2023
40 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.
Dispatches
- November 13, 2024 · Dispatch
Nancy Mace's UAP leadership recognized by journalists, Congressional colleagues, and UAP advocates
Mace has received documented praise and recognition for her leadership on UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) from mainstream journalists, Congressional colleagues across the aisle, Pentagon officials, and key figures in the UAP advocacy community. Here is a comprehensive catalog of verified statements from the July 2023 and November 2024 Congressional hearings on UAP.
- December 14, 2023 · Dispatch
She pleaded hardship. The committee gave her a 93% discount on $16,700 in unpaid ethics fines.
The S.C. House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to cut Mace's $16,700 in accumulated state campaign-finance fines to $1,200 -- just over 7 percent of what she owed -- after she appealed citing financial hardship, COVID-era family health issues, and post-January 6 death threats. Mace earns a $174,000 congressional salary and had purchased a $3.9 million home. She had ignored committee outreach for years.
- December 1, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace votes against Santos expulsion: 'George Santos is an a--, who, like every other American, deserves the presumption of innocence'
On December 1, 2023, Mace voted against expelling Rep. George Santos despite having called his entire résumé 'manufactured' eleven months earlier, arguing the expulsion vote was about shifting congressional power rather than accountability.
- October 11, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace refuses to back Scalise for Speaker: 'I cannot, in good conscience, vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference'
On October 11, 2023, Mace said on CNN she could not vote for Steve Scalise as House Speaker because he had spoken at an event associated with David Duke's white nationalist organization in 2002; Scalise ultimately withdrew his candidacy.
- October 11, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace wears scarlet-letter shirt: 'I will do the right thing every single time'
On October 11, 2023, one week after voting to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Mace wore a red 'A' T-shirt to Congress and described feeling demonized as a woman for her vote.
- October 5, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace tells CNN 'I have not been fundraising off of this', contradicted by her own timeline
On October 5, 2023, Mace denied fundraising immediately after McCarthy's ouster on CNN, but reporters had been tipped about a fundraising appeal she sent within one hour of the vote, the same behavior she had condemned in Matt Gaetz nine months earlier.
- October 5, 2023 · Dispatch
Watchdog Wants Nancy Mace Probed for Soliciting Cash on Fox
Justin Baragona reported on Campaign for Accountability's October 2023 OCE complaint against Mace for allegedly soliciting campaign donations while standing in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during a Fox Business appearance, a practice that may violate federal law.
- October 5, 2023 · Dispatch
The Scarlet Letter shirt
After voting to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October 2023, Rep. Nancy Mace appeared on television wearing a red 'A' shirt, saying she was being demonized. Late-night hosts mocked the choice: Seth Meyers covered it in 'A Closer Look,' and Stephen Colbert produced a doctored image completing the word while comparing her to 'less Hester Prynne, more Alvin Chipmunk.'
- October 4, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace fundraises in the Capitol Rotunda on live TV; ethics watchdog files complaint
On October 4, 2023, Rep. Nancy Mace appeared on Fox Business from inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and told viewers she was fundraising off the political moment in real time. Federal law bars soliciting campaign contributions in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties. An ethics watchdog filed a complaint with the OCE the next day.
- October 3, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace explains McCarthy ouster vote: 'This isn't about left vs right. This is about trust and keeping your word.'
On October 3, 2023, Mace was one of eight Republicans to vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, citing his failure to keep his word on women's issues legislation and a balanced-budget amendment.
- October 3, 2023 · Dispatch
“When you shake my hand”, nine moments from Mace's McCarthy-ouster presser
A supercut of nine verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace's press conference outside the Capitol on October 3, 2023, the day the House voted 216-210 to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the first Speaker in U.S. history ousted by a motion to vacate. From her opening shot on broken promises to the chaos she warned McCarthy would leave behind.
- September 3, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace tells CNN's Dana Bash: 'we cannot be assholes to women'
In a September 3, 2023 CNN interview with Dana Bash, Mace said Republicans must change their approach to abortion policy, using an expletive to make the point.
- July 27, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace's SC Prayer Breakfast anecdote about fiancé Patrick Bryant
On July 27, 2023, at the South Carolina Prayer Breakfast, Mace shared a bedroom anecdote about her then-fiancé Patrick Bryant that Fox News described as 'a little TMI.'
- July 27, 2023 · Dispatch
UFO hearing: non-human biologics and UAPs
NPR reported on the July 26-27, 2023 House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, covering whistleblower David Grusch's testimony about alleged government recovery of non-human biologics and the congressional response including questions from Rep. Nancy Mace.
- July 27, 2023 · Dispatch
Have aliens visited Earth? After UFO hearing, Nancy Mace wants evidence she can touch
Post and Courier reporter Anna Byrd profiled Rep. Nancy Mace's role in the July 2023 House Oversight UAP hearing, where Byrd characterized Mace as 'a breakout star for her line of questioning that boldly went where no congressional hearing has gone before.' The piece explored Mace's efforts to secure tangible evidence of non-human artifacts.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
"Human or nonhuman biologics?", Mace's question that defined the 2023 UAP hearing
At the July 26, 2023 House Oversight UAP hearing, Rep. Nancy Mace asked whistleblower David Grusch whether the government's recovered remains were 'human or nonhuman biologics.' Grusch answered: 'Non-human.' The two-word reply made Mace the congressional face of a hearing that trended worldwide and set off days of internet memes.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
Whistleblower tells Rep. Nancy Mace the government has recovered non-human biologics
ABC News 4 (Charleston) reported on the July 26, 2023 House Oversight hearing, covering whistleblower David Grusch's direct testimony to Rep. Nancy Mace about alleged government recovery of non-human biologics from crashed aircraft.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
UFO whistleblower testifies before Congress
CNN reported on the July 26, 2023 House Oversight subcommittee hearing where whistleblower David Grusch testified about alleged U.S. government possession of recovered non-human craft, with Rep. Nancy Mace among the lawmakers pressing him for details.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
UFO whistleblower admits to the existence of non-human biologics
NBC News covered the July 26, 2023 House Oversight hearing in which whistleblower David Grusch testified about the U.S. government's alleged possession of non-human biologics recovered from crashed aircraft, highlighted through video of his exchange with Rep. Nancy Mace.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
Whistleblower at UAP hearing claims U.S. found 'non-human' remains
Roll Call covered the House Oversight subcommittee hearing on July 26, 2023, where whistleblower David Grusch testified about alleged U.S. government possession of non-human biologics recovered from aircraft of 'non-human' origin. Rep. Nancy Mace questioned Grusch directly on whether any recovered biologics were human or non-human.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
House UAP secrecy hearing
The Hill covered the July 26, 2023 House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, where whistleblower David Grusch testified about alleged government secrecy surrounding recovered non-human craft and biologics.
- July 26, 2023 · Dispatch
"Human or nonhuman biologics?", three moments from Mace's UAP hearing questioning
A supercut of three verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace's questioning at the July 26, 2023 House Oversight UAP hearing, opening on the biologics exchange, then her questions about government contact with extraterrestrials and the recovery of craft and bodies.
- June 9, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace on Trump indictment: 'Joe Biden just secured Donald Trump's nomination for Republicans in 2024'
On June 9, 2023, Mace went on Fox News to denounce the federal indictment of Trump on classified documents charges as politically motivated, predicting it would secure Trump's 2024 Republican nomination, reversing her post-January 6 calls for accountability.
- May 30, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace announces debt ceiling 'no' vote: 'Republicans got outsmarted by a President who can't find his pants'
On May 30, 2023, Mace announced her vote against the McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling deal with a tweet containing a crude reference to perceived Biden cognitive decline that went viral and drew condemnation.
- April 30, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace says DeSantis six-week abortion ban 'isn't the way to change hearts and minds. It's not compassionate.'
On April 30, 2023, Mace criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's six-week abortion ban as uncompassionate toward rape and incest victims, calling a 15-to-20 week ban with exceptions the 'sweet spot.'
- April 23, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace warns Republicans on ABC: 'We're going to lose huge if we continue down this path of extremities'
On ABC's This Week on April 23, 2023, Mace urged Republicans to find middle ground on abortion messaging, warning that the party would suffer major electoral losses if it continued on an extreme path.
- February 8, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace at Press Club dinner: 'Since Marjorie Taylor Greene started behaving, the rate of Jewish space laser attacks is now zero'
On February 8, 2023, Mace delivered a joke at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner openly lampooning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2018 conspiracy theory that California wildfires were started by a 'Jewish space laser.'
- February 8, 2023 · Dispatch
"Where did you go to medical school?", Mace vs. Twitter CLO Vijaya Gadde
A supercut of three verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace’s questioning at the February 8, 2023 House Oversight Twitter Files hearing, from her setup on Stanford and Harvard doctors censored by Twitter, to the viral medical school exchange with Vijaya Gadde, to Mace pressing Gadde on what authority she had to override doctors.
- January 8, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace on congressional trust: 'If you want a friend you can trust, get a dog'
On January 8, 2023, Mace summed up the difficulty of trusting colleagues in Congress after the chaotic McCarthy speaker votes with a line that became widely quoted as a pithy summary of Washington dysfunction.
- January 8, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace calls Matt Gaetz 'a fraud' for fundraising off speaker votes, then does the same nine months later
On January 8, 2023, Mace attacked Rep. Matt Gaetz for sending fundraising emails after each vote against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker; nine months later, Mace sent her own fundraising appeals within an hour of voting to oust McCarthy herself.
- January 8, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace says George Santos's 'entire résumé in life was manufactured', then votes against his expulsion
On January 8, 2023, Mace was among the first Republicans to publicly attack George Santos's fabricated biography; eleven months later she voted against expelling him from Congress, calling it a political maneuver.
Incidents
Capitol Police in Mace's office during Dan Hanlon's exit (December 2023)
After Rep. Mace fired chief of staff Dan Hanlon, Capitol Police entered her office on December 4, 2023 before he arrived to collect his belongings. Former staffers said they believed the police presence was meant to intimidate Hanlon; no charges were filed and no arrest was made.
December 4, 2023 · Incident
The scarlet letter 'A' (Oct. 2023)
On October 10, 2023, a week after voting to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Mace walked into a closed-door Speaker candidate forum wearing a white tank top printed with a large red letter 'A', her self-described 'scarlet letter', saying she would not be 'demonized' or shamed into silence for her vote.
October 10, 2023 · Incident
Nancy Mace and the UAP hearings
Rep. Nancy Mace chaired or co-chaired two major House Oversight UAP hearings, July 26, 2023 and November 13, 2024, and made a series of on-record statements about unidentified aerial phenomena, recovered craft, and alien technology. The 2023 exchange about 'nonhuman biologics' went globally viral; the 2024 hearing drew formal cross-aisle praise. In December 2024 she said alien craft 'has to be on the table' in the New Jersey drone controversy.
July 26, 2023 · Incident
Wiki & people
UAP & the Hearings
Mace's role in the two House Oversight UAP hearings, the July 26, 2023 exchange that defined the moment, the November 13, 2024 joint hearing she co-chaired, her most striking on-record statements, the bipartisan praise she earned, and the internet reaction that followed.
December 17, 2024 · Wiki
Andrew N. Rosenberg
Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, NY, who served as counsel for Rep. Nancy Mace during the early stage of her property and financial dispute with Patrick Bryant.
November 14, 2023 · Wiki
Jonathan H. Krell
Attorney at Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek & Keith, P.A. in Charleston, SC, who served as the earliest documented counsel for Rep. Nancy Mace in the Bryant dispute, sending an evidence-preservation letter on her behalf in November 2023.
November 13, 2023 · Wiki
Kate Schmutz
Attorney at Schmutz & Schmutz in Charleston, SC, named as co-counsel for Rep. Nancy Mace on the November 2023 evidence-preservation letter to Patrick Bryant.
November 13, 2023 · Wiki
Steven J. Schmutz
Attorney at Schmutz & Schmutz in Charleston, SC, who served as co-counsel for Rep. Nancy Mace on the November 2023 evidence-preservation letter to Patrick Bryant.
November 13, 2023 · Wiki
David Grusch
Former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and member of the Pentagon's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Task Force who testified before Congress in July 2023 as a whistleblower, claiming the U.S. had recovered non-human biological remains from UAP crash sites.
July 26, 2023 · Wiki