conduct
8 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.
Incidents
The 2016 'baby bird' drinking-game video
A cell-phone video filmed while Mace was campaigning for Donald Trump in 2016, published as an exclusive by the Daily Mail in December 2024, shows her down a shot of liquor and pass it mouth-to-mouth with another woman in a drinking game known as 'baby bird,' a chain that ends with a male participant vomiting on the floor.
January 1, 2016 · Incident
Media coverage
Nancy Mace Calls Her Constituents 'Ugly,' 'Nasty,' Doubles Down on Refusing Town Hall
After refusing to attend a March 2025 town hall in her district, Mace posted a video calling constituents who had been calling her office 'ugly,' 'hateful,' and 'nasty.' The comments were widely condemned as contemptuous of her own voters.
April 8, 2025 · Media
Nancy Mace 'Thirst Trap' Sparks Social Media Backlash
A crop-top jogging photo Mace posted to social media prompted a wave of commentary ranging from lewd to anti-trans, drawing coverage of the unintended backlash and her pattern of posting attention-seeking content.
April 5, 2025 · Media
Rep. Nancy Mace was invited to a town hall, but declined. Voters wonder: Is she listening to us?
Byrd reported on a March 28 Mount Pleasant town hall attended by 200-plus constituents, with Mace's chair sitting empty after she declined the invitation, calling organizers 'paid agitators.' The story framed a pattern of constituent avoidance.
March 28, 2025 · Media
Rep. Nancy Mace Threatens Media For Reporting On Handshake She Says Was Assault
After media reported eyewitnesses contradicted Mace's assault account of the McIntyre incident, Mace went on far-right media to threaten defamation suits against any outlet that questioned her version of events, a threat that was itself widely covered as an attempt to intimidate journalists.
December 12, 2024 · Media
This GOP Rep. May Have Lied About Trans Activist Attacking Her
New Republic report citing three eyewitnesses who said McIntyre simply shook Mace's hand and asked her to support trans youth, directly contradicting her claim of physical assault. Published the day before Mace's media-threat appearance.
December 11, 2024 · Media
"TMI": GOP Rep. Nancy Mace tells prayer breakfast audience she turned down sex to be there
At a Christian prayer breakfast hosted by Sen. Tim Scott, Mace joked about turning down sex with her then-fiancé to attend, saying 'a little TMI' after the punchline. Conservative commentators expressed outrage at the impropriety; the story revealed Mace's pattern of saying attention-grabbing, self-undermining things in public settings.
July 27, 2023 · Media
GOP Rep Flip-Flops on 'Asshole' Abortion Bill: Just Travel
Mace was overheard in an elevator calling a DOD abortion-travel reimbursement amendment 'an asshole move, an asshole amendment,' then voted for it when the measure came to the floor. She was confronted by CNN's Kaitlan Collins about the hypocrisy, generating the 'being assholes to women' clip.
July 14, 2023 · Media