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- 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 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 10, 2026 · Dispatch
"I gave up my political career for that discharge petition. And I would do it all over again."
Opening her Aug. 30, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Nancy Mace said she gave up her political career for the Epstein victims discharge petition and would do it again. She then confirmed that Trump 'ultimately punished' her for it: 'Oh, 100%.'
- September 10, 2026 · Dispatch
"I just go off the rails sometimes": Mace responds to critics who call her 'crazy'
Rep. Nancy Mace, in an Aug. 30, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, acknowledged that she sometimes 'goes off the rails' but pushed back on critics who call her 'crazy,' saying: 'Being nice has gotten us off the rails. I'm just bringing back common sense.'
- 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
Mace on Trump and the GOP machine: "He's definitely part of figuring out who gets to stay and who gets to go"
Rep. Nancy Mace, asked by Tara Palmeri whether Donald Trump is part of the political machine, said he is 'definitely part of figuring out who gets to stay and who gets to go.' The exchange came during an interview published Aug. 30, 2026 after Mace described Kevin McCarthy talking trash about her on Fox News.
- 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
"I'm leaving Congress because I can't get shit done": Mace explains exit in her own words
Rep. Nancy Mace told Tara Palmeri on Aug. 30, 2026 that she is leaving Congress because she 'can't get shit done,' citing her inability to pass women's safety legislation as the defining frustration of her tenure.
- September 8, 2026 · Dispatch
Nancy Mace introduced 90 bills this Congress. Zero became law.
Rep. Nancy Mace, in an Aug. 30, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, acknowledged she introduced 90 bills this Congress and that zero became law. Asked what she actually accomplished without Nancy Mace, she pointed to the 'bully pulpit.'
- 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.
- 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.