sexual-assault
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Dispatches
- October 11, 2026 · Dispatch
"She should not have come forward": Nancy Mace on an Arizona candidate who says she was raped
On October 8, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace posted on X about Bernadette Greene-Placentia, an Arizona congressional candidate who says she was raped while repairing a campaign sign: 'She should not have come forward, she will get excoriated for this.' Greene-Placentia told Phoenix New Times she spoke so women know 'it's okay to talk about it.' Mace's post, the candidate's own words, and Mace's own record on coming forward, from the South Carolina House floor in 2019 to her interview with Tara Palmeri in 2026.
- September 11, 2026 · Dispatch
What Nancy Mace Believes About Rape
She built a political identity on the word. Then, in one unguarded interview with journalist Tara Palmeri, something different came out: she called a factual question about Trump's accusers 'rape shaming,' could not name a single one of the 20-plus women, and said she would not recommend women come forward. Her own floor speech describes a blackout after two vodka sodas at a property owned by the man she accuses of rape, and a question her children asked that she never answered.
- September 9, 2026 · Dispatch
"I'm in the files": Mace tells Palmeri she is named in the Epstein files, questions FBI credibility
Rep. Nancy Mace told Tara Palmeri on Aug. 30, 2026 that she is in the Epstein files. When Palmeri raised a Jane Doe connected to Donald Trump, Mace said she believed the FBI 'didn't find it credible,' and added: 'I don't know if we can trust the FBI on this one.' Mace has stated publicly that she appears in the files as a victim, not a perpetrator.
- September 9, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace: "I was 16 years old and was assaulted... I am going through something similar again"
Rep. Nancy Mace, in an Aug. 30, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, described how being raped at 16 shaped who she is, and said: 'I am going through something similar again. And why does this keep happening?' Mace did not specify what recent event she was referring to.
- September 9, 2026 · Dispatch
"Oh, 100%": Mace says Trump punished her for standing up for victims, still calls him a good man
In an Aug. 30, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Nancy Mace confirmed that Donald Trump 'ultimately punished' her for standing up for victims, saying 'Oh, 100%.' When Palmeri asked whether Trump is a good man, Mace said: 'I think so. I think he's got it in his heart.'
- September 8, 2026 · Dispatch
Nancy Mace says she would not recommend women come forward about sexual assault: 'You will not get justice. You will not get an investigation.'
In an interview published August 30, 2026 with journalist Tara Palmeri, Rep. Nancy Mace, who went public about her own rape in an April 24, 2019 South Carolina House floor speech, said she would not recommend women come forward about sexual assault or sexual predator behavior. 'You will not get justice. You will not get an investigation, no matter how much evidence you give,' Mace said.