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Nancy Mace

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United States Representative (Republican) from South Carolina's 1st district.

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We have documented statements by Nancy Mace on 2026 Midterm Elections, Artificial Intelligence, and Government Transparency, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Nancy Mace

Portrait of Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace

Role at the time: U.S. representative from South Carolina

Condemned

Statement summary

Mace calls Ramaswamy's ad the most shameful, disgusting and offensive of the election season and says it will hurt Republicans in Ohio.

“This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)The Lead CNN post of Nancy Mace's remarks on the Ramaswamy ad · CBS NewsPost text and attached clip from The Lead
Why we used this label

Mace explicitly condemns using Acton's mother and abuse history in the ad.

Read statementFull case: Ramaswamy's campaign defends using Amy Acton's estranged mother in an attack ad
Portrait of Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace

Role at the time: Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, posting on X

Defended or excused

Statement summary

Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, quote-posted a Libs of TikTok post about Arminio’s removal from the forum and added the comment “The Left policing biology and speech...”. The post she quoted says Arminio was right.

“The Left policing biology and speech...”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Nancy Mace X post on the Delaware forum removal · Nancy MaceFull X post (quote post), published September 21, 2026 09:50 UTC
Why we used this label

Relative to whether Arminio’s conduct warranted his removal from the forum, Mace’s comment frames the removal as “The Left policing biology and speech”, treating his remarks as speech that was wrongly policed, on a post that says Arminio was right. That defends the conduct. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because she does more than dispute a description: she objects to the removal itself.

Read statementFull case: Did Joe Arminio’s misgendering of Sarah McBride warrant his removal from a Delaware candidate forum?
Portrait of Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace

Role at the time: U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, posting on X

Defended or excused

Statement summary

Quote-posting LindellTV’s video of Rep. Ilhan Omar being questioned about the investigation and the allegation that she married her brother, Rep. Nancy Mace wrote “One word: Deport.”

“One word: Deport.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Rep. Nancy Mace’s X post quote-posting LindellTV’s video of Rep. Ilhan Omar · Nancy MacePost text (quote-post of LindellTV’s video).
Why we used this label

Mace answers Omar’s denial by calling for her deportation, which treats the accusation as grounds for removal and presses it. The closest competing label is “Mixed or conditional”; it loses because the post attaches no condition or reservation.

Read statementFull case: Should Trump administration officials publicly accuse Rep. Ilhan Omar of immigration fraud?
Portrait of Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace

Role at the time: U.S. Representative, South Carolina 1st district

Condemned

Statement summary

Nancy Mace voted Yea on H.Con.Res. 93, the House resolution directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

“On Agreeing to the Resolution: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)U.S. House Roll Call Vote 307: H.Con.Res. 93, Iran War Powers Resolution (agreed to, 220-204)
Why we used this label

A yea vote supported directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, opposing continued U.S. involvement in the war without congressional authorization.

Read statementFull case: Do they support the war in Iran?
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Nancy Mace

Role at the time: U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, replying on her verified X account

Condemned

Statement summary

Replying to Rep. Ro Khanna's call to pause recursive self-improving AI and impose criminal and civil liability, Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina rejected the proposal on competitiveness grounds, saying China will not pause and will eat the United States' lunch. The reply is the whole of her statement and offers no further reasoning. Her prediction about Chinese conduct is an assertion, not an established finding.

“China will not pause. China will eat our lunch.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Nancy Mace: "China will not pause. China will eat our lunch."
Why we used this label

Mace rejects it, treating a pause as self-defeating because a strategic competitor would not reciprocate. That is the competitiveness argument this case already records from Mike Johnson (729), who opposed a moratorium because "China will overlap us," and from Trump (556, 572), and all are classified condemns. The closest competing label is “Mixed or conditional”; it loses because she names no safeguard she would accept and attaches no condition, offering only the objection.

Read statementFull case: Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
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Nancy Mace

Role at the time: U.S. Representative for South Carolina at the statement date.

Condemned

Statement summary

Mace criticizes the continuing war without congressional participation and calls for invoking the War Powers Act.

“It's time to invoke the War Powers Act.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Nancy Mace on the Iran warComplete original authored written post; date-only timestamp represented at noon UTC
Why we used this label

Relative to U.S. military involvement in the 2026 Iran war, Mace criticizes the continuing war without congressional participation and calls for invoking the War Powers Act.

Read statementFull case: Do they support the war in Iran?
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Nancy Mace

Role at the time: Member of the House Oversight Committee, in a post on X

Defended or excused

Statement summary

In a post on X on September 3, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace shared a CNBC report that Black had sued the House Oversight Committee and would not appear that day, and wrote "Leon Black must be held in contempt".

“Leon Black must be held in contempt”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Rep. Nancy Mace on X: "Leon Black must be held in contempt" · Nancy MacePost, Sept. 3, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET
Why we used this label

Relative to the decision to hold Black in contempt, Mace says in plain terms that Black must be held in contempt. That supports the action itself before the committee or the House had acted.

Read statementFull case: Was the House justified in holding Leon Black in contempt of Congress over the Epstein inquiry?
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Nancy Mace

Role at the time: U.S. representative from South Carolina, commenting on her personal X account

Defended or excused

Response to this claim

The FBI denied Zohran Mamdani a security clearance because of possible direct communication with terrorist organizations and would not grant him one.

“Then why the hell is he still here?”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Nancy Mace responds to Loomer's Mamdani clearance allegation · Nancy MaceX post 2079906896497025040; reply to Laura Loomer post 2079760698897264658
Why we used this label

Mace's reply treats the allegation as a basis for questioning Mamdani's continued presence, supporting rather than disputing Loomer's characterization. It is not an independent account of an FBI decision.

Read statementFull case: Did the FBI deny Mamdani a clearance over terrorist contacts, as Loomer claimed?
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Case

Do they support the war in Iran?

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