Dispatches
- September 23, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace vs. Mace: she called AOC's Jan. 6 account 'fiction,' but her own words called that same day 'a very dangerous situation' where 'lives were put at risk'
In February 2021 Nancy Mace smeared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's account of January 6 as 'fiction' and said AOC 'doesn't deal in reality.' MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan pulled the receipts: Mace's own contemporaneous words called that same day 'a very dangerous situation' where 'lives were put at risk,' said she barricaded her office, and told a local station she would carry a gun on Capitol Hill.
- February 8, 2021 · Dispatch
Mace boasts on Fox News she has been 'living rent-free' in AOC's Twitter account
On February 8, 2021, Mace appeared on Fox News to gloat about her social-media feud with AOC over the January 6 Capitol attack, framing her challenge to AOC's trauma account as a winning political play.
- February 4, 2021 · Dispatch
Mace tells AOC 'I deal in facts. Unlike you, apparently.', then fundraises off the feud
On February 4, 2021, Mace attacked AOC's credibility over her January 6 account on Twitter, then sent a fundraising email the same day using the same line as a solicitation.
- February 3, 2021 · Dispatch
Mace tweets 'Insurrectionists never stormed our hallway' to undercut AOC's Capitol trauma account
On February 3, 2021, Mace publicly disputed AOC's account of fearing for her life on January 6, despite Mace herself having reportedly told reporters she barricaded in her own office out of fear that day.