The pink-pajamas all-night road trip to the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' vote
When her flights to Washington were canceled, Rep. Nancy Mace livestreamed an overnight drive from Charleston to the Capitol in pink polka-dot pajamas to be there for the House's final vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Across July 1 and 2, 2025, she posted from a Wawa, a Waffle House, and a hired van under the banner 'One Big Beautiful Girl's Road Trip,' arriving with the caption: 'No sleep, no problem. Pink pajamas and all, we're here to pass @POTUS's Big, Beautiful Bill.' The posting spree drew mockery from the left and from the MAGA right alike.
In the first days of July 2025, the House was racing to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the budget reconciliation package carrying President Donald Trump's agenda, before a self-imposed July 4 deadline. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said her flights between Charleston and Washington were canceled, so she hired a van with a driver and made the overnight drive, documenting nearly all of it on social media in pink polka-dot pajamas under the banner "One Big Beautiful Girl's Road Trip."
She arrived the morning of July 2, 2025, and posted the photo below:
No sleep, no problem. Pink pajamas and all, we're here to pass @POTUS's Big, Beautiful Bill.
Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) July 2, 2025
Mace's own post on arrival in Washington, July 2, 2025. The House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act the next day, July 3, 2025.
Along the way she filmed a string of stops. At a Wawa, she posted a clip set to AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" with the caption "If D.C. had a theme song …" At a Waffle House she posed with the staff, writing:
"From one Waffle House waitress to another, thank you for showing up, working hard, and keeping the coffee hot. We haven't forgotten where we came from."
The reaction
The road-trip posts went viral, and the criticism came from across the spectrum. Outlets including HuffPost and The Daily Beast catalogued the backlash, and Mediaite noted that some of the sharpest mockery came from the MAGA right, including the activist Laura Loomer. Critics questioned both the optics of a member of Congress posting through an overnight publicity run and who paid for the hired van.
Mace, who was at the time running for governor of South Carolina, later brushed off the criticism. As Raw Story reported, she said:
"Yes, I have pajamas. Yes, I sometimes like to make jokes. Some of them are good. Some of them don't land, but I do like to laugh and have fun."
In her own words, readers can judge.
Sources & related coverage
- Mace's posts: Nancy Mace on X, "No sleep, no problem…" (July 2, 2025)
- HuffPost, "Nancy Mace Ticks Off The Internet With Bizarre All-Night Posting Spree In Pink Pajamas"
- The Daily Beast, "Rep. Mace Posts All Night in Her Pink Pajamas in Bizarre Trump Suck-Up Stunt"
- Mediaite, "Nancy Mace Brutally Mocked by the Right Over Videos Showing Her Rushing to House Vote in PJs"
- The Daily Beast, "Laura Loomer Flames Nancy Mace for Pajamas Stunt"
- Raw Story, "Nancy Mace admits 'sometimes my jokes don't land' after pajama stunt"
This incident concerns public, on-record material only: Mace's own social-media posts, quoted verbatim, and attributed public reactions to them.
On the Record
'No sleep, no problem. Pink pajamas and all': Mace livestreams an overnight pajama road trip to the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' vote
With her flights to Washington canceled, Rep. Nancy Mace hired a van and drove overnight from Charleston to the Capitol in pink polka-dot pajamas, posting the whole way under the banner 'One Big Beautiful Girl's Road Trip.' She stopped at a Wawa (AC/DC, 'If D.C. had a theme song') and a Waffle House, and arrived July 2, 2025 with the line: 'No sleep, no problem. Pink pajamas and all, we're here to pass @POTUS's Big, Beautiful Bill.' The House passed the bill the next day.