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The Unraveling of Nancy Mace: The tumultuous inside story of the thirstiest member of Congress
Politico ^ | JUNE 10, 2024 | JIM NEWELL

Posted on 06/10/2024 9:38:29 AM PDT by Miami Rebel

Last October, when Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the house, one Republican of the eight who voted against him stood out as the odd bedfellow of the group: a junior representative from South Carolina named Nancy Mace.

The seven other Republicans, all men, were far-right rabble-rousers, loudmouths for whom grousing about the “establishment” rather than working with it was always the right political move. They were used to attracting and capitalizing on press attention. Yet in the days that followed McCarthy’s ouster, Mace outshone them all, showing up for work in a shirt with a red A on the front, a nod to the titular symbol in The Scarlet Letter.

Her staff, still picking up the pieces from Mace’s bombshell vote against McCarthy the previous week, was completely baffled.

“I thought it was just some fashion statement,” one staffer recalled. “I was like, OK, well, maybe this is an Abercrombie shirt or something.” Only after seeing Mace on camera at a meeting of House Republicans—swarmed by reporters—did the staffer put it together: The scarlet-letter outfit “was another attempt by her to be a part of the story.”

Or, as a second staffer remembered, it was an attempt to become the star of the story: “She wanted every single person to think—when they thought of the McCarthy ouster vote, not to think of the eight, but to think of Nancy Mace,” the staffer said.

In her own explanation for the scarlet letter that day, Mace lamented that she had been “demonized for my vote and for my voice” and would “do the right thing every single time, no matter the consequences.”

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


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Safe to say that most politicians are grade-A egotists, but Mace takes the cake.
1 posted on 06/10/2024 9:38:29 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel
Politico: Hate the Republican woman who voted to oust McCarthy.

Tell It Right: It's from Politico, therefore she's probably good people.

2 posted on 06/10/2024 9:41:35 AM PDT by Tell It Right (Galatians 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...)
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To: Miami Rebel

Like politico has any credibility at all. Why do you posts the overly biased BS from politico?


3 posted on 06/10/2024 9:42:20 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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To: Miami Rebel
You are part of the problem, not a part of the solution. Nancy Mace is though. The Uni-party is destroying this nation while enriching themselves. So, which alphabet agency are you connected with that has been sent here?

You are wasting your time here.

4 posted on 06/10/2024 9:42:58 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: All

5 posted on 06/10/2024 9:44:13 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: Miami Rebel

News Flash !!! Congressperson shows signs of egotism! /s

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Yeah, but she’s OUR egotist.


6 posted on 06/10/2024 9:45:10 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Tell It Right

Perhaps read the article first.


7 posted on 06/10/2024 9:46:13 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: JoSixChip

I dunno. the article seems well-sourced with citations.


8 posted on 06/10/2024 9:46:58 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

This is clearly a hit piece. Why post it and agree with them. They’ve lied to everyone for years and we still think they’re relevant?


9 posted on 06/10/2024 9:47:41 AM PDT by lucky american (Had enough yet?)
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To: Miami Rebel
I dunno. the article seems well-sourced with citations.

The first two sources I see are unnamed.

You indeed "dunno".

10 posted on 06/10/2024 9:50:14 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Robert DeLong

“Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives has every right to impeach the President of the United States, but what we’re doing today, rushing this impeachment in an hour, or two-hour long debate on the floor of this chamber, bypassing the judiciary, poses great questions about the constitutionality of this process.
I believe we need to hold the President accountable. I hold him accountable for the events that transpired for the attack on our Capitol last Wednesday.”

You’re going to the mat for the woman who said this?

Cool!


11 posted on 06/10/2024 9:50:40 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: JoSixChip

You know she’s been pretty consistently never Trump, right?


12 posted on 06/10/2024 9:51:41 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: lucky american
Read the enemies book. Remember Patton.

"Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book."

13 posted on 06/10/2024 9:52:53 AM PDT by Mogger (AreIn bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was goin)
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To: FreeReign

Sourced:

[MTG] wrote on Twitter Tuesday that Mace is never attacked by Democrats or moderate Republicans “because she is not conservative, she’s pro-abort.”

Mace (S.C.), who is a rape survivor, supports restrictions on abortion. Greene’s suggestion that her colleague was “pro-abort” appears to stem from how as a state representative, Mace championed exceptions to an abortion ban for victims of rape and incest.

This is what 🦇 💩 🤡 looks like. https://t.co/nIbqjiJaFH

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) November 30, 2021
On Tuesday, Mace replied to Greene with three emoji: bat, poop and clown, referencing a common insult.


14 posted on 06/10/2024 9:53:34 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel
I dunno. the article seems well-sourced with citations.

It's politico and it's BS. But looking through your short posting history, I now know why you posted it. That's all we need is more of you subtle, ankle biting and snide newbys here to try and have a negative influence. You're wasting your time here.
15 posted on 06/10/2024 9:53:54 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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To: Miami Rebel

“I dunno. the article seems well-sourced with citations.”

You mean citations like “one staffer”, “a second staffer”,
“a senior advisor”? Yeah, that’s well sourced. You know, most people who post stories from Politico, MSNBC, CNN, etc. do so to make fun of them or show how ridiculous they are, not as a legitimate source of information for conservatives. This is a straight up 100% hit piece on a conservative. It’s a shame you can’t see that.


16 posted on 06/10/2024 9:53:56 AM PDT by suthener ( )
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To: Miami Rebel
The seven other Republicans, all men, were far-right rabble-rousers, loudmouths for whom grousing about the “establishment” rather than working with it was always the right political move.

According to Pollutico, the only good Republican is an Assistant Democrat Republican.

17 posted on 06/10/2024 9:56:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Miami Rebel

Who in the political universe..including media..doj..fbi..doctors don’t have big egos?

Oh...it’s because she is a ‘pub..and a women ‘pub at that?

Sort of like Jo Brandon is one of the biggest a-holes of the universe..and actually corruot ..and almost certainly a perv..but Trump does far less and he’s got a huge ego..?


18 posted on 06/10/2024 9:56:22 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“You know she’s been pretty consistently never Trump, right?”

This is how the hive mentality works:

Politico writes a scathing (and well-sourced) article on Mace, so Politico must be attacked.


19 posted on 06/10/2024 9:56:54 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
You know she’s been pretty consistently never Trump, right?

What's your point? That politico suddenly has credibility because you agree with it's agenda? I think not, only a moron would try to sell that.
20 posted on 06/10/2024 9:58:32 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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