You all are in a league of your own." Post on X | June 9, 2026 (6 days later): Primary day: Mace finishes fifth and concedes (CNN, Maceopedia) | 6 days. Medium. A post about a meme. |
| June 9, 2026, 4:30 p.m. ET | "My parents instilled in me my work ethic, my grit, and my moral compass." Post on X | June 9, 2026 (same day): Primary day: Mace finishes fifth with roughly 12.1 percent and concedes. That night she says: "My time is up at the end of this year." (The Hill, Maceopedia) June 10, 2026 (1 day later): The Washington Post traces what it calls her "rough downfall" (The Washington Post) | Same day, 4:30 p.m. ET, before polls closed. Strong. |
August to October 2026: after the primary
| Date (ET) | What she posted about her mother | What was happening that week | Gap and fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 20, 2026 | Nancy Mace: "I don't like to look at stuff about me, especially if it's negative, but I sent a bunch of memes to my mom." Joe Pags interview, YouTube | Aug. 20, 2026 (same day): South Carolina Public Radio reports that Mace says she is ready for life outside political office (SC Public Radio, Maceopedia) | Same day. Medium. |
| Aug. 30, 2026 | Nancy Mace: "being able to be by her side more are the things that I look forward to. Spending that time with family, because it's finite." Tara Palmeri Show interview, YouTube | Aug. 30, 2026 (same day): Mace explains in the Tara Palmeri interview why she is leaving Congress (Tara Palmeri, Maceopedia) | Same day. Medium. |
| Oct. 4, 2026, 9:34 p.m. ET | "Mom, my sister and I were out driving today, just the three of us, when one of the songs I played to calm my father down in his final moments came on. That wasn't a coincidence." Post on X | Oct. 8, 2026 (4 days later): Mace posts about the Cornell case; Mediaite covers it the next day (Mediaite, Maceopedia) | 4 days. Loose. |
| Oct. 11, 2026, 8:35 a.m. ET | "Taking this girl to brunch!" Post on X, with a photograph | Oct. 8, 2026 (3 days before): Mace posts about the Cornell rape case that draws national coverage (Mace on X, Maceopedia) Oct. 9, 2026 (2 days before): Mediaite covers the post (Mediaite, Maceopedia) | 3 days. Strong. |
Where the pairing is loose
Not every post lines up with an event, and the table says so. Three cases need plain statements.
- The Oct. 30, 2025 airport incident. No post about her mother falls within a week of it. The nearest earlier post is Oct. 5, 2025, 25 days before. The nearest later post is Feb. 14, 2026, 107 days after. The film says so on screen. Mace disputes the police report and calls it a political hit job. See the airport documentary.
- The April 19, 2025 Ulta Beauty video. The next posts about her mother in the record are May 5, 2025, 16 days later, and May 9, 2025, 20 days later. Both are Teacher Appreciation Week and Military Spouse Appreciation Day posts. Neither refers to the video. Three days after the video, on Apr. 22, 2025, Mace told ABC News 4 that her parents "have been threatened." See The Man in the Store.
- Routine and holiday posts. Mother's Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, anniversaries and campaign mailings fall on fixed dates. Where the week held only routine political news, the row says "loose."
Other posts about her mother, mostly family snapshots, had nothing notable within a week or only a loose fit, and are not in the table.
The posts, as posted
Mom and I at the North Charleston rally for Donald J. Trump earlier this year - love this woman to pieces - she's been there for me when no one else was - more times than I can count - Happy Mother's Day y'all!
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) May 12, 2024
Mom is at campaign HQ today, sending out bumper stickers. Get yours now before they run out.
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) May 30, 2026
On February 10, 2025, Mom traveled all the way to DC to sit in the House gallery, with the other survivors in my courageous floor speech. She's my been ROCK my entire life, and now it's my turn to be hers.
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) June 3, 2026
Taking this girl to brunch!
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) October 11, 2026
The photographs
Nancy Mace posted these photographs of her mother. Each is credited to the post it came from.
Mar. 15, 2018: "Lunch with mom at the Tea Room where she volunteers each year for charity." Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/974342895615520768
May 9, 2021: "My rock. I love you mom!" Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1391425389084516354
May 12, 2024: Mother's Day, at the North Charleston rally. Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1789614051523183002
May 5, 2025: "Thanks, Mom, for teaching in the classroom and at home." Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1919454320132497812
May 9, 2025: Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1920795933920338243
May 30, 2026: "Mom is at campaign HQ today, sending out bumper stickers." Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/2060722981869875262
June 3, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET: the photograph is from Feb. 10, 2025. Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/2062338583814344946
Oct. 11, 2026, 8:35 a.m. ET: "Taking this girl to brunch!" Photo: @NancyMace on X, https://x.com/NancyMace/status/2109261533079585052
In her mother's words
Anne Mace's own words in the record the film uses come from three places. In a March 15, 2018 letter to The Post and Courier, answering an article about Shannon Faulkner, she wrote: "Our family endured threats (delivered in person, by mail, telephone and email), personal insults, outright lies, and subtle misinformation. The level of hostility and acrimony was astonishing. Also frightening was the knowledge our Nancy was in the eye of the storm, the recipient of an even greater volume of vitriol than we lived with at home." In Mace's 2020 general-election ad, "Lowcountry Values," she appears on camera with her husband, Gen. J. Emory Mace. And in February 2026 she gave Politico's Michael Kruse her own account of what she told her daughter at 16: "I believe her, full stop, what happened to her. But I was not going to force a 16-year-old to go through that brutal process of reporting it and have it come back on her. That's being raped all over again."
That Politico account concerns the assault Nancy Mace says she suffered at 16, for which she has never named anyone. It is separate from the allegations in her February 2025 House floor speech. She accused four men. All four deny it. No charges have been filed. Civil litigation is ongoing.
Who left
The film's fifth chapter sets the same years beside the departures from Mace's office and campaign. Each item below is attributed to the outlet that reported it. Mace disputes the characterizations of former staff; the former staff dispute hers. None of this is a finding of fact.
- Dec. 2023. The Daily Beast reports that Mace fired her chief of staff, Dan Hanlon, on or about Dec. 1, 2023 (The Daily Beast). The Washington Examiner reports that two more senior staff members left the same week (Washington Examiner). No official reason was made public. See Dan Hanlon.
- Feb. 5, 2024. The Daily Beast reports that all nine staffers in Mace's D.C. office as of Nov. 1, 2023 had left. (The Daily Beast). See staff turnover.
- May 10, 2024. Mace accuses former staff of sabotage. The former aides interviewed by The Washington Post "vehemently disputed" her account (The Washington Post). Two days later she posted the Mother's Day photograph above.
- Dec. 1, 2025. Senior campaign adviser Austin McCubbin resigns and urges voters to "scratch her from [the] list." Her campaign disputes his account (The Post and Courier, ABC News 4). See Austin McCubbin.
- Feb. 2, 2026. New York Magazine publishes a multi-source profile in which former staffers make allegations about her management. Mace denies them and calls it a "hit piece" (New York Magazine).
- May 29, 2026. President Trump endorses Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over Mace. Mace posts: "I voted to release the Epstein files. NO REGRETS." (The Hill). See the dispatch.
- June 10, 2026. The Washington Post reports that no high-profile Republican endorsed her campaign. Her former communications director, Will Hampson, tells the paper: "I don't think Nancy Mace has ever seen a bridge in her life that she hasn't burned down." (The Washington Post). See the dispatch.
Mace's own position, stated in May 2024 and since: former staff sabotaged her. They deny it.
What this page does and does not say
Dr. Anne J. Mace is a private citizen. She is accused of nothing and is not a party to any litigation documented on this site. This page is a record of her daughter's own public posts and statements, her mother's published words, and dated public events set beside them. It draws no conclusion about why any post went up when it did, about anyone's state of mind, or about the allegations in the Feb. 2025 floor speech. She accused four men. All four deny it. No charges have been filed. Civil litigation is ongoing. Readers can judge.
Sources and related coverage
Footage in the film:
- Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. House floor speech, Feb. 10, 2025 (video from @RepNancyMace)
- @NancyMace on X: "Lowcountry Values" campaign ad, Aug. 24, 2020 (Mace for Congress advertising); video, Apr. 21, 2026; video, May 9, 2026
- Tara Palmeri / The Red Letter, The Tara Palmeri Show, Aug. 30, 2026: YouTube
- The Joe Pags Show, Aug. 20, 2026: YouTube
- ABC News 4, full interview with Mace, Apr. 22, 2025: YouTube
- ABC News, The Backstory, Apr. 14, 2021: YouTube
- AP Archive, The Citadel, Aug. 1996: YouTube and YouTube
- Live 5 News: Citadel archive, "this day in history"; Charleston airport report, Nov. 5, 2025; Ulta report, Apr. 21, 2025; Gen. Mace's death, Apr. 2026
- CNN, report on the Apr. 19, 2025 Ulta encounter: YouTube
- MS NOW, staff turnover, Feb. 6, 2024: YouTube
- WYFF News 4, campaign adviser resigns, Dec. 2, 2025: YouTube
- South Carolina ETV, full launch speech, Aug. 4, 2025: YouTube
- WACH FOX, launch coverage, Aug. 4, 2025: YouTube
- WCBD News 2, concession, June 9, 2026: YouTube
Reporting and documents:
- Michael Kruse, Politico Magazine profile of Nancy Mace, Feb. 27, 2026: politico.com
- Anne Mace, Ed.D., letter to the editor, "Nancy Mace's Citadel story," The Post and Courier, Mar. 15, 2018: postandcourier.com
- The Washington Post, "Nancy Mace's trashing of South Carolina governor's race caps rough downfall," June 10, 2026: washingtonpost.com
- The Daily Beast, staff turnover in Mace's office, Feb. 5, 2024: thedailybeast.com
- Nancy Mace for Governor email, sender name "Anne Mace, Nancy's Mom," Aug. 28, 2025: Archive of Political Emails
- J. Henry Stuhr obituary, Brig. Gen. J. Emory Mace: obituary
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October 12, 2026 · DispatchNancy Mace's Mother Was There for Her Once Every Other Bridge Got Burned
The only one still there for her. In a narrated documentary cut, Rep. Nancy Mace's own words ("I don't have any friends," and on the House floor, the bridges she was burning) are set beside her posts about her mother, Dr. Anne J. Mace, and the dated reporting on who left her office and campaign. Anne Mace is a private citizen and is accused of nothing.
October 17, 2026 · DispatchEverything Nancy Mace Has Said About Ilhan Omar
Rep. Nancy Mace has posted about Rep. Ilhan Omar more than 200 times. This documentary puts what she has said in order, in her own voice and her own posts, with Omar's answers: her 2021 defense of Omar, the 2025 one-way ticket posts, the video she recorded at Omar's office door, the censure resolution the House tabled 214 to 213, the subpoena motion the Oversight Committee tabled, and what she said on her own show the night federal agents searched Omar's home. Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009; no public record shows he is her brother, and Omar denies it. Omar has not been charged with a crime.
October 17, 2026 · DispatchEverything Nancy Mace Has Said About Muslims
Rep. Nancy Mace has spoken about Muslims and Islam on television, on X and on her own show since 2021. This documentary puts it in order, in her own voice: her 2021 words that there was no room in either party for Islamophobia, the 2025 bills, the Ramadan interview on Newsmax, the summer 2026 posts, the CNN interview with Omar Jimenez on Aug. 9, 2026, her show, the debate with Mehdi Hasan on Piers Morgan Uncensored, and her Sept. 21 comments. She says she means radical Islam and elected officials, and that she does not hate all Muslims. Her defenses appear in full, beside the fact checks.
October 15, 2026 · DispatchHow the Epstein Files Ended Her Political Career
Rep. Nancy Mace says the Epstein files cost her a political career. She said it on NewsNation on July 13, 2026, in an interview with Tara Palmeri published August 30, and on Jubilee on September 6. This documentary sets that account beside the record: the 2025 discharge petition she signed, her walkout from the September 2, 2025 meeting with survivors and her post about it, the president's posts, the 427 to 1 vote, her praise of the president in 2026, the May 29 endorsement of a rival, her fifth place finish in the June 9 primary, and what she said after. The president's endorsement post names neither Mace nor the Epstein files. The link between the two is her account.
October 11, 2026 · Dispatch"She should not have come forward": Nancy Mace on an Arizona candidate who says she was raped
On October 8, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace posted on X about Bernadette Greene-Placentia, an Arizona congressional candidate who says she was raped while repairing a campaign sign: 'She should not have come forward, she will get excoriated for this.' Greene-Placentia told Phoenix New Times she spoke so women know 'it's okay to talk about it.' Mace's post, the candidate's own words, and Mace's own record on coming forward, from the South Carolina House floor in 2019 to her interview with Tara Palmeri in 2026.
October 17, 2026 · DispatchEXCLUSIVE: Brian Musgrave Speaks to ABC News 4 After Three Prosecutors Clear Him
In an exclusive interview with ABC News 4 (WCIV), Brian Musgrave describes learning from a reporter's text, while driving to buy birdseed, that Rep. Nancy Mace had named him in her February 10, 2025 House floor speech, and what it was like to read the letters of three South Carolina solicitors. Solicitor Kevin Brackett wrote that there is “not one speck of evidence that substantiates any of the reckless accusations she made against Mr. Musgrave and that he is completely innocent of these outrageous claims.” Solicitor Scarlett Wilson wrote of “the lack of even a scintilla of evidence.” Solicitor Duffie Stone wrote that Mace offered “neither evidence nor even suspicions.” Musgrave’s federal suit against Mace was dismissed on August 20, 2025 on immunity grounds, and the court offered no opinion on whether her allegations were true. ABC News 4 reported that Mace has offered no apology. The interview is ABC News 4’s, by Madison Wilber, Oct. 16, 2026.