An Independent Public RecordWednesday, June 17, 2026

MACEOPEDIA

The Public Record

Verbatim

In Her Own Words

Every notable quote in the record, Nancy Mace’s own statements alongside the key lines from the filings and coverage about her. Each card links to a fully sourced entry.

On Patrick Bryant, and the Defamation Suit He Filed

Mace’s accusations against her former fiancé, Charleston entrepreneur Patrick Bryant, run from her February 10, 2025 House floor speech, to the Oversight hearing she chaired three months later, to her social-media posts and emails to his attorneys. Bryant categorically denies every allegation, and no criminal charges have been filed against him. The Speech or Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution shields what a member of Congress says on the floor, a federal judge so held in a parallel suit by Brian Musgrave but courts have left open whether Mace’s statements made outside the chamber carry the same protection. Because truth is a defense to defamation, the statements below would be actionable only to the extent they are false, which is what Bryant alleges in the defamation claim he has filed against her. Every line is verbatim from a public source (C-SPAN, her own posted video, the GOP Oversight hearing video, X, NBC, or the emails Bryant published); statements that exist only in sealed filings, depositions, or private messages are omitted.

On the House floor, February 10, 2025

Her roughly 53-minute speech, shielded by the Speech or Debate Clause. Full dispatch and video →

DateQuoteWhere / source
“Mr. Speaker I rise today ready to call out the cowards who think they can prey on women and get away with it. Today I'm going scorched earth. So, let the bridges I burn light our way forward.”Opening her roughly 53-minute speech · C-SPAN
“Let me say their names for the record in alphabetical order: Eric Bowman of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina; Patrick Bryant of Mount Pleasant in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, who also goes by Brendan Patrick Bryant; John Osborne of Charleston, South Carolina; and Brian Musgrave of Fort Mill, South Carolina.”Naming the four men on the House floor · Floor speech (YouTube)
“Today I am going to free myself from the monster who broke me. Today I will free other women who fell prey to the same man.”House floor speech, on her former fiancé · C-SPAN
“I will burn this system to the ground if I have to. These men aren't just criminals; they're predators. These predators are not untouchable. These predators are not invisible. These predators are not invincible.”House floor speech, on the four men she called "predators" · C-SPAN
“To Eric Bowman, Patrick Bryant, Brian Musgrave, and John Osborne: you have bought yourself a one-way ticket to hell.”House floor speech, addressing the four men by name · Floor speech (YouTube)
“I would later learn that these men (the three of them, Patrick Bryant, Eric Bowman, and John Osborne) planned her rape. It was premeditated.”House floor speech, on one of the alleged assaults · Floor speech (YouTube)
“My children asked me if Patrick Bryant had ever raped me.”House floor speech · Floor speech (YouTube)
“None of this is conjecture. These are not allegations. These are facts.”House floor speech · Floor speech (YouTube)
“some of the most heinous crimes against women imaginable”Describing the accusations against Bryant and three other men · NBC News
“If anyone would like to arrest me for standing up for women - here are my wrists. Take me to jail.”House floor speech, near the close · C-SPAN

At the Oversight hearing she chaired, May 20, 2025

She carried the same accusations into a formal committee proceeding. Hearing page and full video →

DateQuoteWhere / source
“Starting on November 5th, 2023, I discovered my former fiancé, Patrick Bryant, had filmed women without their knowledge, without their permission, and without their consent. He filmed rape, too.”Opening statement at the hearing she chaired · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)
“He's able to rape other women, film them.”House Oversight hearing · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)
“This is one of the rape victims that I discussed in my February 10th floor speech. As you can tell, she's on the couch and she's unconscious, passed out, blacked out. I think she was roofied.”House Oversight hearing · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)
“Patrick Bryant allegedly raped at least three women.”House Oversight hearing · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)
“This man is a rapist. He's a voyeur. He's a peeping tom. He deserves to be in jail.”House Oversight hearing, during witness questioning · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)
“My office has a tip line that remains active for those who believe they may have been recorded, assaulted, or otherwise victimized by Patrick Bryant and any of his business partners.”House Oversight hearing, directing a congressional tip line at Bryant · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)
“Bring it on, brother, because there is no defamation in the truth. And if you're going to be the kind of monster that sues his own victims, may God help you.”House Oversight hearing, on Bryant suing his accusers · House Oversight hearing (YouTube)

Outside the chamber, official statements, social media, and emails

The repetitions a defamation claim can reach, since the Speech or Debate Clause does not extend beyond the chamber. Her two official statements below are on her own congressional press-release page.

DateQuoteWhere / source
“I cannot unsee what you did to this young woman in a rape tape I uncovered on Patrick Bryant's phone.”On X from her official account, @RepNancyMace · X / @RepNancyMace
“This young woman didn’t know she was raped because she was unconscious when it happened. I told her the truth after I found the footage. It was one of the hardest conversations of my life.”Official statement on the survivor’s class-action suit against Bryant, Bowman and Osborne · Official statement (mace.house.gov)
“Wait until you hear about the possible CHILD S***AL ABUSE MATERIAL on your client’s phone (allegedly).”Email to Bryant’s counsel, later published by Bryant · Bryant (Facebook)
“Many thanks, and good luck working on behalf of an alleged rapist and pedophile. You have lost all my respect.”Email to Bryant’s process server, later published by Bryant · Bryant (Facebook)
“You have a rapist suing rape victims. Sick. Disgusting. Gross.”Email over the litigation, as published by Bryant · Bryant (Facebook)
“I don’t know what’s worse: Finding all this evidence or turning in a loved one. Each new allegation, more disturbing than the last.”In a video statement, on the allegations against Bryant · Official statement (mace.house.gov)
“Patrick Bryant and his attorneys continue to harass his victims for doing what’s right. I WILL NOT be silenced. I will fight for you.”Video statement naming Bryant · Official statement (mace.house.gov)

The defamation suit

On November 6, 2025, Bryant filed a Third-Party Complaint against Mace in Berg v. Bryant (Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, No. 2025-CP-10-03124), pleading defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, conversion, and civil conspiracy. The complaint contends Mace’s accusations are false and that she “engaged in solely personal acts, for her own personal gain, without any relationship to her position as a United States Congresswoman.” Mace denies the allegations, has asserted the Speech or Debate Clause as a defense, and removed the case to federal court in early 2026. The matter is unadjudicated and ongoing.

Case docket: Berg v. Bryant · Live 5 News: Ex-fiancé sues Rep. Mace · Patrick Bryant

January 6, and the Endorsement

In the weeks after the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, Mace made a series of public statements about then-President Donald Trump. In January and February 2024, ahead of the South Carolina Republican primary, she endorsed him over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Both sets of statements are below, verbatim, each linked to its sourced dispatch.

January 2021, after the Capitol attack

Statements in the weeks following January 6, 2021.

DateQuoteWhere / source
“Every accomplishment that Republicans have had over the last four years of President Trump's presidency has been entirely wiped out and where do we go from here?”To a local TV station, the day after the Capitol attack · WMBF News
“The people who assaulted police officers to break into the Capitol and hold Congress hostage weren't patriots. They were domestic terrorists. We must stop coddling extremists and rebuild our party as the party that respects rule of law, not violence wrapped in the American flag.”On Twitter, four days after the Capitol attack · House.gov
“I don't know how you go forward and defend the indefensible … I think the principles and ideas that he espoused are things we're going to have to champion in the future but without his support, his brand or his name.”On Fox News, the day of the second impeachment vote · Fox News
“how do we hold a president accountable that put all of our lives at risk?”On NBC's Meet the Press, eleven days after the attack · The Hill

January and February 2024, the endorsement

Endorsing Trump ahead of the 2024 Republican primaries.

DateQuoteWhere / source
“I don't see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now I've stayed out of it. But the time has come to unite behind our nominee. To be honest, it's been a complete shit show since he left the White House.”Endorsing Trump over Nikki Haley, the day before the New Hampshire primary · Political Wire
“Donald Trump is the only man who can save America.”Endorsing Trump before the South Carolina Republican primary · ABC News

See the record side by side →

Every Quote on the Site

The Litigation & Patrick Bryant (37)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“The attorneys have indicated that 11,000+ files are in dispute.”LITIGATION
“Making or publishing any comment about any aspect of this case … via oral, written, social media, text or any other forms of communication.”Gag Order, Berg v. Bryant, signed Nov. 26, 2025
“predators that got away in my case, that got away in other cases in South Carolina, that we finally put criminals behind bars.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“I have met with Ms. Berg and her counsel, and it is because of cases like hers that I advocated for this Act. This is exactly the situation we fought to address.”Gretchen Carlson, sworn declaration filed in ADW v. Berg, June 8, 2026
“He can sell a building or two, settle, be done, move on … all of us can get 150 K each.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“You have to hit him in his pocketbook with a civil suit.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“to simply make up a legal standard is inexcusable.”LITIGATION
“not one woman other than Defendant as [sic] brought an action against Bryant, including Mace.”LITIGATION
“Mace stole the original S22 phone from Bryant's house/safe and Bryant has not possessed it since late-2023.”LITIGATION
“her Motion is intended to delay this litigation, harass Plaintiff, its members, and agents.”LITIGATION
“ADW's lawsuit is not a legitimate defamation action, it is a fishing expedition designed to circumvent privilege protections and obtain discovery that Mr. Bryant could not otherwise obtain and to violate Rep. Mace's rights.”LITIGATION
“This Court now stands as the only barrier between a victim's most private materials and their continued misuse by the very individuals who violated her trust.”LITIGATION
“Mace has demanded in a series of threatening emails and letters that Ms. Berg's Counsel: (a) cease using evidence for Ms. Berg's defense; (b) return or destroy evidence relevant to Ms. Berg's claims and defenses; and (c) 'claw back' evidence already produced in discovery.”LITIGATION
“opposing counsel has turned your Honorable Court into a Kangaroo Court, which does an enormous disservice to the great state of South Carolina.”LITIGATION
“Bryant moves for an order imposing sanctions … against … Nancy Ruth Mace ('Mace') and her counsel, D. Craig Brown for using fake, AI generated citations … and attempting to conceal the fabrications from the Court by serving an Amended Memorandum which itself continued to use fabricated citations.”LITIGATION
“Our Preventing Prosecutors from Protecting Predators Act is more than legislation, it's deeply personal.”GAG ORDER
“Recording this kind of crime isn't a footnote. It's an awful and invasive crime that does serious long-term damage to its victims.”GAG ORDER
“When your state Attorney General drops nearly every case and or charge against pedophiles, that's when you know your state is a pedophile paradise.”GAG ORDER
“implying criminal conduct that has not been alleged in this litigation.”GAG ORDER
“Describing in detail what I contend is confidential before the Order is in place would defeat the very purpose of having a confidentiality order.”BERG V BRYANT
“Mace admits that she placed an air tag on Bryant's car for one day in August 2023.”LITIGATION
“There are at least two people in Mace's car when she called Ali Berg. If this was such a confidential conversation, she would have done it in privacy, behind closed doors.”LITIGATION
“I WILL NOT be silenced. I will fight for you.”GAG ORDER
“IMPEACH ALL CORRUPT JUDGES”GAG ORDER
“Not nearly enough. Very concerned for the safety of his victims. Keeping them in my prayers tonight.”GAG ORDER
“F*** YOU AND EVERY P***PHILE AND R*PIST YOU'VE EVER REPRESENTED.”THE DEFENSE
“I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his life.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“Wilson and her office should immediately recuse themselves and hand over any and all cases related to this victim to a solicitor who will actually protect victims and prosecute criminals.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“I believe it was the solicitor who leaked evidence to people who shouldn't have had it. The solicitor, Scarlett Wilson is her name.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“change statehouse floor to floor of the United States House of Representatives. Statehouse and US House two very different things”BERG V BRYANT
“That's my body. You can see the silhouette.”Displaying an image she said was of her own body at the House Oversight surveillance hearing she chaired
“the communications highlight Britton's refusal to provide Berg with any of her alleged evidence of the assault. Why? Because it does not exist.”BERG V BRYANT
“Real men guard a woman's privacy; predators harvest it.”Rep. Nancy Mace, on Instagram, the day of her May 20, 2025 surveillance hearing
“Arrest me. Take me to jail.”2025
“Nancy's making all this up. This is literally a lie so she can get in some political position.”Alexis Berg, as recounted in Erin Gunther's sworn affidavit and quoted in Bryant's publicly e-filed July 14, 2025 GLT2 v. Mace memorandum
“I hacked into his [Patrick's] computer and phone.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“I hacked into his [Patrick's] computer and phone.”Attributed to Rep. Nancy Mace in the sworn affidavit of journalist Ashleigh Messervy, recounting an August 28, 2024 meeting

Epstein & Oversight (28)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“I voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that. As a survivor, I chose to stand on principle and stand against the Epstein cover-up.”2026
“I chose wrong if the goal was winning an election.”On X after her fifth-place finish in the SC GOP gubernatorial primary, attributing her loss to her vote to release the Epstein files
“If the price of an endorsement was to not vote to release the Epstein files, that is a price I am unwilling to pay.”On CNN, June 7, 2026
“I voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that. As a survivor, I chose to stand on principle and stand against the Epstein cover-up.”Concession remarks after finishing fifth (~12.1%) in the SC GOP gubernatorial primary, June 9, 2026
“If the price of an endorsement was to not vote to release the Epstein files, that is a price I am unwilling to pay.”On CNN, June 7, 2026, days before the SC governor primary
“I voted to release the Epstein files. NO REGRETS.”On X, the day Trump endorsed her primary rival Pam Evette instead of her, May 29, 2026
“Bondi handled the Epstein Files in a terrible manner and seriously undermined President Trump. She has stonewalled every effort to hold the guilty accountable.”Statement the day Trump fired AG Pam Bondi, Apr. 2, 2026
“Today, the members who voted for our subpoenas chose transparency over secrecy and accountability over cover-ups. We will not stay silent while the American people are kept in the dark. Not on the Epstein files. Not on the taxpayer-funded settlements members of Congress used to hide their own misconduct.”After Oversight passed her second subpoena, on congressional sexual-harassment settlement records, Mar. 4, 2026
“The Jeffrey Epstein case will go down as one of the greatest cover-ups in American history.”After the House Oversight Committee voted 24-19 to subpoena AG Pam Bondi on Mace's motion, Mar. 4, 2026
“She was screaming. Unhinged and combative every time we brought up Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.”Mace's characterization of Clinton after the Feb. 26 deposition, a framing the released video drew mixed reviews on
“I'll be the first one to tell you, the DOJ hasn't released all the files. We're talking about terabytes of data. I think millions of more files.”On NewsNation, Feb. 24, 2026
“Congress needs to know what, if any, relationship the CIA had with Jeffrey Epstein and what information they're sitting on.”Letter to CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Feb. 17, 2026
“Victims deserve justice, and the American people deserve the truth.”Letter to U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton III demanding the unredacted 2019 SDNY co-conspirator memorandum, Feb. 16, 2026
“Despite the memo released by DOJ last night, not all the Epstein files have been released. And the excuses provided for not releasing all the files will not hold up in a court of law. This isn't going away until people go to jail.”On X, rejecting AG Pam Bondi's claim that all files had been released, Feb. 15, 2026
“My greatest concern is that nothing is going to happen from this. You can't have thousands of victims and only one accomplice.”Press remarks, Charleston, Feb. 12, 2026
“It's creepy. I'm pretty tech savvy. I've played around with the system. They're tracking every file that we open, and when we open it. They're tracking everything.”On the DOJ monitoring congressional access to the Epstein files, Feb. 11, 2026
“The days of cover-up are over. I want the princes, the former presidents, the billionaires to know: your days are numbered.”After reviewing unredacted Epstein files at the DOJ, Feb. 11, 2026
“One of the richest men in the world doesn't get to dodge questions about Epstein.”Statement announcing a demand that Gates testify before the Oversight Committee
“Today is a historic day for every survivor across the country.”House floor speech, Nov. 18, 2025, as the chamber passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427-1
“I signed the discharge petition. I was one of four Republicans to do so.”Public statement, Nov. 13, 2025, after Trump pressed signers to back down
“Today is a historic day for every survivor across the country.”House floor speech, Nov. 18, 2025, as the chamber passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427-1
“If you want to take it outside, we can do that.”2025
“Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics?”To whistleblower David Grusch, House UAP hearing, July 26, 2023
“If I say, 'Immaculate Constellation,' I will be on some list. Maybe a FISA warrant. So, come at me bro, I guess.”Entering an alleged classified program name into the record, House UAP hearing, November 13, 2024
“Thank you for your leadership on this important matter.”UAP
“What is a woman?”Rep. Nancy Mace's recurring question to witnesses at House Oversight hearings, 2024-2026
“Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics?”Questioning whistleblower David Grusch, House Oversight UAP hearing, July 26, 2023
“Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics?”Questioning whistleblower David Grusch, House Oversight UAP hearing, July 26, 2023

The 2026 Governor's Race (15)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“more of a menace than ever”Vowing to stay in the political fray after her primary defeat (via The Hill)
“As a high school dropout turned Waffle House waitress, we know firsthand education isn't one-size-fits-all.”2026
“All the questions, and I don't care how tough they are, thank you for being respectful tonight.”2026
“Enjoying my first cup of coffee since getting my ass kicked last night, and reading about how Dems nominated the guy with the nazi tattoo.”Post on X the morning after finishing fifth in the SC GOP gubernatorial primary, June 10, 2026
“Every vote I cast, every hearing I called, every fight I picked, it was always for you.”2026
“I want a law-and-order governor, and that law-and-order governor is going to be Alan Wilson.”2026
“Serving South Carolina has been the greatest honor of my life. This isn't the end of the fight. It's just the end of this chapter.”2026
“DING DONG THE WITCH IS GONE!”2026
“One of Pamela Evette's employees physically assaulted a supporter of mine last night.”Nancy Mace on X (@NancyMace), 8:56 a.m., primary election day, June 9, 2026
“Well, my time is up at the end of this year.”Concession after the SC gubernatorial primary, confirming she will not run for the U.S. House again
“Alan Wilson and I have buried the hatchet. I want a law-and-order governor, and that law-and-order governor is going to be Alan Wilson.”Conceding the SC governor primary and endorsing Alan Wilson, the rival she had vowed to 'take out,' June 9, 2026 · Washington Examiner
“One of Pamela Evette's employees physically assaulted a supporter of mine last night.”Rep. Nancy Mace on X, primary election morning, June 9, 2026
“How many times are you going to call your daddy, Alan?”IN HER OWN WORDS
“I am Trump in high heels. I love what I am doing. I mean, he doesn't sleep.”Launching her run for South Carolina governor at a Myrtle Beach town hall, August 6, 2025 · PBS NewsHour
“I will take him out. I will personally make sure that he is never governor of South Carolina.”IN HER OWN WORDS

Transgender & the Bathroom Bill (3)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“Estrogen doesn't love you.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“Tr*nny, tr*nny, tr*nny! I don't really care!”IN HER OWN WORDS
“McBride, a biological male, does not get a say in women's private spaces.”IN HER OWN WORDS

UAP & the Hearings (1)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“I think that has to be on the table. It has to be an option.”On whether the December 2024 Northeast mystery drones were alien craft (Newsweek)

January 6 & Donald Trump (5)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“President Trump has won the war, time to exit.”In a statement to Axios, signaling she would 'most likely' vote with House Democrats to wind down the Iran war
“We cannot allow the Washington War Machine to turn Iran into another Iraq.”On X, after walking out of a classified House Armed Services Committee briefing on Iran
“If members of Congress want to be helpful they should work with the administration instead of trying to exploit the situation for political gain.”ISRAEL
“I do hold not only the president accountable for what happened, but also members of my own party.”During the second-impeachment debate, on Trump after Jan. 6 · Live 5 News
“His entire legacy was wiped out yesterday.”On CNN the morning after the January 6 Capitol attack, on Donald Trump's legacy · Daily Caller

Everything Else (12)

DateQuoteWhere / source
“I have a manifest right now list of over 2,000 Americans that are stranded, ready to get out.”ISRAEL
“They had the people but didn't have the plane. I jumped in to assist.”ISRAEL
“this is probably retaliation for Epstein, let's be honest; When you fight the swamp, the swamp fights back.”Nancy Mace, to The Daily Signal
“So my story is I am totally broken.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“I operate at a very high level of ethics, higher than anything you could ever imagine.”On Fox News' MediaBuzz with Howard Kurtz (Jan. 2026) · Fox News MediaBuzz
“I don't get invited to parties, I don't have any friends, I have a dog.”On Newsmax, asked about a Washington "elite cabal" · Mediaite
“PS, I have a good surgeon if you ever want to get your nose done.”IN HER OWN WORDS
“I have no friends. People call me names, they make threats, and they try to take me down.”Election-night victory speech, Charleston (Nov. 5, 2024) · nancymace.org
“And after tonight, anyone who dare takes a shot at me, you better not miss.”Election-night victory speech, Charleston (Nov. 5, 2024) · nancymace.org
“I aim to be a giant. I will stand tall to inspire the next generation to do more than any of us could have ever imagined.”Election-night victory speech, Charleston (Nov. 5, 2024) · nancymace.org
“You're damn right I'm fundraising off of this right now because the establishment is coming after me.”Nancy Mace, on Fox Business, Capitol Rotunda, October 4, 2023
“This is why good people don't run for office.”Mace to the Daily Mail, on the resurfaced 2016 drinking-game video (Dec. 2024)