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• October 7, 2026 · Dispatch

  'It's Pedophilia. It's Grooming.': Nancy Mace Calls Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico a Groomer and 'Not a Christian,' on a Poll Number No Published Poll Shows

  In her October 1, 2026 Get Maced episode, Rep. Nancy Mace spent about five minutes on James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, over his record on transgender athletes in girls' sports. She said 'It's disgusting. It's pedophilia. It's grooming. And here's a so-called Christian running on it,' told viewers 'You should not vote for this guy,' and said that someone who 'doesn't protect women in private spaces where they're undressed isn't a Christian,' while also saying 'I'm not carrying the water for anyone in this race.' She opened the segment with 'Ken Paxton is now three points ahead of Talarico.' The Fox News poll taken September 24 to 28 had Talarico ahead, 51 to 49, and Maceopedia found no published poll with Paxton ahead by three. Every characterization of Talarico in this entry is hers. The site's own voice is confined to the poll number and the public record.

• September 25, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace Wants a Public Execution, Then Calls Juror Criticism a 'Lynching'

  On September 14, 2026, Nancy Mace told TMZ she wanted Lindsay Clancy 'publicly executed' as a 'warning to women everywhere.' About a week later, on the September 23 episode of her podcast Get Maced, Mace called criticism of the holdout juror in that same case 'a modern day lynching' and claimed Democrats founded the KKK. The Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865 by former Confederate veterans.

• September 25, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace Says Sharia Runs Michigan. Michigan's Governor Is Gretchen Whitmer.

  On the September 21 episode of her 'Get Maced' podcast, Rep. Nancy Mace told her audience that 'Sharia law is running Michigan,' and she said it inside a sentence accusing other people of 'lying about America.' The claim is false. Michigan runs on the U.S. Constitution and a state constitution, the same as South Carolina. Its governor is Gretchen Whitmer. Fact-checkers have debunked the Michigan-sharia myth since 2015, and Girl Scouts of the USA says on the record that it teaches no religion and welcomes girls of every faith.

• September 25, 2026 · Dispatch

  The Vaccine Mace Urged You to Get Is Now 'Going to Kill You'

  In April 2021 Nancy Mace got the COVID-19 vaccine on camera and urged South Carolinians to 'protect yourself, your family and your community.' That November she told CNN she had 'been a proponent of vaccinations.' On the September 24, 2026 episode of her 'Get Maced' podcast she called it 'the vax that's going to kill you' and said she has a 'vaccine injury like myself and millions of others.' We found no public documentation of that injury, and the CDC's own data does not support a claim of mass harm.

• 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.

• September 22, 2026 · Dispatch

  Fact check: Mace says she 'lost a lot of money doing this job the right way' while under an active ethics probe over $9,485 in overbilled housing reimbursements

  On her own YouTube channel, Nancy Mace claimed financial sacrifice and clean conduct; the public record shows the House Ethics Committee is actively reviewing an OCC finding that she overbilled taxpayers by $9,485.46 in housing reimbursements.

• September 11, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace Accused Tara Palmeri of 'Rape Shaming.' She Then Said the Only Trump Accuser She Could Name Was a 'Porn Star' Who 'Wasn't Accusing Him of Rape.'

  In an uncut episode published September 6, 2026 from her interview with Mace, journalist Tara Palmeri replayed two exchanges, both of which also appear in the longer interview published August 30, 2026. In the first, Mace called Palmeri's question about how she reconciles supporting Trump with women's advocacy 'rape shaming.' In the second, asked whether she believes the women who accused Trump of rape, Mace named only a 'porn star' she believed was not accusing him of rape, apparently not knowing that E. Jean Carroll specifically accused Trump of rape and a jury found him liable for sexual abuse.

• September 8, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace claimed she took "about six weeks" off the campaign after her father died. She was on a debate stage seven days later.

  On August 30, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace told journalist Tara Palmeri she left the campaign trail 'for about six weeks' after her father died April 14, and 'probably didn't raise any money' or 'make any phone calls at the end.' The public record contradicts the timeline at every point: she appeared in a formal multi-candidate debate at the College of Charleston on April 21, seven days after his death and two days before his April 23 funeral. By May 8, her X archive shows full campaign activity. On May 27 she posted '18 hours on the campaign trail today.'

• September 4, 2026 · Dispatch

  FACT CHECK: Mace says she left the campaign trail for about six weeks after her father died. She debated seven days later, two days before his funeral.

  In an August 30, 2026 Tara Palmeri Show interview explaining her fifth-place finish in the SC governor's race, Mace claimed she left the campaign trail for about six weeks after her father's death. The public record shows she appeared on a formal debate stage seven days after her father died and two days before his funeral.

• October 12, 2020 · Dispatch

  Mace campaign ad claims Cunningham 'voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds' for campaigns, rated Half True

  A 2020 Mace attack ad claiming Joe Cunningham voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds for politicians' campaigns was rated Half True by PolitiFact, which found the funds came from fines rather than taxes and that the personal-expense rules did not apply to Cunningham.