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Raw Story: Mace embraces the 'Islamaphobe' label while doubling down on Muslim posts
Raw Story covered Rep. Nancy Mace's August 9, 2026 escalation of her anti-Muslim posts. After critics condemned her August 7 claim that every Muslim public officeholder is a 'trojan horse,' Mace quote-tweeted Rep. Pramila Jayapal's criticism and doubled down on her personal @NancyMace account, writing that she did not want to be 'stabbed or blown up by a suicide bomber' or 'hear the call to prayer five times a day' and signing off 'Total Islamaphobe here' (her spelling). Raw Story reported the original trojan-horse post drew more than 7.6 million views.
Alexander Willis ·
Reported by Alexander Willis at Raw Story on August 9, 2026, under the headline "Flailing Trump ally stuns with wild misspelled admission." The piece catalogs how Rep. Nancy Mace responded to the backlash over her August 7 "trojan horse" post by quote-tweeting one of her critics and embracing the label she was being accused of.
The sequence, as Raw Story lays it out: Mace first posted on her official account that "every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse and a threat." Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) called that "absolutely disgusting and dangerous" and urged Republicans to denounce Mace's "blatant Islamophobia." Mace then quote-tweeted Jayapal from her personal @NancyMace account and doubled down:
"She's right. I don't want to get stabbed or blown up by a suicide bomber - nor do I want to hear the call to prayer five times a day in the United States of America.
Total Islamaphobe here."
She's right. I don't want to get stabbed or blown up by a suicide bomber - nor do I want to hear the call to prayer five times a day in the United States of America.
Rep. Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) August 9, 2026
Total Islamaphobe here.
Rep. Nancy Mace's August 9, 2026 X post, quote-tweeting Rep. Jayapal's criticism, captured by Maceopedia. View the original post.
Raw Story reported that Mace's original Friday "trojan horse" post drew more than 7.6 million views. The article notes that Mace lost her South Carolina gubernatorial bid to a Trump-backed Republican, and places her posts alongside similar anti-Muslim rhetoric from other Republicans it names, Reps. Andy Ogles and Randy Fine, and reporting on an Israeli-government influence campaign spreading Islamophobic content online. Those characterizations and the broader framing belong to Raw Story; the primary artifact here is Mace's own dated public post, including her spelling of "Islamaphobe."
Sources & related coverage
- Rep. Nancy Mace, @NancyMace on X: "Total Islamaphobe here." (August 9, 2026)
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, @RepJayapal on X: "This is absolutely disgusting and dangerous." (August 8, 2026)
- Raw Story, Alexander Willis, "Flailing Trump ally stuns with wild misspelled admission" (August 9, 2026)
- Maceopedia, "The satire swap that exposed Mace's anti-Muslim post" (August 7, 2026)
- Maceopedia media log, Nancy Mace calls every Muslim holding public office a "trojan horse" (August 8, 2026)
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