floor speech
16 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.
Dispatches
- February 10, 2025 · Dispatch
Mace's floor speech: 'I'm going scorched earth' on predators
In a roughly 53-minute House floor speech on February 10, 2025, Mace named multiple men she alleged had assaulted or exploited her and other women, vowing to 'burn this system to the ground' if necessary.
- February 10, 2025 · Dispatch
"Arrest me. Take me to jail." Mace brings handcuffs to the House floor
During her February 10, 2025 House floor speech, Rep. Nancy Mace said she had been told she would be investigated and could be arrested for coming forward, then held up a pair of handcuffs and told the chamber: 'If anyone would like to arrest me for standing up for women, here are my wrists. Arrest me. Take me to jail.' Nearly a year later she repeated the offer in a written statement to the court in Berg v. Bryant. The men she has accused deny the allegations and the civil litigation is ongoing.
Incidents
Epstein files floor speech and Oversight briefing (Sept. Nov. 2025)
In September 2025, Rep. Mace left an Oversight Committee briefing with Epstein victims early, describing a panic attack. On November 18, 2025, she delivered a floor speech supporting the House vote to force release of all Jeffrey Epstein files.
September 2, 2025 · Incident
The 'PREDATORS' House-floor speech (Feb. 10, 2025)
On February 10, 2025, Rep. Mace delivered a roughly 53-minute House floor speech making allegations against named men and vowing to 'burn this system to the ground.' The named individuals deny all allegations; civil litigation is ongoing.
February 10, 2025 · Incident
Court filings
Musgrave v. Mace (2:25-cv-01823-RMG)
Brian Musgrave, one of four men Rep. Nancy Mace named in her February 2025 House floor speech, filed a federal defamation and libel suit against her. The case turned on whether the Speech or Debate Clause and the Westfall Act shielded Mace from liability for statements made both inside and outside Congress. Senior District Judge Richard Gergel heard oral argument on August 20, 2025 and that same day entered an order that led Mace to characterize the case as resolved in her favor; the full scope of the ruling, and whether any claims survive, is addressed below.
March 14, 2025 · Case
Wiki & people
Eric Bowman
Eric Bowman is a Charleston-area businessman whom Rep. Nancy Mace publicly named in a February 2025 House floor speech and later sued for defamation in May 2025; Bowman has denied the underlying allegations and disputed the suit.
May 12, 2025 · Wiki
Brian Musgrave
South Carolina private citizen publicly named by Rep. Nancy Mace in a February 2025 House floor speech alleging sexual misconduct; Musgrave denied all allegations and subsequently sued Mace for defamation.
February 10, 2025 · Wiki
John Osborne
Charleston-area venture capitalist publicly named by Rep. Nancy Mace in a February 2025 House floor speech, and on a 'predators' poster displayed in the Capitol, in connection with alleged sexual misconduct; Osborne denied all allegations, and no criminal charges have been filed.
February 10, 2025 · Wiki
Media coverage
Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces, House Oversight Committee Hearing
Rep. Nancy Mace chaired a May 20, 2025 House Oversight Committee hearing titled 'Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces,' centering on allegations that private individuals had been secretly recorded. The hearing is directly connected to the Musgrave v. Mace defamation litigation; Mace's allegations and the named men's denials are contested and unproven, and related litigation remains pending.
May 20, 2025 · Media
Prosecutors drop charge against man who Rep. Nancy Mace accused of assaulting her at the Capitol
Prosecutors dropped the misdemeanor assault charge against foster-care advocate James McIntyre, whom Mace had accused of 'physically accosting' her at a December 2024 Capitol event. Three eyewitnesses said McIntyre had simply shaken her hand. The dismissal drew wide coverage, which characterized the charge's collapse as undercutting Mace's account.
April 2, 2025 · Media
US Rep. Nancy Mace sued for libel and defamation after making public accusations of abuse
Brian Musgrave, one of the four men Mace accused by name in her February 2025 House floor speech, filed a federal defamation and libel suit against her. The case was ultimately dismissed as to floor-speech claims under the Speech or Debate Clause, though the judge left open whether Mace's social-media statements were protected. All allegations are contested; Mace denied wrongdoing.
March 14, 2025 · Media
Exclusive: Man accused as 'predator' by Rep. Nancy Mace breaks his silence
In an exclusive interview with CNN national correspondent Randi Kaye, aired the evening of March 10, 2025 as a segment on 'Anderson Cooper 360°', Brian Musgrave, one of the four men Rep. Nancy Mace named in her House floor speech, denied her allegations on camera: 'Absolutely not. No, no.' Mace's allegations are contested and unproven; the dispute is the subject of ongoing civil litigation.
March 10, 2025 · Media
Rep. Nancy Mace details accusations of rape and sexual abuse in a speech from the House floor
Mace used a 50-plus-minute House floor speech to accuse four named men, including her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant, of rape, sex trafficking, and other crimes. All four men categorically denied the allegations to NBC. The speech triggered multiple defamation lawsuits and is central to ongoing litigation; all allegations are contested and unproven.
February 11, 2025 · Media
Clips
"Once I get my teeth stuck in you" -> "endorse Alan Wilson for governor": Mace's flip on Alan Wilson
A real-footage then-vs-now supercut: Nancy Mace's June 9, 2026 endorsement of Attorney General Alan Wilson (C-SPAN) cut against her own March 4, 2025 House floor speech, where she vowed to make sure 'every South Carolinian knows your name forever' and that 'once I get my teeth stuck in you, I am not letting go.' Wilson rejected her attacks; nothing here is a finding about either man.
June 9, 2026 · Clip
“Today, I’m going scorched earth”, twelve moments from Mace’s 52-minute floor speech
A supercut of twelve verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace's February 10, 2025 House floor speech, from her scorched-earth declaration to naming four men, describing what she said she found on a phone, alleging she was raped after two vodka sodas, and asserting “these are not allegations, these are facts” while the named men deny everything and the civil litigation remains ongoing.
February 10, 2025 · Clip
"Take me to jail", Nancy Mace brings handcuffs to the House floor
A vertical supercut of Rep. Nancy Mace's February 10, 2025 House floor speech, in which she said she had been told she would be investigated and could be arrested for coming forward, then held up handcuffs and told the chamber, "If anyone would like to arrest me for standing up for women, here are my wrists. Arrest me. Take me to jail." It closes on her January 2026 written statement to the court that a judge would have to throw her in jail before she is silenced. The men she has accused deny her allegations and the civil litigation is ongoing.
February 10, 2025 · Clip